Back in the day a lot of diet pills were low grade fake speed, then too many junkies figured out that that taking a whole bunch of diet pills would satisfy their craving and WOD got upset. The good news is that that type of diet pill (or ritalin or psuedophed) actually allow your stomach to shrink thus reducing your apetite even when you're not taking the pill, which is always the real key to permanent weight loss. Anything that doesn't let you shrink your normal appetite (like the yeast diet pills, or gadter diets) will only result in temporary weight loss.
We used to stock up diet pills and No Doze in college when we were cramming for exams.
I hadn't read this anywhere before, but what you wrote makes excellent sense.
The 60 extra pounds were always carried in my chin, neck and abdomen. I have dieted before and the abdomen was always the last area to shrink. This time the abdomen started to grow smaller first.
I think this gave me the impetus to keep up with the walking.