| OHHH... I can see it!
May 31, 2009 at 11:09 pm
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| I was going through my pictures from the halfway point until now and I was happy to see a difference. I still have more to go but I just couldn't believe how I looked in the first pics. I never saw myself as being that big but the sad thing is...I was even bigger than that before the pic was taken. 200 lbs  Thinkin' I was lookin hot at 177  Last Friday after the day with 200 1st graders on a fieldtrip (163 lbs)   I look a little cracked out but it was fun! I'm not sure why I look like I have something under my shirt unless my tanktop was riding up. I was just happy I survived:D It's still a little depressing when I look at my hips but they're getting there. I just have to be patient. Thanks for being there for me during my ups and downs....hope I can do the same for each and every one of you. |
| OT - No Doubt and Paramore in Concert!!!
May 31, 2009 at 10:54 pm
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| | So I took the kids to see their very first "real" concert last night. Paramore is Miranda's favorite band and I really like them too. I've always liked No Doubt, but was unsure of how they would be cause they didnt' do that great on American Idol. We were VERY pleasantly surprised with the show - it was high energy, a BEAUTIFUL white spider-like stage that they could run up and down, and a really great sound. Along with the songs they had a huge screen behind them that played the original videos which was really fun to see as well.
We had lawn seats, but could still see everything and for only $60 for all 4 of us!!! Anyway - both bands were GREAT and can't wait to see either of them again:D:D:D
BTW - I got stopped by a cop on the way home, but it was just cause I forgot to turn on my lights during my 45 minute drive home, LOL. He let me off after asking if I had anything to drink twice - then he said it's really hard to tell if the lights are on in many of the cars now and let me go. Said it would make for a even more memorable evening for the kids - that's true - Hannah acted like I committed a federal offense, lol. |
| single digets!!!
May 31, 2009 at 10:46 pm
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| | OMG I can't believe I forgot to post this LOL I bought my mama a pair of size 8 really cute jeans last year and she never wears them cause they are hip huggers and she's a high waisted jean wearer LOL so anyways I was saying I was agrivated cause my size 11/12's are baggy on me and that's the smallest size I have and she said well why don't you try those size 8's and I was like um mama I don't think so no way am I fitting in them LOL but I said I'll try and OMG THEY FIT!!! I was in shock! They were a little snug but not too much to not wear them LOL I am so damn excited! I NEVER in a million years thought I'd be able to wear that size LOL I'll have to take pics when my tat heals I'm stuck only wearing baggy ones right now cause my tat goes so low on my back LOL |
| * Gettin Discouraged *
May 31, 2009 at 10:09 pm
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| | well this is my fourth day on the phentermine 37.5 and i was hungry tonight. i took it at the same time as the others. and also i had lost 1 lb first day 2 lbs second day and now im not losing anything :mad: |
| ot:sticky situation need advice
May 31, 2009 at 9:29 pm
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| | okay as a lot of u know my grandmother raised me.. my mom left when i was 3 or 4 days old... as far as i've always been concerned my g-mother is my mom... well when i was 13 months my bio mom had another baby... she was kinda passed around btw my mama, my aunt, and our birth mother.. a few years later she had a set of twins and two years later a little boy... so at this point im the oldest of 5... my sister who is a year younger than me went to live with her dad when she was 16 and my younger sisters (the twins) and my little brother were taken away by the state and their foster parents ended up adopting all 3 of them... after my momma died in 03 i really didn't get to see the adopted kids until like two years ago... i have kids and we're all getting older so i've made this HUGE effort to be involved in their life... they live 30 mins away but i make an effort to go to their ball games and events and to go for birthdays and holidays..well the girls r 14 (will b 15) next week and if they email me or something and i don't respond within like 2 minutes they get all upset and bent out of shape.. i can't get them to understand i have kids and i'm busy.. for example tonight i was cooking dinner and one messaged me on myspace at 6:35 and then again at 6:47 having a fit bc i hadn't messaged her back... here's a quote from her second message... "whats wrong with ya it seems like when we send ya message ya cant send back but ya know me and des was talking and we decided if were not important enough to ya to taqlk to us about our BIRTHDAY than DONT TALK TO US AT ALL it hurts me to say this but this is how me and des feel like ya dont even care im crying right now writing this to you " i mean what do i say to that???? i know they've kinda had it rough bc they've not really had any real family in their life but i'm doing the best i can and i don't even know what to say or do at this point! |
| help! all of a sudden i am tired and dizzy
May 31, 2009 at 9:11 pm
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| | Hello All,
I am going to be starting my third week of phentermine 37.5. i take it in the morning. then eat breakfast an hour later. the first week was great i had energy all day i worked out i went walking felt fantastic now the second week i am tired, napping in the afternoon not going to the gym and feeling dizzy.
i calculate my calories and stay within 1000-1200 i make sure to have protein, carbs and healthy fats. like i said i was fine the first week. I make sure to take multivitamins as well as a b complex. I also have my morning coffee 2 hours before i take the phen. i drink no soda or no other caffeine
i have read some people took a day off of it to get its strength back. is this something that i should do after only 2 weeks? if so how many days do i go off it? i cant believe it only worked for a week. it is still keeping my appetite down but i am dizzy and tired.
