I'm so glad I found this site!

[Kelley]

First of all, let me tell you what a great bunch of people I think you are! In the few posts I've read, I've really enjoyed the encouragment and support you give each other (something you can never get too much of!) Now, on to my questions.....I started taking phentermine 7 weeks ago and have only lost 11 pounds so far. Prior to starting phentermine, I had lost 40 pounds over the course of 6 months, but had plateaued (hence the reason I started phen). I really like the energy I get from phen and it does suppress my appetite for most of the day, but I thought I would be losing weight faster than I am (in the last 2 weeks, I've only lost 1/2 pound!) Here is my routine: I eat around 1200 calories per day, drink well over 100 ozs. of water, go to the gym every morning for a least 1 hour (sometimes 1 1/2 hours) Why is my weight not dropping? Do I need to add another exercise in the early evening? Is this something I just need to wade through? It's very discouraging to be working so hard all week and not have a loss to show for it at the end of the week, ya know? Sorry to be so long winded, but I'm just excited to have found this forum and look forward to getting to know all of you better! Any advice you guys can give me is greatly appreciated!

Stats before phen: 246/206/160 (6 months)
Stats after phen: 206/195/160 (7 weeks)

[Moonwatcher]

Kelley-

Hello and Welcome to the Phen Funny Farm!

Sounds like you are doing everything right.....???
What do you do at the gym? Do you always do the exact same thing?
They say (who ever "they" are) that you should shake up your exercise routine every so often.

Well....other than being darn cute....I'm pretty useless when it comes to advice...lol

The other Phensters should be along....some time in the near future, maybe they will have some words of wisdom for you.

Whatever you do, DO NOT GIVE UP

Hang in there.......it's not always easy but you CAN reach your goal weight!

TTFN,
Moon

[Tangi]

Kelley,
I just wanted to say hi and welcome. Congratulations on your weight loss so far. You are doing great! I don't know why the scale isn't budging. Do you think you are building muscle cuz that will make you weigh more. Hey, maybe that darn scale is broken!
You sound like you're doing good things maybe your body just needs to catch up and adjust to your weight loss so far. I'm like that, I'll lose it in spurts and then I don't lose for a month or so.