June/July phen starters!

[plagenurse84]

Hi guys, hope you're having a good week Sorry I've been MIA, you know how life is! I love catching up on everything you guys are up to. Carolee, LOVED your skinny jeans comment! Everyone is looking fabulous! It's great to read all of your stories, the good and not so good because we all learn from each other and get so much support.

I wasn't losing for a bit, I went back and forth with some weight, and then I broke the 20 lb barrier! 1 month and 20 # down, I'm stoked. 31 lbs from goal but it doesn't feel impossible anymore. The exercise is kicking up and I'm still maintaining my intake calories and drinking all my H20. I have 2 months left on this and I really want to drop another 20 lbs and I'll get the last 11 lbs done on my own. Hopefully by New Years Eve

Oh by the way, I bought this hot little dress about 7 lbs ago, it was a little tight and I hadn't worn it yet. Last night was our 1 yr anniversary and it looked F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S

[tits mcgee]

Carolee,
You made a very good point in regards to if you can't eat "normal" food now, how do you expect to eat it when you're off the Phen. Never thought of it like that!

"tits"

[Poisonivy005]

evening girls! Quick hi and good night to u all! I've done great this week! I'm actually hungry tonight, but I'm just gonna go to bed rather then eat anything! I'm still debating on the 5-htp. If it'll help my hunger in the evenings, it might be worth it! I think, like I think tits said (cracks me up too Carolee) I might try cutting it in half first and see if that works for me. We'll see!

Tits...looks like we're about the same! I started at 300!!! Maybe we can help one another out a little more!

Anyway...gotta hit the hay! Tomorrow is my Friday! My sister and family and my daughter and I are going to an indoor water park on the north side of Indianapolis on Friday! I'm really excited!!

Tall to u all tomorrow!

[Carolee]

Carolee,
You made a very good point in regards to if you can't eat "normal" food now, how do you expect to eat it when you're off the Phen. Never thought of it like that!

"tits"

Yeah, I think about it often. But today, I took my Phen and I ate the way I had been eating before with the healthy choice dinners and the shake for breakfast. And I felt loads better all day. Maybe I will revisit the idea again in a week or two. For now, I'm back doing what has been working for me.

[brandi_00]

Hey Ladies how are you doing today. Just wanted to say Hi. How is everyone’s weight loss going? I just wanted to share my Mini success story. Ok so I know this is not the greatest achievement in the weight loss world, but it is for me!! Anyway, I went out walking the other night with the dogs and just out of no were I started jogging. Before I realized it I had Jogged almost the whole trail and a few block away from home I started running!!!! I ran the last two blocks to my house and didn’t stop. I thought I was going to pass out when I got home LOL but I did it. I have not jogged in over 3 years and I have not ran since high school. It felt great to finally move that fast and not get extremely winded after a few minutes of jogging. It was awesome.

Carolee, I just wanted to comment on how you switched back to the healthy dinners. How is that working out for you? Last week I tried to start eating more "normal foods" ( still healthy) and I actually gained weight from it. But once I went back to rabbit food I lost the few lbs I put on and Im right where I started at the beginning of last week.

bamawife: I had the same issue in the morning. When I would wake up and stand up I thought I was going to pass out. What I started do was wake up then sit up for a few minutes before I stood up and it went away. It hasn't happen in the last few weeks now that I think about it. It's probably your body trying to adjust to phen. Lots of weird things happen to me during my first and second week on phen, but all the symptoms went away accept for cotton mouth! That got worse but its not a bad thing. It helps me drink more water! Keep us updated and let us know if you are still getting dizzy. You may have to talk to your doctor about it.

