such as pills that will boost metabolism and supress appetite? which are the best of both kinds? preferably over the counter.

To loss the weight i think this option and its work for me:
eat more fruit
drink fresh juice
get detoxification
no junk food
no milk
no yogurt
no soda
drink natural water
sport (like exercise, running, walking, aerobic, swimming)
eat more salad
good sleep
the example eat menu :
Breakfast
Always same: juice presses fresh, as much as desirable, up to 14 ounce fresh succulence as much as desirable, or salad fruit when do you very hungry. When not make difficult, sometimes fun replaced fruit every day that eaten at morning
Lunch
Fresh fruit juice, or carrot juice, 4 - 8 ounce, when does desirable. Salad with fresh vegetable addition desirable and combination sandwich with cucumber or celery.
Dinner
Fresh vegetable cocktail juice, soup cream cauliflower. Potato boat or simple grilled chicken. Garlic flavor string bean. Salad green French.
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there are no good weight loss pills....

exactly ... just .. think logically how can a pill itself.. make u lose weight..?
you should learn about your body type and then accordingly plan a exercise and diet plan that brings a shift in your metabolism that stop building only fats in your body
also be active so that... you never gain extra weight