Sounds like you're sold on the idea of trying out the hydroxycut so go ahead. I can tell you that I tried hydroxycut in the past and it was what was to be expexted. It curbed my hunger, gave me a wicked rush, and made it almost impossible to get a good night's sleep. Of course this was back in the day when it had ephedra in it. Looking at the current label it looks to have some fancy sounding herbs and proprietary blends. (I'm not fond of that term cause it's a nice way to cover up what's really in there.) The only thing I recognized right off the bat was L-carnitine, which aids in fat mobilization, Garcinia Cambogia, which has shown to block the conversion of dietary carbs into body fat, chromium, which is believed to enhance the effectiveness of insulin, calcium, which in recent studies has shown to aid in the elimination of body fat while on a reduced calorie diet, Alpha Lipoic Acid, it's supposed to help you get rid of fat, and green tea extract, another supposed fat mobilizer, and let's not forget our old friend caffeine. So in conclusion, go ahead and take the stuff. Personally, I've never had any luck with any of the new, ephedra-free thermogenics. But it never hurts to try, after all you already bought the stuff. But as I said before: diet, diet, diet.....It's the only way dude.