LibbyH: RE: I won't weigh for a couple of weeks (at my doc's) but this morning, I was able to button my skirt today without a fight. That's progress.
That’s GREAT!!! Yeaaa you!!. Doesn’t it feel great. I have been squeezing into size 24 pants for a few months now and I put on the same pair the other day and...dont laugh... but the zipper stood up the whole time I wore them lol. They were really loose on butt and the back of my thighs. I was so happy. When I walked out of the room my hubby said hun where did those pants come from, you should change them, they look to baggy. lol. Just wait until you get to go to the store and buy a new shirt in a smaller size! Congrats

MaryS:
Hello and welcome. WOW 10 lbs That great. I lost almost that much my first week to but I think it was a lot of stored up water weight. Who knows. Anyway Congrats. Keep us posted on your progress!!

Poisonivy005:
How have you been. Did you weigh in yet? let us know. I get the same way sometimes to and don’t even go by the scale for a few days. I use to be a scaleholic until I seen the numbers going up. Now I hate the scale. lol its amazing what 1-2 lbs can make you hate! Good luck

acapps:
Its a bumpy road losing weight, but don’t get discouraged. You will get there. One week you will only loose like 2 lbs then the next you might loose 5-7. Take a look at this site to see if it can help you:
http://www.inch-aweigh.com/water.html
Let us know how your doing.

tits mcgee:
How are you doing? Any weigh in lately. I talked to my doctor about splitting the pill in 1/2 and taking it in the afternoon and she said a few things about doing that . If you do the only time the pill will be as effective is in the morning when you take it on an empty stomach, so you are only going to be getting less then 1/2 of the regular effect if you take it after you have already eaten a meal. I didn’t understand everything she explained to me but I would research it a little more. Good luck let me know how it works out


Great jobs Everyone. We can do this.
"You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there."

[Poisonivy005]

Hi Brandi...I'm not weighing in this week cause I cheated really badly over last weekend! I'm only 3 pounds away from being back where I was....so I'm hoping tomorrow will be back on track! The only thing that ****s is tomorrow is the start of my weekend this week cause I took it off to go to an indoor waterpark in Indianapolis with my sister and her fam. She's not a good motivator, but I'll do my best!!!! Wait and see...

Hope you all are doing well! I went to Bob Evans for lunch and had their new Wildfire chicken salad, grilled. I think it was like 500 something cal's, but I only ate about half of it. That's all I wanted! I thought I did pretty good!!!

Speaking of doing good...I'm gonna go grab one of my crystal light popcycles. I'll try and pop in tomorrow. Probably be from my phone.

Talk to you all later!! Keep up the good work!!!!!

[tits mcgee]

HI Brandi!!!
According to my scale I've only lost 8 pounds. Today was 1 week on Phen. After the first 3 days it was 10, but I've been having a hard time this week making the right choices, which shows. I don't go back to the doctor for another 3 weeks . Thanks for the info on splitting pills. I'm going to call the Dr. tomorrow cause the weekends are the hardest for me. When I'm at work I'm so busy I don't think about food.

[Carolee]

Hi Brandi,

Well, I don't know which is the reason, going back to healthy choice dinner or TOM packing up and leaving me, but I'm down to 155 now. I think it might be a combination of the two. I feel better now. I'm just going to wait and see. I can deal with gaining a pound or not losing for a while once I lose a little more. I don't think I can deal with that at this point, though.

[tits mcgee]

Well I blew it today. I forgot my lunch at home so all I had to snack on was animal crackers and I resisted going to the vending machines. By the time I left work I was starving so i gave in to temptation and got a order of cheese curds from A&W. It's right on the way home and was just calling to me! I though they're protein so that will out weigh the fried part! Boy I was wrong. I looked up the calories/fat when I got home and about died! Worse is that I have a terrible stomach ache since I can't remember the last time I had fried foods. Good thing I've met my max of 40 grams of fat, no thanks to the curds, cause I'm too sick to eat anything else.

At least now I know that I can't eat fried foods or else I'll get sick. This will help me greatly in the future. I won't get on the scale since I know in a day or two I'll lose what I just ate. I don't mind set-backs as long as I learn from my mistake, but it still makes me mad!