I also read if i take something called 5HTP it will help with the phens strength. when would i take this? is this someting i should consider.
any input would be great!!
thank you all!!! |
| Day 1 on Phen
May 31, 2009 at 8:42 pm
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| | I'm very excited, apprehensive and very nervous. I took my first pill this morning and within 2 hours I could tell a difference in the way I felt. I was talking a mile a minute and feeling a little jittery. A few hours after that, I had a little bit of dry mouth, but drank a ton of water today and that went away.
I did see a decrease in my appetite and wrote down everything I ate and how many calories. Problem is today we went to the beach, and I don't usually eat a bunch when we go, just fruit, so that worked out I guess. I probably should have ate more during the day, because I still have about 300 calories after dinner tonight to get me up to 1200. Just not hungry.
I've lurked around the bored and am excited about what I see everyone accomplishing, I think it is great!
How often does everyone weigh themselves? I need to buy a scale, because waiting a month before I go back to the doctor will kill me.
Look forward to seeing how everyone does and is doing!
:) |
| Be the Least you Can Be...
May 31, 2009 at 7:51 pm
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| | I just bought a book called Be the Least you can Be, getting the most out of Phentermine based weight loss program by Dr. Mark Burtman.
This was a quick read took me a day to read only 98 pages but it had alot of useful information on how to make the Phentermine work better for you. But I think what struck me the most was his Chapter about "Natural".
He got into a discussion about how everyone wants you to lose weight naturally and how unnatural things are so unaccepted. This was what he wrote:
""It's indeed ironic that we seem to intervene for every aspect of a woman's natural through somewhat adverse life events. We offer birth control pills to control size of the family, analgesia to make having a baby more comfortable, prenatal care and other interventions like ultrasounds,forceps, and c/sections inorder to prevent losses of mothers and baies, surgeries along with other treatments for heavy, painful, periods, and finally we can completly reverse menopause by giving back the hormones that are naturally eliminated. However, go ask your primary physician for some diet pills, and he tells you that you need to eat less and excercise more. I hate to say it, but physicians are late to adapt to the natural consequences of improved technology and resources. In the United States that means obesity, which is the natural result of plentiful food among people who are especially well adapted to survive starvation. To me, providing diet pills is no different than providing birth control pills to reproductive age females. both interventions render a woman abnormal, unnatural as it were, but the results are most desireable-limited offspring and limited waistlines. Both interventions carry certain risks, but the benefits outweight the risks for most. There are those who should not be on diet pills, just as there are those who aren't good canidates for birth control pills. But to say that we should limit diet pills to the most extreme cases is like saying we should limit birth control pills to nymphomaniacs. the fact is I don't see why we shouldn't use these diet medications to prevent morbid obesity. Waiting until a person reachs a certain critical mass is like refusing to give a woman birth control pills until her family reaches a certain size. We know that women who do nothing to curtail their breeding will have upwards of ten babies by the time she is 50. Likewise we know that Americans become obese simply by eating according to the normal federal guidelines mandating a balanced diet comprise of the portions from all 4 food groups. why prevent one natural consequence of normal human behavior with medication and refuse to prevent another. Obesity has numerous adverse consequences. Diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, stroke, and secondary problems like kidney failure are all consequences of oesity. The aforementioned diseases account for 50% of all deaths annually in the USA. Yet many physicians still play the improve your diet and excercise card, claiming that natural trumps intervention this one time. The only way we will defeat obesity is if an asteriod strikes earth and creates havoc that destroys our food supply, technology, and economic stabilty. Then the obese will survive through natural selection while the skinny aerobics instructors die of stavation, because their hyperactive metabolisms offer them no caloric reserves. Then we can go back to the good old days of starvation, death and disease that came with nature that offered no unnatural alternatives.""
This really struck a cord with me and I only wish all doctors saw life through his eyes. If we took steps towards helping people when they first started gaining weight rather than forcing them to wait until they are considered obese maybe we wouldn't have some of the unnessasary death that we have here in the unites States. Rather than making people feel embarrased about reaching for help maybe it should be as simple as getting on birth control to get help.
He had alot of great information in the book. While I don't practice his way of eating i do have a low-carb diet but still incorporate vegetables and fruits. If you are on a no carbs diet you will find alot of useful information. He also goes into detail about ALLI for anyone that is incorporating that with Phen (which did seem to make alot of sense).
Anyway just thought I would share, it was something that I felt everyone should read, but again that just my personal opinion.:D |
| Emotionally MIA
May 31, 2009 at 6:22 pm
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| | Ive kinda been mia for a couple weeks. I have had a real emotional time with my son going into the Army. Its weird because its a fantastic opportunity for him and I praise God for opening his heart to it. But I have spent the last couple weeks crying at the drop of a hat. I am so blessed and have managed to talk to him everyday which I hear is really unlikely but he is not quite in BCT yet once he gets there next week probably I wont hear from him.
But all in all, I have managed to not emotionally eat as I usually do. In fact, I havent had much of a appetite but I still stuck to my 1000-1200 calories per day most days.
Yesterday my daughter turned 3 yrs old and we had a party. I ate trail mix and had 3 beers but really didnt eat a whole lot of anything else. Hopefully this didnt hurt me too much. I originally wanted to be one of those who lose 5 lbs a week but I have to say I am pleased with 2 lbs a week. |
| Stretch Marks!?!?!?
