If you're not getting results from a new diet or workout program, there may be other ways for you to maintain a healthy weight. Getting fit and healthy doesn't require expensive nutritional supplements or deprivation diets, and experts say you'll need a healthy plan for long-term health and fitness so you don't gain weight as you grow older.

For body-builders, steroids are a popular prescription due to their ability to boost muscle size in a short period and avert possible breakdown of muscle tissue during workouts. Many athletes have taken steroids to speed the recovery process from injury or surgery, sometimes with unintended results.

Millions of Americans fight with weight. Some say we are one of the unhealthiest countries on the planet. Fast food, junk food and just poor eating habits, coupled with a lack of daily exercise is slowly, and literally, killing us and degrading our daily lives.