[Carolee]

I've eaten things I regret, but you can't beat yourself up over it. It's good that you just decided to not get on the scale and keep moving forward with it. My weakness is alcohol on the weekends. I won't make myself nutzo over a couple of glasses of wine or a couple of Crown and Sprites. Crown and Sprite might possibly be THE perfect summer drink (for me) anyway. I will continue to drink those long after I'm finished losing, so it's not like I'm trying to cut them out. I just deal with it and I'm ok with the fact that it probably slows me down a little. My life is way too strange, unsettled, scary and hectic these days to fight against something that wont kill me to begin with. So my demon is a few drinks on the weekend. I'm ok with that. We're all human, and you obviously wouldn't have eaten that if you had been able to plan ahead. Good on you for just walking through it and moving forward.

[Mrsace13]

I have my first Dr appointment tomorrow, little worried even though I shouldn't be, I know I lost enough that he will see I'm doing OK to give me next months.

When they weighed me there, they didn't really balance the scale all the way, then they round it and get you into the room. I don't think she knew I was in there for Phen or she might have not hurried me on the scale part.

I came home and weighed the next morning before I took my first pill and it was 2 less and I know that is normal from a house scale and Dr scale. So I have been doing my own weekly weigh ins on my scale and been going by that. It didn't move for 2 weeks after gaining 3 with TOM then losing those same 3 after TOM, then nothing until today, finally another 1/2.

So I got my Wii Fit working today and got on it, it said about 1.5 or so less than my home scale but the best part is that is keeps track of your weigh ins so it told me that I had lost 13.9 since the last time I weighed in. I was so glad to see that number!! I then checked, the last time I weighed in was May 27th and started Phen July 14th so I guess I'm doing OK.

I'll give my update tomorrow, wish me luck!!

[cjbigford]

So today was the weekly weigh in and down another 4 lbs from last week for a total to date of -21 lbs....I am stoked to be in the 180's and can hardly wait for the 170's....

[swtss8]

Well I blew it today. I forgot my lunch at home so all I had to snack on was animal crackers and I resisted going to the vending machines. By the time I left work I was starving so i gave in to temptation and got a order of cheese curds from A&W. It's right on the way home and was just calling to me! I though they're protein so that will out weigh the fried part! Boy I was wrong. I looked up the calories/fat when I got home and about died! Worse is that I have a terrible stomach ache since I can't remember the last time I had fried foods. Good thing I've met my max of 40 grams of fat, no thanks to the curds, cause I'm too sick to eat anything else.

At least now I know that I can't eat fried foods or else I'll get sick. This will help me greatly in the future. I won't get on the scale since I know in a day or two I'll lose what I just ate. I don't mind set-backs as long as I learn from my mistake, but it still makes me mad!

Hi Carolee
Wow you are doing fantastic! I'm still hanging in there. I have stayed close to same weight for a couple weeks, but the inches are falling off. I have lost a total of 5 in in my waist, 3 in hips, and 3 in arms(yippee for arms!) I will update later.
My question for you is the drinks you mentioned. i have avoided alcohol because i think it said too..cant remember. But are you finding it ok for a drink or two taking Phen?
Sandie

[tits mcgee]

I've eaten things I regret, but you can't beat yourself up over it. It's good that you just decided to not get on the scale and keep moving forward with it. My weakness is alcohol on the weekends. I won't make myself nutzo over a couple of glasses of wine or a couple of Crown and Sprites. Crown and Sprite might possibly be THE perfect summer drink (for me) anyway. I will continue to drink those long after I'm finished losing, so it's not like I'm trying to cut them out. I just deal with it and I'm ok with the fact that it probably slows me down a little. My life is way too strange, unsettled, scary and hectic these days to fight against something that wont kill me to begin with. So my demon is a few drinks on the weekend. I'm ok with that. We're all human, and you obviously wouldn't have eaten that if you had been able to plan ahead. Good on you for just walking through it and moving forward.

