06/10/2008 11:36
Finally back on track
Well, I am finally back on track after having been off phentermine for almost 3 weeks due to having surgery. The surgery (D&C and uterine ablation) took more out of me than I expected. It was out-patient, but it took me 5 days of complete rest to finally feel somewhat normal again. I go back to the Dr. tomorrow and will hopefully get the o.k. to exercise. We have put up a pool that I have been dying to get into and my daughter wants me to teach her how to ride her new bicycle. Six weeks of summer break and I intend to go back to work at least 10 pounds lighter!
05/31/2008 10:10
1st gain back
Well, I have had my 1st gain in 2 1/2 months. I have had to quit taking Phentermine for two weeks because of an upcoming surgery. Boy can I tell the difference! What am I going to do when I don't have it to take any more?! I have received my final month's supply, however I have been doing 4 days on/3 days off, so it will last me longer than one month. I still have 30 pounds to lose and I don't want to gain the weight right back. My doctor said she could give me Meridia, but it is very expensive-more than $100 per month. I guess I will cross that bridge when I get there. Right now I am ready to get this surgery over with so I can start losing again.
05/10/2008 09:16
One less fat roll!
Well, I am now down 18 pounds and feeling great! Last saturday in response to getting a new bicycle, my 9 year old son gave me a hug around my waist. He's not big on hugs now that he's become more of a Daddy's boy. After hugging me he said, "You are losing weight. You used to have three fat rolls and now you only have two!".
05/03/2008 10:12
Down 15 pounds!
I've kind of lost track of how many weeks I've been at this--7 I think. I am just happy that my weight is still going down. Only down one pound this week, but I was afraid I was going to have to record a weight gain this week. I've lost a total of 15 pounds which puts me where I was one year ago. That was the last time I tried to diet. I wanted to lose 10 pounds before my mom's wedding the 1st of July. Well, I gained 10 pounds instead. OK, back to now. I am really starting to feel thinner, especially in the area under my ribs. I haven't done any measurements and I really don't want to. I can tell that my clothes are looser. Plus, I really feel like I want to exercise--what's with that?!
04/20/2008 11:00
A little about me
It's taking me a little while to figure out how to work this site. I guess this should have been my 1st post, but oh well--here I go. I am 42 years old with two children--boy Jordan, age 9; girl Julianne, soon to be 6. I have been married for almost 11 years to Scott. Scott is 6'8" and barely weighs 220 lbs. Sounds like a heafty weight, but on that tall frame he is a twig. He has never had a weight problem--except needing to gain. He can and does eat anything he wants without ever having to worry about his weight. He also has no tolerance or respect for the overweight. I have put on close to 60 lbs. since we married--50 of the 60 has been over the last 5 years since I started my present job of teaching high school--a little stressful. I know that he loves me and he doesn't belittle me, but I really want to be the woman he married again--for me and for him. Luckily the kids got his metabolism. They are both long and lean. So I am the oddball. I am going to do this!
04/19/2008 09:41
1st Doctor visit
I have been on Phentermine for 5 weeks and have lost 11 pounds. My 1st weigh-in was this week. My 1st 3 weeks were amazing--no hunger, no desire to eat, could only eat half my normal portions. Week 4 I could tell that the effects were diminishing. Doc said I have a very good liver and it is flushing out the drug. I am to do 2 days on, 2 days off. I dread the off days.
