This diet just keeps getting easier and easier. Everyday I wake up and say to myself "this is probably the day I'm going to mess up" and I'm impressed every night when I go to bed and that it was so easy. I woke up this morning and absolutely forgot to take a Phen. It didn't let it stop me though. I didn't notice until it was already past time for me to take it. I didn't want to take it too late in the day. I went and worked out and ate good and drank lots of water, as usual. Two more weeks til my first weigh in. I actually thought I was going to weigh in last week, but it was for my testosterone shot only. I was all pumped up to see the official scales, but I can weight to weeks. That's more time for the number to even drop more when I stop on those. I used to be terrified of the scales and now I look forward to it. I often wonder how long this will last, but then remind myself that it will only last until I stop trying. I'm keeping on keeping on.
Week 1 ended up going pretty fast for me for some reason. I don't know that I cheated even one time. The only time I went outside of what my doctor prescribed was yesterday at a luncheon at work, but I only ate salad, a little fruit, a tortilla with one little piece of grilled chicken and some vegetables, and some pinto beans (made with beef boullion and garlic, no fat). Last night for supper I only ate raw broccoli, cauliflower, celery, carrots, cucumbers dipped in fat free ranch. I had an awesome day. My vitamins have kicked in and I'm feeling good. I have lazy points in the day when I just don't want to do anything, but then I have other points of extreme energy, which is when I should be out running a marathon. I joined the fitness yesterday evening, but didn't have time to work out. I'm going first thing this morning (first day of week 2) for a Double Step Aerobics class. I've never been to an aerobics class of any sort, so I don't even know what to expect. I have a little nervousness, but I will only have that once. Next time I will know what to expect. I've been drinking tons of water. I still do not intend to have any other sort of beverage (especially Diet Coke).
The bad mood started again today, so after reading some postings in the Phentermine.com forums and after doing some research of my own, I decided to go get some Vitamin B6 and B12 to see if that helps with my mood swings. Both of those vitamins serve a lot of purpose so it won't hurt even if it doesn't help the mood. I talked to the doctor's office about the mood swings and the nurse said to only take 1/2 of the Phen for the next couple days to see if that works. If it don't, then it's definately the testosterone that I started the day I picked up my pills. My body is going through some major changes, but I didn't have any of the mood swings this evening, so maybe the vitamins are working. Only time will tell. I'm not going to weigh again until I go to the doctor, so I'm anxiously curious to find out how much I weigh. I would love to just go in there right now and jump on the scales, but I shouldn't and I won't.
I had a severe mood change today. All along I have had mood swings because of the pill, but now I feel very depressed, angry, and frustrated all bottled up into one. I want to say that I can handle this, because I like what it's doing to my weight so far. But in reality, I don't know if I can handle it. I don't even want to be near anybody. I want to be by myself. I did good with eating today and I'm planning on joining the gym this week. Although, everything is fine, I'm looking forward to day 6, so this day will be over.
It's Day 4 now and everything is still going great. I haven't been tempted, haven't binged eaten, haven't even wanted to. The site of a pizza, lasagna, or a hamburger does not even suit my fancy anymore. In fact, it almost looks gross to me. I'm in love with the Smart Ones Ravioli. I've always thought those things were not very good and they always made a better snack than they do a meal. Now, it makes a very nice meal and then at supper time, I'm lucky to want to eat all 600 calories. I really don't care to eat at all, but I have to. Yesterday everything went great. I had drank 200 ounces of water which is unbelievable even to myself. I love water now. This Phen is going to change my whole life.
This is Day 2 and I started out this morning by weighing myself. I want to try and not weigh anytime other than my doctor appointments, but I couldn't resist. It looks like I lost 7 pounds in a 24 hour period, of course it's water weight, but it's still nice to see some movement on the scales.
I am really enjoying not being hungry all the time. Even when I would eat what I wanted, I was still hungry all the time, but now I know I'm doing good for my body. I started getting pretty irritable today, which was not unexpected. Most Phen users have told me this would happen. I'm aware of it and I will try my hardest to control it. I know it's only going to be temporary, then it just kinda goes away. I can't wait to continue on and see what the scales say at the doctors in a couple weeks.
It's the evening of the first day of the Phen diet. It was a great day. I didn't know how the Phentermine was going to affect my mood or appetite. I was quite impressed. I took the pill at 8:30am and got a burst of energy by 9:30am. I didn't eat anything until about 12:30pm and all I had then was a Lean Cuisine dinner. Then we went to my son's soccer game, did a little shopping and stopped by Taco Bell on the way home (around 5:30 or 6:00pm) and I had a Chicken Taco Salad. It was very good. I normally would have gotten one of those and maybe 2 or 3 more items. I was pleasantly satisfied. I don't anticipate eating anything before I go to bed tonight.
As far as my mood and energy level, I had a lot of energy most of the day, but other times in the day I was very spacey and somewhat lightheaded. I'm excited to see how Day 2 goes.
I am 27 years old, married, and am the proud father of 3 young boys (5 years, 19 months, and 9 weeks).
I have gone on diet after diet and have done well on almost everything I've tried. The problem is I get bored with the same ole foods and the same ole lifestyle after a while. Now that I'm within 10 pounds of gaining back the last 60 pounds that I've lost, it's time for something to happen and I need it to be permanent. I now have serious sleep apnea, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, weight induced low testosterone, and GERD.
I knew that I couldn't do it on my own. I could for a while, but it wouldn't be permanent and usually when I gain my weight back it comes back with a vengence and it's usually even more than what I weighed before. I finally decided to look for doctors in my area that focused on weight loss, and the first one I found was covered under my insurance so I made an appointment. That appointment was today.
He introduced the Phentermine to me. He told me to take one 37.5 mg pill in the morning instead of breakfast, eat a frozen dinner no earlier than noon, and then eat around 600 calories in the evening. No snacks all day.
Tomorrow morning starts Day 1 and we'll see how it goes.