Carolee,
Thanks for the kind words. I'm doing much better today.

thanks again.

[Rosehasse]

I've been taking Phen since the middle of July. In 3 weeks I have lost 13 pounds... which is great, but I find myself not eating, and not being hungry at all. I usually force myself to eat a piece of fruit for lunch and then when dinner comes around I have about half of a normal portion... with water.. and never even have the desire to snack. I don't get thirsty either. Has anyone had this problem?

[Mrsace13]

I went for my first weigh in today. I was so stuck at 8 pounds during most of the month and was a little worried. My Dr and even the nurse was so happy for me that I lost 12 pounds.

I know your 2nd month is slower of course so I'm going to start working out this month and measure too.

Crystal~So nice to see an updated pic of you, you look great!!!!

[TayTay]

Hi all I Started Phen on July 25 doing well so far. Rosehasse I am having the same problem I have not been losing I seem to plateau for a few days and then loose a pound. So I am averaging about a pound a week not counting my first week 6 lb loss ( that was grate). I talked to my sister because I was frustrated and she asked how many calories I was eating a day since I don't count my calories I wasn’t sure. I went to livestrong and used the my plate to see how many calories I was averaging each day and yeah I have only been eating 600 calories a day. The problem is I think my body has gone into starvation mode and is turning everything into fat, but I do not feel like I could possibly eat any more. I have tried today and I am so full I am sick to my stomach and I still haven’t met the 1400 calories I know I need.

[TayTay]

Hi all I Started Phen on July 25 doing well so far. Rosehasse I am having the same problem I have not been losing I seem to plateau for a few days and then loose a pound. So I am averaging about a pound a week not counting my first week 6 lb loss ( that was grate). I talked to my sister because I was frustrated and she asked how many calories I was eating a day since I don't count my calories I wasn’t sure. I went to livestrong and used the my plate to see how many calories I was averaging each day and yeah I have only been eating 600 calories a day. The problem is I think my body has gone into starvation mode and is turning everything into fat, but I do not feel like I could possibly eat any more. I have tried today and I am so full I am sick to my stomach and I still haven’t met the 1400 calories I know I need.

[cjbigford]

Crystal~So nice to see an updated pic of you, you look great!!!!

Thanks so much! I am really feeling better every day! Love the encouragement from this site!

[Poisonivy005]

Good Morning All!!!

I know I've been MIA for a bit!! We went to the indoor waterpark in Indy and it was a lot of fun...but then I stayed in the room over night with my sister, her husband, my niece who's 7, and my daughter who's 1. That was a MISTAKE!!! My brother in law snores like a BULLHORN!!! I slept with my niece, Alyssa, and Lexie (my daughter) was in the pack n play I brought. There were kids in the hallway screaming, running all over, until 2am! Lexie woke up screaming at about 2:30....then was wide eyed at 5!!! I tried to keep her quiet and took her down the hall in the hotel for about an hour chasing her and trying to wear her out! Didn't happen! My sister was getting aggitated, my niece kept making comments, so about 6:30 I packed up and just came home! I was so mad!!! I understand that they were tired, but what did they expect with a 1 year old! So I said screw it and left!

My weigh in this morning (sorry I'm a day late) was 277!!!! I don't know how since I've not been eating very well...but I'll take it!!!!

Looks like you've all been doing really well!!!

Tits....don't worry about that slip up!!! I hate to say it, but we all slip up more then we want to admit! And, in a couple weeks, you'll forget about how you felt and will want something fried, get it, eat it, and then be sick all over again. It's the nature of the beast!!! Don't beat yourself up over it!!! My friend had Gastric and she can't have fried foods at all with it! She REALLY WANTED a Long John Silver's fried fish. So it's the instatnt gratification of it. She got one, ate it, and went home and threw it up!! Just take it one day at a time!!! We're all here to support eachother!!!!

Crystal, Good job!!!! That's a nice picture!!!!!

