[tesslyn]

Hi everyone...I am a 31 year old mother of 4...two boys ages 13 & 9
and two girls ages 7 and 23mths. Let me start by warning i am the worst at typo's so im sorry in advance for any and all i will make.
Last Tuesday I went to a weight loss clinic and was given 35mg of phetermine and Thyroid II. I really had major reservations on the legitimacy of this place. I went because a friend of mine lost alot of weight taking Phetermine in the last two months she was given through there. My weight struggles started when i had my children it got tobe the worst after my third child when i was put on the birthcontrol shot Depo Provera and gained 70+lbs on top of my pregnancy weight within a few months. Nothing seemed to take it off even when i stopped using the Depo shot. Then with my fourth child i miracuiously lost 43lbs while pregnant with her. But as soon as she was born and we finished nursing at 8mths It all started comming back. I went for three months straight working out 5x's and eating mostly salads..instead of loosing i gained an extra 10lbs to reach my all time highest of 251 lbs. I was miserable and shocked. I stopped dieting and excersising for the last couple of months. Thinking its not worth this..i have been trying so hard and i cant even fit into my "fat jeans" any longer. Anyways fast forward...i have now been on phetermine for three days. It has worked for controlling my appetite alot! I am excitred thinking maybe this is going to help me. One thing i know i did wrong all these years is i didn't eat regularly i would skip breakfast and only sometimes eat lunch then dinner i would eat more then i should have. Food always for me seemed to make me sleepy no matter how light of a meal or snack it was. So i just didnt eat until later in the evening. Day one i forced myself to eat lunch and had energy not the running around like a chicken with my head cut off energy just the kind of energy i had before i was a mom... a we went out to eat with friends for dinner that night. I took the second dose an hour before we left. I felt really "high or stoned" with the second dose. So yesterday i only took the morning pill. And it was better except i found myself alittle bit more hungry at dinner. I was going to do the same today but i am starting to feel really sleepy and it is only 5:30 here. And abit hungry also. So im debating on trying the second dose again or maybe half a dose. Then tommorrow just ttaking half a pill in the a.m and the other half in the afternoon.

Here are my stats (hope i do this right)
I am 5'7"
2 weeks ago: 251lbs
Tuesday 2/28/06 After three weeks of slimfast
down to 245 started Phentermine
Today 240 :shock:

1st goal: 200lbs
2nd Goal:175
3rd Goal: 160
Fourth Goal: 140

ulitimate Goal: 125-130


So i gues thats about it! Long enogh intro huh? Oh yeah i tend to get a little long winded sometimes! :???: