Lossing weight

My wife has gotten a bit annoyed with me lately because my gut is getting large and I am not really doing anything to shrink it. Lately I have begun to do some sit-ups and push-ups to help slow it down and decrease its size. The first couple of days my muscles hurt, but now there is hardly no pain. I wonder if the best weight loss pills will help to increase my metabolism and shrink my ever growing waistline. But that would be the easy way out. HA!HA!