May 31, 2009 at 5:27 pm
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| i have stretch marks on the sides of my stomach from gaining weight and i was wondering if any body knew of any good products to use that worked from personal experience...i tried coco butter but it doesn't really do anything but keep my skin moisturized..i just want the stretch marks diminished so they match my skin tone more and arent this hideous deep purple:o |
| Elemteach5 - Thank You
May 31, 2009 at 4:10 pm
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| I read your post about being hypothyroid and having issues with low thyroid. Immediately an alarm went off in my head. So I went to do some research on the two becauseI too am hypothyroid and have low iron levels. But I was lead to believe one was not particularly related to another. My endo casually mentioned that I should just get some iron. Simple enough right! Until I found this: http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ferritin/ According to that site (and others because I had to do even more research) Low ferritin causes "symptoms which mimic hypothyroid–depression, achiness, easy fatigue, weakness, faster heartrate, palpitations, loss of sex drive, and/or foggy thinking, etc, causing a patient to think they are not on enough Armour, or that Armour is not working. Excessively low Ferritin can also make it difficult to continue raising your Armour!" The issues I have been having lately are fast heart-rate (which was attributed to too much Armour), hypothyroid–depression, easy fatigue, weakness, and foggy thinking. Some of these can be hypo symptoms but I didn't have other hypo symptoms that I had before Armour like head-aches and hair loss. So here I am confused, hurt and upset, but relieved at the same time. What is up with these doctors? It's like they don't understand that this is our life and our body and for every day they are casual about our health is a day in hell for us. So now I am sure that I am not on enough thyroid meds or iron. Simple enough but you know it takes time to get back to the right level. I am so upset right now. But thanks to you for sharing your own experience because I might have never connected the dots. Thanks again! |
| Cheap Chanel Purses
May 31, 2009 at 3:56 pm
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| Check out BagEmpire com They have some nice coach and other name brand bags and they ship to most countries of the world! Really low prices ever seen. Website: www.BagEmpire.com |
| ANY POINTERS????
May 31, 2009 at 12:57 pm
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| | Hey there, I am from Campbellsville, KY and new to phen. Went to the doc on Friday and will start taking my prescription Phen on Tuesday, my prescription will be ready tomorrow afternoon. Just wondering if anyone has any key points for faster weightloss. Thanks! |
| HELP! MY SKIN IS SAGGING!
May 31, 2009 at 11:40 am
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| | I've been using Palmers Firming Butter RELIGIOUSLY, but i just noticed last night when i was laying in bed, that the skin on my stomach felt extremely looser than it ever has.. i laid on my side, and all the fat shifted downward and just sat there in a pile of saggy skin. I seriously, feel like crying. The more weight i lose, the worse it looks! Im looking back at some of my pics at 255 and my stomach was less saggy, and more firm than it is now at 247!
I dont know what to do! I really cannot afford a tummy tuck and I dont want to go that route. Someone please help me! |
| Poll: Tattoos
May 31, 2009 at 11:08 am
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| | Ok so I really want a tattoo but I'm a wuss when it comes to pain :o
I've never gotten a tattoo before, but I plan on getting a tattoo after my wedding in August. I'm not sure where, I want my tattoo but I want a spot that is the least uncomfortable..............again I'm a wimp! LOL!
Where do you think is the least painful spot for a tattoo? |
| whose all on HCG?
May 31, 2009 at 10:53 am
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| | i would like to know how its working for you. Im calling my dr. 2mrw to set up an appt. Also, does insurance cover this or no? |
| OT-Prayer please..I'm really scared
May 31, 2009 at 10:53 am
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| | As you all know I had to stop taking the Phen because one day my heart was skipping so much that I didn't know what to do. So the doctor told me to get off of the Phen on May 12th and I was stubborn and didn't want to give up the medicine that had been helping me a ton! So, I officially stopped on the 20th of May and my irregular heart beat has not stopped. It's been doing it every day since but not as much as it was the first day it started. It's actually to the point now that I literally feel like my heart is tired and if I go for a long period of time without it skipping it's almost unnatural. It feels like my heart is tired from not beating the right way. I don't remember what life was like before this started..that's how annoying it is. So, I decided to start writing down when it happens because I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow at 8:45 a.m. and I didn't want to risk doing an EKG that could miss the irregular beats. I started to write them down yesterday at 7:13 p.m. and between then and 1:58 a.m. this morning my heart had skipped a beat 80 times in that time frame. I stopped recording around 2 a.m. when I went to bed. I got up this morning praying that it would stop and alas, it has not. I started recording this morning at 9:30 and so far it's skipped 9 times.
I'm not going to lie, I am scared to death that this might be more serious than just a heart palpitation or an arrhythmia. I keep hoping that maybe it's still a side effect from the Phen or maybe a side effect from starting to work out again. I don't have any other symptoms with it, it doesn't just start when I exercise, it doesn't start out of the blue when I am doing something, mostly I've noticed it when I am sitting or going to bed, that's when it does it the most. It's not painful at all but it does feel like it's wearing my heart out. My heart doesn't speed up or slow down either when it happens...it just skips.. It's hard to explain and on either end I am still scared to death that something is seriously wrong with me. I'm trying not to get stressed out about it but that's really hard to avoid with a deployed husband and no family close to watch my kids if something happened to me.
All this to say, please pray for me and pray that I can have some sort of calm in my mind because my mind is working way over time trying to figure out why this is happening and what it could be from. It gets really scary when my heart skips a beat three times in a minute. I'm not even going to step on the scale tomorrow because I don't want to see how much weight I haven't lost. Thanks for listening.