Hi to everyone else!! Sorry can't go person by person right now...lol...gotta head to work!

Anyway, I'll try and poke in later! Have a wonderful rest of the week!!!

LATER GATORS!!!

[Poisonivy005]

Ok...getting a little worried!!! No ones posted in two days!!! Everyone ok out there???

[tits mcgee]

I'm here I've just been too depressed to post. I've only lost 2.1 pounds this week. I know that's good, but it was coming off so fast in the beginning. Somehow I need to kick start this again. My energy has decreased, but I'm beginning to think it might be mental . I was so used to being down and out due to depression and physical medical problems, that I have to retrain my mind that I'm not that same person. Does that make sense to anyone?
Last night we went to the fair and we didn't leave for the fair till 8pm, which is like my old time to go to bed. We stayed till 11:30, which is so late for me and I wasn't even tired. That hasn't happen in years. That shows I do have more energy, but again my mind is telling me different. GGRRR it's just so frustrating. And with all that fair food calling my name I only had 2 of my hubby's mini tom thumb donuts! Not that I didn't want everything I saw, but I did control my self. Plus I brought my big jug of water with me like a good girl!

Well off to drink more water and play with my nieces and nephews! Have a good day all.

[Gina68]

I know that I'm not on here actively posting my journey!! I have been busy trying to live on this medication and dealing with my 18 year old drug addict son who has moved home to try and get his **** together! So stress has been a regular visitor at my house!! However....I have managed to lose 25 pounds since I started on June 18th!! So yay me! I have just cut out all white food, sodas, and packaged crap!! also don't go to fast food places either!! I do eat out a couple of times a week and have found that if I just eat about 1/2 my meal then I can have pretty much anything I want!! Mind you...no fried anything except french fries which are my downfall, but I only eat like 8 of them instead of a pound of them!!!

As far as exercise...I haven't hardly done any! The past week I have started back on my Wii Fit and actually enjoying it and sweat more than I do at the gym on the treadmill...so its all good!!

On Monday I am going to be flying to Oregon to assist my mom after her gastric bypass surgery. I was raised there and have lots of friends that want to hang out...so send me lots of positive thoughts as I try to navigate all the get togethers and not come home gaining but maybe even losing!! I mean!! My mom won't be eating so shouldn't be too hard!! I just need to limit my alcohol consumption a bit!! Tend to drink alot when on vacation !! So good test to see if I can do it!! I need to be under 200 by April for our trip to Maui....where if I make my goal i am going parasailing and on one of these zip line tours through the jungle!! Soooooo....I'm keeping my eye on the prize!!!

Good luck to you all in the next 2 weeks!! I will update everyone when I get back!!

Gina

[MaryS]

Hi everyone!!!

I'm checking in! I'm on my 3rd week of Phen now and I've lost 15 pounds!! =) I'm very excited.

I'm now on 30mg, I was getting too hungry with 15mg and ToM kicked my butt, but thankfully I didn't gain any weight. I was so tired, irritable and cranky that I stopped all exercise and haven't been motivated to get up and move ever since. I will soon though, no worries.

I still get weak and tired sometimes. This morning I got dizzy as I was about to walk out of the door but I ate a few bites of a banana and I felt better. I'm eating, so it's not that. The second week was the worst and I had deep aches in my calves but I read that it could be a lack of potassium and bananas did seem to help, I guess they're my cure all!

Today, I had to visit the doc for a B-12 shot and phen refill and I was happy to find out that the refills are only $40 (I thought they were $60) and that I lost 2 inches on my waist!! I didn't take phen today since by the time I got back from the doc and running errands it was 3pm. I did fine, I'm not even hungry now, and I'm thinking of stopping the phen for awhile and then restarting to boost my weight loss. I just have to do some research on how long to break for.

Anyway, all of you are doing wonderfully! Keep it up and we'll all be posting our bikini pics soon!

M

[MaryS]

Brandi, thank you for thinking of me and congrats on your run! that's incredible, I can see you running marathons!

