[misschris]

Hi Everyone!

I just started taking phen on 5/7/08. I'd been trying to find a place to get it here without having to pay an arm and a leg to a weight loss clinic for at least 7 months, and finally got the nerve to see my regular doctor (I'd called his office to ask if he even perscribed it to his patients, and his nurse said she didn't think so) last week....and he wrote me a ** and even gave me 5 refills!!!! Wooo hoooo!! He wouldn't give me b12 shots, though. Are any of you taking any kind of injections? I'd love to know if you think it is increasing your weight loss!!

I've gained 25-30 lbs in about a year and a half. Trust me, the last place you want to turn into Fatty McGee is Los Angeles!!

I'm not sure EXACTLY how much I weigh (I told the nurse and dr that I didn't want to know), but did peek at the scale enough to see the bottom thing on the 200 notch. But I do know that I the one pair of fat jeans that I brought to California by mistake when I moved here from Texas in Oct of 06 (size 12 that I used to be able to take on and off without even unbuttoning them) now give me the most disgusting "MUFFIN TOP" that I have ever seen!!! Yuck! It's funny, I look back at when I first moved here and how I even then I thought I was fat, but now would give anything to just be "that fat!!"

Anyway, I'm looking forward to getting myself back to "me!" Also looking forward to getting to know all of you along this journey! Hopefully soon, we'll all be on our way to much healthier days!!!

Good luck to you all!

[andreasamar]

Welcome...Im down the freeway from you! You will love it here...tons of great advice and support!

Good luck!

[sweetmom]

Nice to meet you. I am new to this mb board as well. Did your doctor perscribe it without even having an office visit?

[misschris]

Thanks andreasamar!! I'm really excited! When did you start taking phen?

sweetmom- I had to go in to the office. Cost-wise, it was much, much less expensive to just pay for a regular office visit and for me to get the phen from CVS than to go to one of those weight loss clinics (while I like the thought of the accountability of having to check in with them regularly, it's just money I don't have to spend at the moment...and they're pretty good at getting you to add supplements, tests, etc. to your program, which can REALLY add up ). I was actually expecting him to say yes to the b12 injection and no to the phen, so I was pleasantly surprised when he started writing out the script. I wish I would've gone in months ago!