Rachel |
| Taking back my life~~~
May 31, 2009 at 10:16 am
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| | I am finally out for the summer and I have decided to take back my life. As most of you know, I've had a horrible time with my thyroid and iron levels, both of which leave you exhausted. Needless to say-- after working all day, when I got home, the last thing I felt like doing was cleaning house. Then I always have my grandson all weekend.
It had gotten to the point to where I just felt so overwhelmed with everything that I needed to do, that I ended up not doing anything. Have you ever been to the point that you didn't even know where to begin? Ceiling fans, base boards, carpet cleaning, just a good all around deep cleaning-- that's what my house needs. (I've stuffed to many closets and drawers just to get it out of sight..lol):o
I have decided to start in my bedrrom at the back of the house and take it one room at a time and just clean from ceiling to floor. I am saying good bye to all the clothes that "I might wear later" and cutting my wardrobe down to size. I figured even though they were expensive-- i don't want the clutter. :rolleyes: So far I have 12 big garbage bags of clothes gone. (I have more to go through..lol--stored in the attic). I'm cleaning every drawer, closet and cabinet. I want my house to be spotless and have no clutter anywhere. I finally have the energy to actually do it. Then, I'm getting new living room furniture to reward myself!! (I need it anyway):D
As for my diet-- honestly I haven't been trying very hard for the past few weeks. I am starting Monday morning and getting that back on track also!!! Before school starts back I will have lost this last 20 pounds!!! No excuses!!! As soon as I finish my house, then it is off to a regular exercise routine. It's time I take control again and feel good about myself!!! ;)
Is there anyone out there that has fallen in a similar slump and needs to pull out of it??:eek: Please feel free to vent here and take back control of your life. Lets support each other and take care of the little things as well as our diet plan. I know I'll feel so much better when I finish taking control of my house!!!:spider_red: |
| I am new and have about 1258 questions and also how I came about phen.
May 31, 2009 at 7:17 am
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| | So on friday, I went to my gyn for my yearly check up. He asked me if i had any concerns. I tell him that I am on Weight Watchers and have lost 14 pounds since april 22nd and that I feel wonderful but I am worried about my weight. I would like to lose it and keep it off. I have been on and off WW since Nov 2006, losing and gaining the same 40 lbs. We start talking about habits and end up with a 30 minute discussion about accountability and the like. So I go in the exam room and he comes in and as he is doing my breast check he tells me there is something he can give me if I would like it. I shake my head no, and say that I can do it but then as I was laying there I thought that if I could take this and make it easier on myself then I should at least try it. I had never heard of phentermine and have never taken anything to lose weight. So as we are ending up, I tell him that I would like to try it. I have to go back in 1 month to have my heart and bp checked. That is it.
I have been reading this forum for pretty much every second since I got home from the pharmacy. My pill is 37.5 and is white with blue specs. I have hypothroidism and I told the doc this but he said it would be fine. I took my first pill yesterday and I had to force myself to eat my points but I feel great. I slept great and I am getting ready to take my second one in about 20 minutes. My doctor said that I should lost 2-4 pounds a month, from reading what you guys have to say that sounds really really low. I am scared that he will take it away from me if I go in with a 20 lb loss or something.
Now for my questions (it is really only 6 not 1258:o)-
Do you have hypothroidism and take this?
How much did you lose the first month?
What kind of nutrition plan are you following?
Did you tell your family and friends you were taking something?
How often do you exercise?
What is this B12 everyone is talking about and should I be taking it too?
Thanks for any advice you can offer. I am kinda scared but at the same time, really excited. |
| please help me find a place to get phentermine in Houston
May 31, 2009 at 2:52 am
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| | Does anyone know where to get phentermine in houston....i started treamtent on it last month in clarksville but i am moving to houston and need to know what doctor i can get it from? Please if u can help...anything helps....also as cheap as possible!
thanks |
| FIRST WEEK ON PHEN
May 31, 2009 at 1:17 am
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| | So I started phen one week ago..................... I was really curious how much i would lose and got worried that it wouldnt work for me......... BUT.......... I started out at exactly 151.5 and now I am down to 140.5
11 lbs in one week............ YAY
I hope the next few weeks go this way :) |
| NEW
May 31, 2009 at 12:15 am
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| | I GOT MY PILLS ON LINE AND I MUST SAY THAY WORK ,YES I KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE THINKIN BUT THAT WHAT I DID I WANT THIS WEIGHT OFF MY A-- YOU KNOW!!!! |
| My new tattoo!!
May 31, 2009 at 12:12 am
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| I am back :D I LOVE it I think the guy did and awesome job! Here is what my flower looked like  And here is what he did with it, now I had to do a few pics cause its hard tog et a pic of the whole thing cause the flash shines off of that stuff I put on it LOL      I'll get better pics in a few days :) |
| So hurt and need to vent............
