I only breast feed at night right now but all the diet pills I have seen say do not take, or ask a doctor if nursing. Are they really harmful to my baby?
I would never in a million years do anything harmful to my child. That is why I am asking if there is anything "safe" for me to take.

Yes. If you think about it, the chemicals from the diet pills go into your body, which in turn, produces the milk that your baby feeds on every evening.

If you want to loose weight, there's a simple answer, eating habits have to be healthier and exercicing. Yeah I know it sucks to be told what you don't want to hear, but it's the safest way for you and your baby.

I've heard that significantly exceeding your target heart rate during aerobic activities can have a detrimental effect (possibly stripping you of muscle and or retaining more fat)

I am currently weight training four times per week (one day on one day off ie, mon,wed,fri,sun) in the afternoon/eve and doing 30 minutes of cardio at my target heart rate for my age and weight five to six mornings a week in addition to following a six meal a day "glycemic index" type diet in an effort to gain/retain muscle while losing fat and generally increase my cardiovascular health.

Target rates are established for the ability to continue for long periods of time, therefore increasing the value of the excercise. Exceeding this rate simply means you will not be able to maintain that excercise for extended periods. There are different theories out there that will tell you many of those typpes of things as you mention but most do not hold water. It has long been said that short burst excercise has no value but many athletes that play tennis or raquetball show that to be untrue. The best overall diet plan I have had luck with is simply go ballanced on all meals. Roughly equal carbs, proteins, and fats. Combined with excercise this will get you as far as fast as any diets for sale.

I'm currently using a internal "colon" cleanse and I think it's best if I take a natural weightloss supplement… What do you think. I'd really like to lose a good 40 lbs. I recently joined a gym and want an extra boost! Any suggestions??? Thanks!

honestly the only thing that is going to help you lose weight and actually keep it off forever is changing your eating patterns and to exercise. You just need to start eating the right foods, and chose to do that for the rest of your life. It shouldn't be about what can i take to lose 40lbs right now. What happens after you lose the 40lbs? what will you do then? you can't go back to the way you used to eat, you'll just gain it all back. Just eat healthier, watch your calorie intake. Exercise more. Make sure you weight train, muscle burns fat. good luck.

My friend has started running 3 x week, 4 miles per run and on her rest days she uses a rowing machine for 20 min 3 x week. Will this help speed up her weight loss as she is following Slimming World diet and has lost a stone up to date. She weighs 14 stone and wants to get down to 11 stone ?

running builds muscle, walking and other gentle excersise is more effective at burning fat. she's done well to lose a stone though good luck!