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Hello Everyone!
I have been visiting the boards regularly and decided it was time to start my own journal.My name is Corinna, I started taking phen 1 week ago today. I was on Meridia for a month before that and did well with it, however the cost made it an unrealistic option for me. So far I am pretty happy with the phen and my doc didnt give me to much grief over the prescription. I started with 1/2 a pill in the morning and was pretty good with that. I bumped it up to 3/4 of a pill today and it was too much. Back to 1/2 tomorrow. There is definitely a learning curve to all this!!
I thought it would be a dream come true to have no appetite. While it has its advantages, it also comes with disadvantages. I have to make myself eat most meals or else I get to not feeling well (duh...low blood sugar!). This morning it was past noon before I ate and then it was only because I got dizzy and felt sick. Most days Im pretty good about it, I eat breakfast before I leave for work. Have a snack around 1030 or so and then have lunch at 12 another snack at about 3 and dinner around 630. Still need to work on sticking to a meal schedule on the weekends. I am following Weight Watchers and eating my minimum points daily (most days).
This forum is great!! Alot of success and support and I think some of the journeys are amazing. I really want this to be the last time I have to lose weight so I am trying to approach it realistically (at least for me). I know there is NO way I will ever keep up with an exercise every day mentality, so I have been trying to get in at least 3-4 days a week. I know if I dont eat, it will all come back when I do. I know if I dont change my eating habits it will come back. All that to say that I am really working on making this a lifestyle change, but boy its hard!! Ok...enough rambling. I really want to get to involved on the boards and offer support as well as receive it. Here I go!!!

Corinna