May 30, 2009 at 11:48 pm
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| | I have been with my hubby for 8 years. He is the baby, and has an older brother. His whole family lives like 2 hours away and we rarly see them. They never call him, or my kids. The only time they call is when they want something. So I had to work today and we needed a babysitter. My DH called his mom and asked her if she wanted to keep them and she said yes. My neice is having her b-day party tommorrow and my MIL is going to take my kids with her, which is awesome. So I call to check on the kids, and my daughter tells me that my son has been crying all day. My Mil procedes to take the phone out of her hand. "Hes fine, Hes fine" she said. "Makenzy (my daughter) is going to stay with Makaylee (my neice)" I told her I didnt think it was a good idea to leave my son without his sister because he hasnt seen my MIL in 6 mths and doesnt even know her. Well, she done it anyway. So I tell my DH to call her and check on the kids and to tell her why I said no and tell her that I didnt appreciate what she did. She basically said F-you to me. I stood there and listened to this woman with which I have NEVER had a cross word, dog me out!!! I got really upset and I called ger and asked her why was she so mad at me and tried to tell her why I said no. (I didnt want my son to be all upset and give her a hard time, I was looking out for her as well). She went off on me, cursing me. Said I am a terrible mother, wife and Im the reason her son doesnt come and see her or call her. I wont let my children have a life, I never offer to feed them when they visit, (which is not true!! The only time I didnt feed them was the day after I came home from the hospital having my son and I thought family was supposed to help during that time???) Called me a B I T C H, and hung up!! That hurt me so bad because I have always loved her to death. I was so upset! Then the phone rings and its my DH brother cursing him out, talking bad about me. We were going to go and get the kids and his brother said we couldnt come over there and get my daughter, he would take her to my MIL because he didnt want me and my SIL fighting in the yard. Then his daddy called and asked to speak to me!! So, all of my husbands family hates me and I did nothing wrong!! My MIL lies a lot and there is no telling what she told them, but she called them all within 5 min and now everyone wants to kill me. I am i-freaking-rate!!!!! I have so had it with them people. His mom had 2 dogs and was foreclosing on her house and wanted us to take them and in return she put a fence around our house. But the catch was that she would put it on our credit card and pay us back. Well she got sick and never finished paying it, 1300 dollars. Did I say anything, NO! When she forgot my daughters bday, did I say anything, NO! I have put up with so much from them and I think it is about time it stopped!! I dont know if I should just never speak to her or them again or if I should call my BIL & SIL and set the record strait! I did nothing wrong, yes I raised my voice but I was being cussed at and told to shut up! I am a grown a s s woman, my mother doesnt even tell me to shut up and I will be damned if she does!! What do I do girls? Inlaws are hell and I need some help, back me up and tell me how to handle this!!! |
| Third Day On The PHENN!
May 30, 2009 at 11:09 pm
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| | so i just weighed myself and im down 4 lbs in 3 days yay.
but i need to start eating more. :cool: | | | 
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| when should i take my b12???
May 30, 2009 at 10:30 pm
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| | hello,
my energy levels have been down my second week of phen. the first week was great i started a multi vitamin and also went out and bought b12. just wondering when should i take the b12..in reference to when i take my phen pill?
thanks!! |
| OT: KIND OF.......
May 30, 2009 at 10:12 pm
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| | How come I can never take a picture that I like? I have lost 50 pounds but in the pictures people take of me I look at them and say "dang I am still huge".Which I still have alot to go but you would think that even I can tell a difference. But I cant. The only picture I seen a diffrenece in is my work badge . I might need to scan it the I could post some before and after pictures. I was trying to take just some face shots and i look drunk in them all( lack of sleep I know)but I deleted them they were so bad. Just wanted to know if any others are having this problem. |
| Hey yall NEW from NC wondering your calories
May 30, 2009 at 9:50 pm
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| | I'm new here started phen yesterday - BOY IS IT WORKING! I had 1500 calories yesterday and today 1200. Livestrong website says I should eat 1700 a day to lose 2 pounds a week. However, I see alot of people saying they eat 800-1000. I was always taught you wouldn't lose or you would plateau big time if you did on this too low amount. I'm wondering, I force myself to get these calories, what do yall do? How many do you eat? I really need to lose this weight. I have a 12 month old who I can't keep up with and a 10 year old I'm afraid will be embarassed by a "fat mom" soon! I bought a dress tonight I love and could wear if I lose weight or now but would look bad in it! So I took before pics in it because on my bday - aug 30th I WILL wear this dress and I WILL look FAB-U-LOUS! |
| Cheeseburgers,baby back ribs,backed beans,bbq chicken
May 30, 2009 at 9:16 pm
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| | and a whole bunch of other stuff is what my family decided to cook today! I ate my dinner around 6:30 and ive been drinking water and cranberry juice everytime i walk thru the kitchen. We had sum family fly in from denver today which i didnt know about, so now their having a big cookout! great!!! but i have willpower and im NOT eating anything else!!!! :o |
| 15 pounds progress pics :)
May 30, 2009 at 9:00 pm
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|  How I got in this position :)  April of 09... 175 pounds :(  Taken yesterday at 156  Me and hubby .  No idea what I spilled on my shirt. Its not much, but its something :) |
| Chest Pains
May 30, 2009 at 8:02 pm
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| | Today I got chest pains, on the left side of my chest, right where my heart is, near the top of my breast. My heart was also racing at the time. I didn't even take a whole phen today, I took half and that's it. Never had chest pains before on this medicine, kinda scary, what do you think? |
| 188 today - New Silver Jeans Pics!!
May 30, 2009 at 7:48 pm
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| I posted another thread too... but I am stoked about these jeans!! They were only $14.00. :D   |
| self talk
May 30, 2009 at 7:34 pm
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| | some of the recent posts got me to thinking about the self talk we have with our selves. I'm sure we all do it. like in the other posts, I 'see' myself as an active athletic person so when I see pictures or the mirror, I HATE that person. my point is that I have to make a conscious effort not to say negative things. I really believe it is so counter productive.
