[dontwannaBphat]

I started phentermine 2 weeks after giving birth to my 3rd child and I am no longer getting the results that I did in the past. After I had my first son I gained 90lbs and quickly returned to 120 within a few months. That was ten years ago. At 118lbs I get pregnant with my daughter and I went to deliver at 200lbs! Again, I lost 75lbs quickly after I gave birth to her (within 3 months). Seven weeks ago I gave birth to my 3rd child, 125lbs to 210, WOW!! I admit I am a PIG while pregnant! ohh YA, I am 5'2"!!! Well, I am now 160, actually I have been 160 for the last 5 weeks! I have not lost a pound since taking the phen and I am freaking! I dont know what I am doing wrong or if my metabolism is just shot after so much weight gain and loss over the years. We have a wedding to attend in 8 weeks and I would like to be down to 135 if possible. Has anyone experienced what I am going through? I also just turned 26 years old and I read that your metabolism starts slowing after 26!

[tdesti]

My first concern for you would be where you purchased the pills. Some online pharmacies will send out placebo tablets so be careful. My next question is are you drinking enough water? It will not work if you are not drinking enough water. Take your current weight, divide it by two. Thats how many ounces you should be drinking everyday. It is alot but at least try to drink that much. And last but not least if you have a wedding to go to you have got to hit the gym. Go walking, running, just something. Any type of exercise will definitely help you speed up things. I'm sure you will do great and be back to 130 in no time. Good luck!!

[blondefrost]

The stress in your life may be contributing to your plateau. TDESTI is right, you have to exercise. I didn't see any mention of your work out. What are you doing to lose weight other than taking phen?

[top-dawg]

Hello, dontwannabe, You have three children and I imagine its difficult to have any type of time, but it is important to exercise. You will also lose weight alot quicker if you are active. If you go to the Fitness Forum here you can sign up for Ian s "How To Beat The Top Five Excuses For Not Exercising. He has some neat things in his little bag of tricks. top-dawg :razz: :razz:

[dontwannaBphat]

TDESTI,
I purchased the pills from CCBASKET. You are right about the water, I do not drink enough!!! I hardly drink any water, except what is in my daily 3 cups+ of coffee and diet soda. I will do the math 160 divided by 2= 80 oz. OMG!!! I will do it, because I am becoming desperate….I never really exercised b4, except when I was 18years old, 112 lbs and single! The Gym (24 hour) was a meat market back in the day… now I am 26, married and mother of 3…LOL, like that is a valid excuse not to go to the gym. I can’t even fit my wedding rings anymore because my fingers are like little puffy sausages now! My baby will be 8 weeks on Tuesday and after that day, I can no longer use the excuse to not exercise because of my c-section incision. I plan on starting slowly by simply just walking the kids in the double stroller for an hour a day.
Thanks for the advice… I will update you on my progress. And Congrats to you as you are almost at your goal! YiPPPeEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Blondefrost,
You should be an investigator! You don’t miss a thing! I don’t exercise  and I agree that I can’t expect results by sitting on my BUTT all day! Stress has also been getting to me. Having 3 kids.. one a pre-teen, talking back, getting lazy about helping out around the house, homework troubles, and wanting to be with his friends all the time, and the other 19 months getting into everything, constantly needing attention, tantrums, you know the whole terrible twos, and then having the new baby, on top of finishing my BA in Social Work (graduating this Tuesday!) Things have been crazy!!! Luckily, my husband tries his best to help me with those night time feedings (Formula Fed baby) because he works a lot of hours and doesn’t see the kids as much as he’d like. I might try phenterzamine or whatever it’s called because phentermine might have just stopped working for me. Thanks for the advice. Keep in touch cause I need all the support I can get.

