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**sk8er** · 11-29-2008, 11:17 PM

Hello!

My name is Lisa and what a great site and forum! My story is probably very similar to others. I was on Phen a few years back for 1.5 months and it kick started my metabolism. Once my body clicked, I lost 35 pounds and felt amazing!

We then made a cross country move and life changed a bit and 3 years later I am back up to the weight I lost. I never stopped exercising (3-5x a week; 1-2 hours a day; cardio and weights) and changed my exercise routine but what I know I did change was my eating.

I do not have a large appetite but what I did was made sure I ate 3-5 small meals/snacks per day and before I knew it, the weight literally was melting off me. When we made our move and new life, I stopped eating again due to not being hungry and I think I messed my metabolism up again. (if this can even happen, or so I have been told.)

In between this I also did a few rounds of fertility drugs which also seemed to add weight to my body.

I found this Website and read through a lot of the postings. I didn't want to try the phentermine again due to the side effects and ordered phen-D yesterday. I can let you know my progress once I receive and start it and would love to hear about others weight loss journey on phen-d as well.

I am seriously overly frustrated with not being able to lose weight with doing proper diet and exercise. I even hired a trainer who couldn't understand why I didn't lose weight with the workout and diet she had me on. (Thyroid has been checked 6 times.)

So I am so happy to find a forum that seems to mesh with my issues. I truly hope the Phen-D does give my body the kick start it needs to start dropping weight or I am not even sure what my next step will be. If I saw a few pounds drop and stay down, then I would be more positive right now but I can drop 7 pounds and 2 days later, be up 10. This is what my body has been doing for 2 years and I am done with this extra weight on.

Thank you for listening.

**susanpesek** · 11-30-2008, 06:10 PM

Hi, Lisa! We are very glad to have you here and most all of us can empathize with you!

Though I am adding an attachment of what worked for me, Consumer Reports has said the best diet for 2008 was Volumetrics. I will add that, too..

Eating about 100 calories of protein every 3 hours will help keep your blood sugar more stable and may help to prevent any appetite spikes; though I dare say many of us just stay hungry all the time.

**sk8er** · 11-30-2008, 06:17 PM

Susan,

Thank you for your welcome and I will def. check out your attachments! Absolutely great! Thanks!

Lisa

**sk8er** · 12-04-2008, 04:19 AM

My Phen-d arrived today. Going to start it tomorrow morning and will be interested to see if it works like the real phen or not.

**spice2621** · 12-04-2008, 01:23 PM

Hi there! Welcome aboard!!! I just wanted to come by and say welcome aboard and we are all here for support. Keep us updated with your progress okay. Take care and have a great day!

**sk8er** · 12-06-2008, 01:24 AM

Thanks!

Question, on the phen-d do I need to start with 1 pill a day or can I go to the 2? I know with the real phen I was using 1/2 pill and never could take a full pill because it was too strong for me.

I haven't really felt any side effects on the phen-d. It's been 2 days and only have taken 1 pill. Tomorrow was going to try and do the two pills per day.

Sorry for all the questions.

**spice2621** · 12-06-2008, 04:45 AM

I am not sure on phen d....I have never taken it..but I hope somebody comes by and gives you some advice. Take care!