I try just to focus on something I like, like my skin or hair. I 'catch' myself sometimes though, saying....ugh, gross. ya know. or I remind myself I AM doing something about it and it will get better.
what do you all do with your self talk? |
| Silver's Jeans
May 30, 2009 at 6:34 pm
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| | I'm soooo excited... I went out and walked around some local shops because the weather here is so nice today... I found a sales rack at a department store and browsed through it... there was ONE, just ONE pair of silvers and I tried them on... they fit like a glove... and the exciting part... I got to the registers... $14.00. :D |
| Still alive and kicking
May 30, 2009 at 5:12 pm
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| | Hi guys.....sorry I havent been around much. I am going ok with my weight loss except for a few boo boos. The other day was the anniversary of the day I was raped and I was a bit depressed, I ate a WHOLE fruitcake. I was so uncomfortably full I had to stick my fingers down my throat. YUCK!!! A good lesson learnt....dont eat a whole cake at the one time. I am eating well during the day but nightime is a struggle...I am still getting up every 2-3 hours and eat a handful of cereal or a piece of bread and butter every time I get up. I havent been exercising the past few days cos a funny thing happened to my eye...like a shadow went across it and then what looked like sparks were flying at my face...the dr said could have been a mini stroke or my migraines are just changing....the next day I got my normal kind of migraine so I guess that is what it was. My eye was feeling strange for a few days so I was told not to do any exercise until it felt normal. So today I am hitting the treadmill....YAY...never thought I would miss it lol. I didnt go to work this week either...been feeling a bit down, but I am hoping I feel ok to go tomorrow, I kind of miss those furry little buggars even though some of them scare me. It has been fun working with the animals.....I get to look after fairy penguins, ringtail and brushtail possums, baby roos, a wallaby (cheeky buggar), mini owls and different birds and a duck that follows me around pecking at my leg lol.
I have to go back to the dr today, I have a sore spot at the back of my tongue/throat and my ear is very painful. My 19 yr old son is getting tested for swine flu today, I dont think they are too worried cos they told him to come back on saturday if he still wasnt well yet and when he called them they said we cant fit you in come tomorrow. My husband and daughter have to come too to get their prescriptions for the Hep A and Typoid shot we have to have to go to Malaysia in september. We have about 16 weeks to go till we leave and I am still on track or my goal...I have to lose another 25 lbs by then. Oh well that is all my news..sorry for the novel lol. Take care everyone and be good!! |
| A Picture Sent Me Over the Edge!
May 30, 2009 at 2:40 pm
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| I've been an on again off again lurker on the site for about two years. I was on phen in October '03 and lost 15 lbs in 2 months. Then, I moved to another state and didn't bother to hook up with another doctor. Last week my soon-to-be sister-in-law sent me a picture of my fiance' and I at his family reunion. Talk about a wake up call! Who was that fat woman who stole my clothes and my man? Oh! That's just me... So, I did a search on the forum and found a recommended doctor in the area (Dr. Branch). I've set up an appointment for Monday at 1pm with the dire hope he'll prescribe for me. Wish me luck! I'll post a real before picture if I get hope on Monday there will be an after. Until then... here's the "hello fat lady!" picture...  |
| I already know this will be unpopular...
May 30, 2009 at 2:11 pm
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| | So here it goes. I think Soy protein is VERY bad for you. I think its all hype. here's why I say that. For years i heard about how good it is for you and the Asians have eaten it for thousands of years and you can lose weight with it blah, blah, blah. Well, I did all that and suddently started getting ovarian cysts, some would go away and some needed to be removed. the cysts caused my body to not respond to insulin and then i got huge!! I continued to eat soy, then i got a lump in my breast (benign) but it had to be removed. I could never figure out what was wrong, when the lump was tested they determined it was estrogen driven and so were the ovarian cysts. the weight kept piling on! Doctors gave me all kinds of pills including estrogen suppliments to stop me from ovulating so the cysts would stop forming, it did for a while, but then i gained even more weight - eventhough i was dieting!
Well about a year ago i finally found an endocrinologist and i feel like he saved my life. he told me to STOP taking any soy products, stop birth control pills and began treating all my issues. he said that soy mimicked estrogen and that was causing my cysts and breast lumps, my endometriosis, and even my weight gain. he told me soy is great for menopausal women who need the estrogen to be healthy, but too much in a pre-menapause women can cause weight gain and water retention big time. I read that drinking 1 8oz glass of soy milk produced the same amount of estrogen as an average birth contol pill
Ok, so now i have been off soy for almost a year and have had no more lumps, but i do get occasional cysts, although nowhere like i used to. I also started losing weight - very slowly, and the swelling in my ankles went down.
I have read everywhere how great it is for you and for ovarian cysts, and i find little about the possible adverse effects.
so, i know you all like to have all the soy protein and have been successful at losing weight, but maybe that is from adding the protein aspect of the soy and maybe it would be safer getting it from other lean sources.
Well tell me what you think, and its ok to disagree, Thanks |
| Swimsuit pics
May 30, 2009 at 1:35 pm
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| I just purchased my very first bikini :eek: for sh:)ts and giggles LOL! I wanted to see how I would look in it. I also bought a tankini, which is the real bathing suit I plan to wear in public. I love the tankini, it hides my belly bump and I feel very comfortable in it. So how do I look? Attachment 860
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| What would you do? (82lbs lost)
May 30, 2009 at 12:47 pm
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| | Hello everyone!
I'm normally very quiet on here, but I wanted to ask what y'all would do if you were in my shoes.
I started Phen on Dec. 15, 2008 and as of today I've lost 82lbs! I feel great, but I still need to lose about 60-70 more to be at my healthy weight.
About 2 months ago I started noticing I was losing my hair. It totally ****s since I used to have long, thick hair..now it's lifeless and thin and I feel like I need to cut it off.
I have always taken a multi-vitamin that the doc prescribed with the Phen, and now I've added Biotin and have been on it for about a week.
Do you think I should stop Phen and try to lose without it or keep using the Phen until I get where I need to be? (At the sacrifice of going bald of course)
All the docs are concerned with is collecting their money, weighing you, checking your blood pressure and sending you out the door.
Thanks! |
| HCG???
May 30, 2009 at 12:41 pm
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| | What is this??? |
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| Doctor In Philadelphia
May 30, 2009 at 10:36 am
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| | I have been seeing my regular doc, but he is getting way too expensive. Anyone have a good resonable doc in Philadelphia? Thanks!! |
| New to Phen in two weeks!!!
May 30, 2009 at 10:08 am
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| | Hello everyone!!! I am so sick of being fat, today my 23 year old son is running in a 10k at Ft. Leonardwood and I would love to be at the finish line to congratulate him, but I was not invited. I say all that to let you know how desperate I am to start this weight loss journey. I go June 12th to the doctor to get started on Phen. I am so excited and nervous all at the same time. My first thought is what if it doesn't work for me!!! Brief history, I have battled my weight all my life... I gained 80 lbs with my first pregnancy (23yrs ago) lost 20 then had my second child and gained only 40 lbs. I exercised through my whole pregnancy and lived by the ocean. My food consumption comes from total bordom and a lack of direction with my time. Throughout my adult life I would go on Juice fasts and lose tons of weight and get down to a size 6 then start eating again and gain it all back within 7 months. But during that 7 month time span I was HAPPY!!! Then I would sink into depression because I was gaining weight work myself mentally into fasting again and lose it all back. Over and Over again.... I am now in my 40's and exhausted.... I don't want to fast anymore, I don't want to work out anymore, but I don't want to be fat anymore...... My son and daughter are awesome kids and very active, very healthy in there eating but really secretly ashamed of there 230 lb mother... I know that is why my son did not invite me today. I need to start living life again and my weight is keeping chained to my house. :mad::mad: I started my home based business three months ago and was at one of my customers house and she was telling me about a doctor that had lost over 100 lbs and starting a diet clinic within his OBGYN practice. I thought about it for two weeks and finally called and scheduled the appointment. In the meantime I started surfing the web looking for info and came across this website.. I must say WOW---- Everyone of you Ladies are awesome, in just a few days I have been so encouraged by all of your successes, struggles, triumphs, etc. I really feel like I can do it this time... I pray that I have no side effects and that the Phen works for me.... I just don't have the extra push right now and If it would nudge me in the right direction I believe I would be eternally grateful.... Thank you for hearing me out and I am looking forward to meeting my new community of friends... |
| Does anyone know ...
May 30, 2009 at 9:46 am
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| | If I can get Phen from my a PCP or Gyno?? and how to go about doing so? I'm way to broke to go to a clinic. |
| 7th week progress
May 30, 2009 at 8:27 am
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| | I just finished my 7th week and i have lost a total of 14 lbs, 3.5" around my waist and 4" around my hips. I am ecstatic. I have been using sparkpeople to keep up with my food intake. I do 20 minutes of pilates and 30 day shred daily. I just started level 3 today and i can't feel my thighs, lol. I hope that means they are shredding away. Here is a pic from about 6 weeks ago and one from now.
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| Do any of you juice?
May 30, 2009 at 7:55 am
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| | I have a juicing machine & I'm wondering if any of you have any healthy recipes.
All I do now is carrot, orange, and apple juice...but I can only make one cup because there are too many calories after that. I'd like something that's super healthy and has tons of vitamins..but I can't think of any ideas.
I want to do this because I want to make sure that in 7-11 weeks here, when I am off the phen, that I don't have cravings..if I teach my body to eat healthy (as I have been) and get in the mode of juicing..I know I'll be all set once I wean myself off the pills.
I have noticed when I juice that it helps for at least 1/2 of the day if not the whole day with my cravings and such. I think I might start juicing at morning and right after dinner...because after dinner is usually when I go NUTS with a snack..I get this hunger pang that you would swear I hadn't eaten in 3 years. I'm always good until after dinner...then I have that one extra meal/snack that sets me back.
Anyhoo...any ideas that aren't too high in calories? I don't mind if it isn't the best tasting..I know that it's the vitamins that I am concerned with getting. :) |
| Doc in Mobile Alabama Area
May 30, 2009 at 1:33 am
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| | Does anyone know of a doc in Mobile Al or surrounding areas? I go to a weight loss clinic in Mobile but they don't except Insurance. It is pretty expensive. I want to find a doctor that will except insurance. Thanks |
| i am back
May 30, 2009 at 12:29 am
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| | well i have not been on in a long time way too busy with wedding stuff! so i went to dr again thursday i am @ 140 woot woot! i started at 168.8 april 1st and today May 29th 140lbs,. i am sooo happy. i feel good and i may just have to pack the two piece i bought to take to cancun for the honeymoon! here are my new before and after shoots let me know i am having a hard time seeing the change i feel it but dont see it. |
| I need good exercise while on the phen! HELP!
