WELL I GUESS I SHOULD START BY EXPLAINING HOW THIS DIET CAME ABOUT. I  RECENTLY WAS AT A FOLLOW UP APPOINTMENT AT THE OBGYN AFTER I HAD MY 2ND CHILD AND WHEN ASKED TO STEP ON THE SCALE..THE REALITY OF MY WEIGHT HIT ME. 208 POUNDS? I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THINNER. I MEAN I HAVE HIPS, THIGHS, AND A BOOTY..BUT NOW MY STOMACH IS OR FEELS LARGER THAN LIFE. SO I DIDNT MENTION IT TO THE DOCTOR BECAUSE HONESTLY I WAS EMBARRASSED. DID I REALLY LET MYSELF GO? IM MARRIED- AND MY HUSBAND LOVES ME JUST THE WAY THAT I AM ...BUT I DONT LOVE MYSELF. THIS IS THE PROBLEM. IT EFFECTS MY MOODS..AND MY SEX LIFE..EVERYTIME I GET DRESSED TO GO SOMEWHERE IT TURNS TO CRYING. I JUST NEEDED TO SHED 50 POUNDS.  SO I WENT TO MY REGULAR PSYICIAN AND EXPLAINED IT TO HER. I DO NOT QUALIFY FOR THE LAP BAND--I NEED LIKE ANOTHER 10-20 POUNDS TO QUALIFY. SO I TALKED TO HER ABOUT PERSCIPTION WEIGHT LOSS..SHE GAVE ME AN RX FOR PHENTERMINE.  I TOOK IT ONCE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. ITS 37.5 MG. TAB. AND IT MUST HAVE BEEN TOO MUCH. MY EARS WERE RINGING, I WAS PUKING,I COULDNT EAT, I WAS DIZZY AND HAD A KILLER HEADACHE. I CANT FEEL LIKE THAT WITH A 2 YEAR OLD AND A 5 MONTH OLD. SO I STOPPED TAKING IT. I JUST BEGAN 3 DAYS AGO TAKING A HALF TAB. AND I FEEL WONDERFUL. I AM ALSO ON A VLCD (VERY LOW CALORIE DIET) I AM TRYING TO EAT LESS THAN 1100 CALORIES A DAY. YESTERDAY WAS MY FIRST DAY DOING THAT..I DID WONDERFUL! I WAS STILL 200 CALORIES LESS WHEN I WENT TO BED.  PHENTERMINE IS THE ONLY REASON I CAN DO THAT..SINCE IT SUPPRESSED MY APPITITE SO MUCH. BUT I DID IT. I FEEL SO ACCOMPLISHED! SOOO LETS SEE HOW TODAY GOES!!!