[lolacadiz]

Hi Everyone
This is my 4th week on 30mg and I have only lost a whopping 3lbs. That seems really low compared to everyone else? Any advice?

[tmcfarlane]

I started on Phen on July 1 and have lost 16 pounds since then. After the initial side effects wore off then pill has been great. So much earsier to pass on the high calories desserts and junk food.

Good luck everybody!

[determined110408]

hi everyone

i initially started at the beginning of june but had to stop because of side effects and ended up gaining 2 of my 4 pounds lost in my 2 week off while still dieting...but here's to giving it another go!

my main issue was mood- it made me feel down in the dumps and not wanting to do anything. i was only taking half a dose but having full side effects XD the extreme when i decided to go off of it was when i busted out crying on the phone with my mom for no reason...talk about random :P

this time im going to try taking this with 5-HTP and see if that helps with mood

good luck everyone

hello =]

i was wondering what is 5-HTP?
i get moody as well, i get in a bad mood for no reason ! the first day was real bad
but its been getting better.

[tits mcgee]

Well I'm finally over a 20 pound loss! It's only 20.6 but I'll take it. I'm also noticing that my pants are getting really lose on me. If they get much looser they might start falling off me! WOO HOO!!

I'm still fighting the urge to eat all the time. I just need to mentally train myself that it's not necessary. Go to the Dr. for my 30 day checkup next week so we'll see what he says.

[sweetangel26]

I've been struggling for the past two weeks. I've been having alot of cravings and on top of having to deal with my husbands crap over the phone, it hasn't helpped me any. I weighed myself yesterday and I was down again but not much. I'm done to 168 from my starting weight of 181 (started on July 17th). I could use some encouragement. I hope everyone is doing great. Take care!!!!!!!

[zeelexhawk]

I started Phen 7/29/09, and I waited to post to this thread because I wanted to be able to share some of my progress. So far I have lost about 6.5 lbs. At first I was hoping to lose more weight quickly, but I've been averaging about -2lbs a week and this is my 3rd week on Phen. I've been told that 2 lbs a week is a healthy weight loss for me.

About Me - I am married with two children (3 if you count my hubby) lol. When I got married 15 years ago I weighed 90 lbs (yes that's right) at 5'0' tall. Extremely petite. My husband and I enjoyed 6 years together before having our children. During that time we gained ALOT of wt. In six years we gained a total of 175 lbs combined.
Then I had my daughter in 2000 (pregnancy wt 150 - 155). After she was born, I lost alot of wt and weighed 124lbs. I was satisfied because coming from 90 lbs, I always wanted to gain some wt. In 2002 my son was born and I was expecting to lose just as much wt as I did the first time around. To my surprise...I gained soooooooooooo much wt actually my heaviest pregnancy wt with him of 165 lbs and that was my wt even when I was no longer pregnant. From 2002-2007, I just accepted my new wt because coming from 90lbs 15 years ago, I always wanted to gain weight and I DID. Totally exceeded my wt gain expectations.

Before Hurricane Katrina, I went to my PCP and she was really concerned about my weight gain. She asked me ...What do you eat on a daily basis? And I proudly replied...Anything that I want and she replied....I SEE THAT! She put me on a low calorie diet that I totally did not follow.

After Hurricane Katrina, I moved from New Orleans, and started going to a new PCP. He was also concerned about my weight. He asked me if I drink sodas, and I told him yes I'm a Coke-Aholic. He asked me how many did I drink a day ...I told him as many as I wanted on average no less that 4-6 cans per day. He went to his computer and did some calculations based on the calories in a Coke Classic and I don't have to tell you how many wasted calories I consumed on Cokes alone.

He told me that if I would just drink less Cokes alone, I would lose a significant amount of weight. So, I followed his advice and low and behold I began to lose weight. That gave me the incentive that I needed to start counting my calories. Lost more weight. Then I added exercise and ....suprise, surprise I had lost 24 lbs.