May 30, 2009 at 12:19 am
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| | Hello. i dont have a membership to a gym. to be honest i dont have the money right now! i do however walk (not fast) atleast 30 mins a day every other day!
wil this work for me with the phen 37.5 mg:confused: |
| What do you think?
May 30, 2009 at 12:18 am
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| | I only have 9 pills left and im going to start the HCG shots.. but im not ordering them till about another week.. plus it'll take 2-3 weeks to get everything (im guessing) so my question is.. do you think i should come off Phen just save the 9 pills till maybe a week or two goes by? just try and diet? its been making me feel a lil sick to my tummy too.. so i was thinking.. just wait till i order the HCG then start taking them.. ??? maybe a little jump start again? the thing is i wanna be in the 150's when i start the shots.. so i dont wanna end up coming off.. then gaining.. i dont know if coming off if you gain it right back.. |
| Newbie! just took my first pill 5 hours ago,and feeling it!
May 30, 2009 at 12:10 am
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| | Hello, everyone! I am really hyped up right now! I got a huge burst of energy, music sounds better, my inner ear feels a lil' weird and I am extremely thirsty! I drank 3 bottles of water and 1 bottle of vitamin water. I know it was kind of late in the day but I just couldn't wait. I had took Adipex 37.5mg before and lost 10 lbs in a week. I exercised about 2 hours a day cardio on my elliptical and treadmill. I stoped taking it because I found out I was preggo. but I am back on again and this time I am gonna lose all my weight! A lil' about myself: I have a 4 year old boy and a 5 month old girl. I put on 100 lbs my last pregnancy. I was 173 a year ago. I look good at that weight because I have alot of muscle. you know muscle weighs more than fat. when I was 9 months preg. I tipped and almost broke the scale lol at 273. I didn't look morbidly obese but I was. after giving birth I lost a lil' and now 5 months later I weigh 227-230 it flucuates. I lost the 40+lbs from giving birth (my baby was 8lbs 4 oz. then all that other fluid and ect.) and working out 4 to 5 days a week. I walk 8-10 miles per wk. and do the elliptical here and there, light weights,swim and have a low card., veggie and protein diet. the only thing I didn't do alot of was drink water. but now I really am gonna step up my game and drink lots of water and have a workout schedule also I am gonna stretch. I can't even touch my toes! I will be posting my progress with pics. I am gonna do this! I got my mind right with alot of help from my friend phen. I wish all good luck!:heart: |
| Just venting
May 29, 2009 at 11:13 pm
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| | Well for the past days now I have been feeling like if I eat I will gain weight. I usually eat dinner which I get full fast. I am not sure why I feel this way. Before taking phentermine I felt hungry all the time. I am so stressed out all the time. My husband works nights and sleeps all day leaving me to take care of the kids by myself. I am so drained emotionally and physically. Taking care of 2 22 month olds is alot of work especially when they are sick. :( |
| Anyone Else Have the New Wii ACTIVE???
May 29, 2009 at 10:53 pm
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| | Okay so the Biggest Loser's host Alison Sweeney has been raving about this Wii Personal Trainer for awhile and said it's the main way she got her baby weight off. I read the reviews and everyone said that you can get a "real" workout with it - especially compared to the Wii Fit.
I bought it today at Wal-Mart for $59.96 and did 4 workouts on it. I REALLY like it - I never liked the Wii Fit, but my oldest daughter has gotten alot of use of it, but this one wins hands down. You can use your Wii Balance board and the resistance band and get some pretty good workouts. I will say that I used my own resistance band because that was the only negative thing that I saw in the reviews was that the resistance band is cheap and tends to break after a month of use.
Anyway you can customize your own workouts, use the pre-made workouts or do the 30 day challange (a program that gives you 20 different workouts for the month at 3 different intensities and changes it up each workout).
I would really like to hear from others that have it and maybe we can do the challange together. BTW I was wearing my BodyBugg during the workouts and the amount of calories that the game said I burned was pretty close to what I actually burned - so about 400 for the day.:) |
| Mrs. Bailey
May 29, 2009 at 10:47 pm
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| | I started this diet on May 11, 2009 weighing at 341.6 and I am now at 324.8
I hope I continue to lose at least 5 to 10 every week as i been doing |
| Specific diet while on Phen???
May 29, 2009 at 9:25 pm
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| | I'm going tomorrow to meet with the Dr. and get my first script of Phen. I know that he will suggest a diet plan to stick to, and from what I'm reading here, a lot of you guys are on a strict low carb, high protein diet.
I'm just worried that the program won't work for me because I'm a vegetarian (not for health reasons... just moral)... anyone here a vegetarian? If so, what do you eat?
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| Just one more question
May 29, 2009 at 8:57 pm
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| | Ive just been thinking so this is my last question (for today) lol
How do you classify your time on phen? By the days? or by the months supply of phen?
I started phen march 17th but i made my one month supply last longer than a month. I skipped days, took breaks, and broke my pills in halves.
I just started my second month supply on the 12th of this month so i technically say im on my second month of phen bc its the second months supply im on.
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If you wish to combat excess weight safely, go with Phentrimine. Phentrimine is a scientifically formulated diet pill and is not a mixture of herbal ingredients whose effects are doubtful.
Phentrimine's primary ingredient is a sympathomimetic amine, meaning it mimics norepinephrine, which elevates metabolic rate, increases fat mobilization, and increases energy levels.