top-dawg,
As much as I hate hearing people telling me I need to exercise, you are absolutely right! I do prefer hearing it from you all than my skinny husband who didn’t gain any weight throughout the pregnancy. I get pissed off when he comes home saying “what did you do all day? You didn’t exercise; well I don’t want to hear you complain about your weight then!” I feel like geez, I did your laundry, took care of the kids, the chores…. And by the way bringing home in and out while I eat my slimfast meal doesn’t make it any easier hunny! However, I understand that exercise is the only way to shed the pounds. We are moving this month and I, Plan to do all the packing and lifting of smaller boxes to the van (about 50 feet from the home) so I hope that will get me started. Plus, the place that we are moving to is a fixer upper so I will have lots of yard work to do! I don’t know if that counts as exercise but I hope it will get my heart beating!

[blondefrost]

dontwannaBphat, you sound like your day is pretty full with just your regular life. I have two kids who are 17 months apart, so trust me when I say I feel your pain!
I didn't mean to sound as though I was saying you were sitting on your butt. You definately aren't. I wasn't aware of how recently you had your child or the fact that you had a c-section. You need time for your body to heal from child birth. It is really hard on your system. Naturally, after delivery over the course of several weeks you would have lost weight anyway. You should have waited to take the pills until you stopped losing naturally. Don't over do the exercise until your doc says you can lift more weight than just that of the baby. There's nothing worse than someone splitting their incision! Yuck!

Yes, yard work is a great exercise. You'll be using lots of different muscles and working up a sweat at the same time. It can also help you ward off the depression and cabin fever associated with being a stay at home mom.

Keep us posted on your progress!

[top-dawg]

Hey dontwanna, Sure it counts as exercise. It sounds like you have your work cut out for you ! Good Luck, top-dawg

[mamapotter]

I'm a nurse and mom of three myself, ages 10, 7, and 2 1/2 (all girls), and I know exactly what you're going through. Did I read right that your baby is only about 7 weeks old? If that's the case, you might be having trouble with weight loss due to breast milk production. Even if you never breast fed your baby, it can still take several months to convince your body you're not going to. Even if you're not leaking or able to squeeze any out there can still be some there. You're body may be stockpiling calories for milk production, just like it would if you were taking in too little calories at any other time. I think you have a great idea there in starting a walking routine. Also, there are some great strength training excercises that involve interaction with your new baby. You can probably find these a Parenting.com, or other sites like it. Keep in mind, too, that it can take up to a year for your body to fully recover from pregnancy and childbirth.

Oh and by the way, ignore your hubby. He's probably just scared you might feel better about yourself and realize what a jerk he's being. Not that I'm dogging your man, it's just that he might be subconsciencly(correct spelling?) hoping you don't lose weight because then you might attract attention from other people and then he would have to compete. It happens with a lot of couples, including me and my hubby. You could always try this, too: Announce that the whole family should eat healthy and declare the entire house a junk-food free zone. Tell him you're willing to prepare his favorite things on occasion as long as he respects what you're trying to do for yourself. Tell him that you have a hard time fitting in a workout what with all the things you do during the day (insert guilt-provoking list here) and that at "X" time of the day when he's home and usually watching tv or something and doign that thing we moms never get to (relax) you're going to go walk/gym/workout/etc. Don't ask him, just put your walking shoes on, put a spare bottle in the fridge, or even pack a diaper bag with everything he may need while you're gone, and go. Most mom's don't get enough help at home because they don't ask for it! We think, oh, he's worked all day, he's tired. But the truth is, because parenting is a 24/7 job, there's nothing wrong with saying "It's your turn!" Also, I enlist my older kids to help. I negotiate, say, one half hour toddler distraction from my 10 year old in the form of piggy-back rides, etc. for extra allowance, tv time, computer play, etc. I don't advocate tv all the time, but I have to say those Baby Einstein videos are a Godsend. They're about 25 minutes long, and the DVDs have the option to REPEAT. I recommend Baby Galileo, Baby Neptune, Language Nursery, and Baby Newton. Those are my kids favorites. Hope I've been some help!

Good luck, and Happy Belated Mother's Day!!