[sophiam]

What was your first month's follow up visit like?

I weighed in at a 14lb loss which is outstanding. I really didn't think I had lost that much but I'm not arguing with the scale.

I was weighed, got my B12 shot, blood pressure checked. The nurse was absolutely the best. She raved about my loss and made me feel like a million bucks. She even told one of the other nurses to look at my chart to see my loss.

When the Dr came in I was expecting him to listen to my heart, check my ear, nose and throat or something. He told me my blood pressure was good, wrote me a scriptand told me to keep doing what I'm doing. He didn't even ask if I had any questions. I did have a question so I asked.

I'm just wondering what you guys experienced at your first month,s visit.

[Miranda B]

I have lost 15 pounds so far and have been on it two weeks today. My weight loss has seemed to slow down now though. I hope to lose 20 by the time I go back.. Great job!!

[sophiam]

Wow! You go Miranda. What dosage are you on. I take 1/2 of the 37.5mg tab. The nurse also told me that If my weight loss starts to slow down I can come in once a week and get a B12 shot which should help the process along.
Keep up the good work Miranda.

[Kristy.]

I'm on it with my mom and so we go into the doctor together for our monthly visits with him. I've gone to this doctor since '99 and he's seen me grow up pretty much now but never got on my case for gaining weight through high school but after he saw that I had taken off 20 lbs on my own and then 10 lbs on the phen in a month he was ecstatic. he said he only expected us to lose 5 lbs a month so he was really proud that I was sticking to the diet as well. I've actually been nervous this month when losing too much because I don't want him to think I've been too unhealthy but these boards are showing me people are losing a bunch in a month so I've just pushed full force now!

[sophiam]

Kristy, I absolutely do not starve myself or do anything "unhealthy". I have a job that requires me to stand, walk all day. In addition, I walk 3miles about 3 times a week and work out with light hand weights. I keep my calories around 1200 a day. I've probably gone over a few days but not many. I'm trying to adjust my eating habits and lifestyle so that once I'm off phen, the weight won't return. I'm still in shock about the 14lbs. It seems unreal to me that I lost that much in 1 month.
My current weight is 204.6 so watch out girl I'm trying to catch up with you
Good luck with your weightloss and be careful not to push yourself to the point where it does become unhealthy.