In November 2008, I became over confident with my weight loss and began to slack off from my weight loss routine. When I returned from a Disney Cruise in May 2009, and weighed myself, I realized that I had to get back on track and get this weight off. In July 2009, I returned to my PCP for my annual exam, we discussed how I had loss so much weight and was starting to gain it back. He prescribed Phen and here I am today.

Oh.... and remember those 175 lbs that were gained combined with my husband over six years. My husband began to develop sleep apnea and elected to get lap band surgery. He has lost 85lbs. So now 9 years later that number has dropped from 175lbs to 75lbs. We are hoping to reduce that number further.

Here is my progress...


HW-165
Start PHEN 7/29/09
SW-156 lbs (7/29/09)

Week 1 - Mini-Goal 152 by 8/5/09
Met Mini Goal (151.8 lbs) Week 1
Wt loss as of 8/5/09 -4.2 lbs
Week 2 - Mini Goal 150 by 8/12/09
Did not Make Mini Goal Week 2
152.4 8/12/09 (TOM)
wt after (TOM) 150.9 8/17/09
Week 3 - Mini Goal 150 by 8/19/09
Met Mini Goal (149.5 lbs) Week 3
Wt loss as of 8/19/09 -6.5lbs
Week 4 - Mini Goal 148 by 8/26/09
GW- 130 lbs (10/29/09)


Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Calorie Counter

The cute little dog in the Ticker is my puppy her name is Mystery!!!

[Poisonivy005]

Good Morning Girls!!

Gotta be quick cause I need to be out the door...lol

I'm down another pound today! Not sure how...but not complaining!! I'm down to 276!! WAHOO!! I'll update everything later!!

Hope you guys are all still out there! I see no one's been in here for a couple days!!! HELLO!!!! LOL

Talk to you soon!!

[swtss8]

Wow..I am so happy with my results! Since June 4th i have lost 32 pounds. At times I was stalled for 2 weeks at a time, but I just kept going along, sticking to my plan, and riding my bike, using my Abcoaster, and walking. I have lost 5 inches in my waist, 5 in hips, 2 on arms(yes..never thought it would come off) 3 on upper thighs.
I have been very busy this summer, and just got back from a week vacation so haven't posted in a while. I am feeling very awesome..lol Recent blood work shows my cholesterol down from 225 to 165. I've gone from size 20 to 16, just about into a 14.
Sandie

[LibbyH]

When I started dieting/exercising without the phentermine, I weighed 272. After a four month struggle of working out 1-2 hours a day & eating about 1400 calories a day, I managed to lose ten pounds to 262. In less than a month on the phentermine I'm down 10 more pounds, to 252.

I know, it's "only" 10 pounds, but it's an important 10 pounds. I had been wearing a size 22 jean & today when I went to the store, I picked up 22 tall & they fell off me. When I asked the girl if she had a size 20 tall, she said no, but she had an 18 tall. I tried them on, thinking there's no way I could button them, but they're a perfect fit! Apparently all 10 of those pounds came off my tummy & thighs. Yay!

Starting Phen 262 (July, 2009)
CW 252 (August 20,2009)
Goal weight 175

Mini goals:
Under 250 by September 18th
Under 235 by Christmas

[tits mcgee]

Hi Ladies! Well after my 1st 30 days on Phen I've only lost 13 pounds (according to Dr.'s scale). He was happy but I wasn't. I told him that after the first few days on Phen the energy was gone and I still wanted to eat. He was impressed that I still lost even though most of my appetite was back, which now that I think about it it is a good thing that I was able to watch what I was eating even though I really wanted fried foods or sweets.

Since the Phen didn't really do it for me he's now switched me to Didrex 50mg, 3 times a day. He said it's a more powerful drug, but it doesn't last as long as the Phen normally does. So it's off to the pharmacy after work to pick up the new stuff and see how it does. Wish me luck!