Hello Everyone

Darlin218 · 07-25-2005, 10:56 PM

Hi everyone. I am Tina (27), nice to meet you all. I am now on Phentermine (it will be two weeks tomarrow). When I started I thought (somewhere in the back -or front- of my mind) that I'd be skinny in a week or two. That really isn't going the way I planned. LOL go figure.
Thus far the only side effects that I have had is very dry mouth which just makes me drink more water - so that's actually a good effect. I also am having more energy - not like jittery energy but good energy - and I really want to talk a whole lot, none stop.
In the last 2 weeks I've lost a little over 7 pounds and am sort of wondering if that's normal or if I should be losing more. (30mg btw.)

I was very happy to come across this site and will be back very often.
~Thank You~

**ACE223** · 07-25-2005, 11:22 PM

Well first off HI!! and nice to meet you!!! LOL talking non-stop. I understand all to well what you mean. This is day 4 for me and I want to talk so much and fast that some times I forget what I am saying.

As for your weight loss. I have loss 6 lbs so far if that helps you any. Do you ever get really tired as well?

**lucylicious** · 07-26-2005, 08:44 PM

Hey Darlin,
I like your avatar. Anyway, I've been on Phentermine (30mg, like you) for a week now and I've lost 6 lbs. I think the weight you've lost is probably a pretty average amount, and I wouldn't be disappointed if I were you. I mean at least you are 7 lbs lighter than you used to be! :grin: And, very likely, the weight will to continue to come off quite regulary. I also find that exercise helps. I jog 40 mins a day, five days a week. I also drink lots of water and take vitamin b-12 because I've heard from people on here that it helps with energy and metabolism. Are you exercising at all? And how much do you eat/what type of foods do you eat?
--Lucy

Darlin218 · 07-27-2005, 02:11 PM

Thanks for the reply's

To answer your questions:
I have't really been getting extremely tired but I have been sleeping much better than I have in a while. I told my doctor that yesturday and he said that was very strange that a lot of people have the opposite effect. But for me, my sleeping habits have improved - and I haven't had to take a sleeping pill since I started the phen.
As for eating - I'm really trying to stay around 20 grams of fat or less a day and trying to stay away from red meat (which I'm not doing real well with) and no butter or oil what-so-ever -- all of which my doctor strongly advised. I have had a B12 shot 2 weeks ago when I first started and will now have one every 28 days at the doctor's office.
Exercising .... I didn't for the first 2 weeks and just started yesturday.
BABY STEPS you know :grin:

**ACE223** · 07-27-2005, 02:37 PM

Well gald to see you back on here. It sounds like this pill treat us the same. I find myself tired after about 6 hrs from taking the pill. I have probs. sleeping either. I find it harder to get up in the morning. That is weird b/c I have always been a morning person.

And yes start off slow if you have to. You have the rest of your life to go hard core... Just take it day by day.