I'm loving Phentermine!

**THICKUMS** · 03-06-2006, 02:13 PM

Hey guys!

Thanks Ian for that advice. I wanted to let you all know how it's been since I got my pills on Friday. I cannot believe how my appetite has changed. I have always been a "big eater" and over the weekend, my portions just got smaller and smaller. The only side effect I have is hard to get to sleep and that taste in my mouth. It also makes me very thirsty. I have not weighed myself yet but I plan to after 7 days. I 'll keep you posted.

Thanks,
THICKUMS

**Karin_texas** · 03-07-2006, 11:04 PM

This is the exact same thing that happened to me. The side effects do get better, at least they did for me. I quit taking them for about 3 weeks because I just wasn't feeling the effects anymore but I got back on them this week and all the side effects are back in full force. I know i just have to stick with it and within a week it will get better. All normal it sounds like. I would take my pill in the morning and then not even think about food until like 3:00 and then it would hit me I hadn't even thought about lunch yet. When I did sit down to eat, I would eat until I got full but that was like night and day. I could eat like 5 bites and be stuffed! I think that's how I lost so much. I just ate until I was full and didn't freak out over it. I didn't eat when I wasn't hungry and I ate until I was full when I was hungry. It sounds so simple but it's something I never did before. I ate because of all kinds of reasons and I like you, loved to eat. I could put it down! I think it's just how we are in general about food (americans) everything has to be HUGE and we feel like we have to eat it all. Not me, not anymore.

Best wishes!

Karin

**THICKUMS** · 03-08-2006, 08:23 PM

Karin,

I really appreciated your words of wisdom. I definately needed them because I was starting to feel like I was starving myself. I also get full after 5-6 bites and I have been pressuring myself to eat more. When, really that is a good thing. I am drinking lots of water though. I have not weighed today..I think I will weigh in about 5 days.

Thanks,
THICKUMS

**Karin_texas** · 03-08-2006, 10:37 PM

I undersatand and you are welcome. I just really changed my mind set and that, for me, made all the difference. Keep drinking that water and I think, listen to your body. Mine tells me when I am hungry. Today, I went out to lunch with my hubby and I am still stuffed so I am going to skip dinner because why eat if I am still full from lunch right? I might not be going it "right" but I think if I only eat when my body tells me to how can that be wrong?

Let me know how it goes when you do weigh!

Karin

MANDEEZ · 03-16-2006, 07:51 PM

I also have a nasty taste in my mouth causing my man to tell me when he can, i am also thirsty and insomnia is not as bad as it used to be this is my third week so well see what happens i also am taking chromium picolinate and a b12 shot has anyone ever done this too?