[marie80brown]

when your discourage with your weight loss spead. Just look at what you have currently lost. Hey you could quit and go back to your old weight (maybe heavier) if you want to. NAAAA,lol i didnt think so. Some weight loss is better then none. (pre-phen) it took me 8 mos to lose 20 lbs. I was upset it was slow but to heck if i'm going back to being 20lbs heavier, lol

[rainbow_tears]

Every one of us has a different metabolism and for some people they loose 5+ lbs a week whcih is a bit high as it is recomended that you loose 2lbs a week.

Some people may loose quickly but from experiecne both personal and from friends who have lost quickly, you end up putting it all back on whereas slow weight loss you are more likely to keep it off.

Good luck
x

[iwannaloze]

well i'm in my fourth month now and to date i have lost about 20 pounds. i had to go buy pants today because the ones i had was too big. yay!!! i am okay with the slow weight loss because its healthy and permanent. i didn't use phen as a substitute but as a supplement to what i am already doing. i have been getting up at 5 every morning at a minimum of three times a week. now that i am in the fourth months it seems like my control is starting to wear off, like i am starting to munch again. has anyone experienced this and what should i do?

[susanpesek]

Hi, Girl! Speaking from experience in the 'gnawing hunger' state, I can say the phentermine does its job but I have to do mine.
I must eat breakfast and eat every 2-3 hours, about 6 times a day for me. Each time I eat, I include protein~maybe milk, cottage cheese, regular cheese, yogurt, nuts, chicken, beef, fish, pork, beans and the like. I eat about 100 calories of protein and as many vegetables as I can!:o
When I first joined, several of the members told me to be sure and eat at LEAST 1,000-1,200 calories a day. I was hungry all the time, but not ravenous. Proved to myself that my eating patterns were much based on emotional splurges so I forced myself to do other things...walk on treadmill, go outside, phone a buddy,do some chores, drive somewhere...:o
Fill up with low calorie vegetables and water all day long. The protein helps regulate your blood sugars for about 3 hours and the additions help you stay fairly satisfied.
Post and let us know if this works for you, Hon.

[rebeleagle1965]

Fast weight loss can be considered normal at first, when your body gets rid of alot of water. Healthy weight loss is no more than 2 to 3 pounds per week. The only way I know that people have lost anywhere near 100 pounds in 6 months is with gastric bypass, and that's because they ARE NOT EATING anywhere near what the body needs to maintain-and those people have a smaller stomach to be able to keep from going overboard once the weight is gone (which is easy to do if you've slowed your metabolism to a crawl). I've lost 51 pounds in about 7 months, and the weight loss is MUCH slower now than when I started. This is totally normal, especially since the less we weigh the less our calorie needs are, so it's going to take longer to create a calorie deficit large enough to burn off each individual pound. That really has nothing to do with the effectiveness of the med.
As far as phen "wearing off", previous studies showed that the effectiveness began to dissipate after about 12 weeks. But more recent studies show that it does not. I think it affects us all differently. I've been taking my 3 months supply of phen for about 5 months now....I space them out and take a different OTC diet pill on days I don't use phen, and it's still just as effective for me....maybe because I'm not taking them constantly and haven't built up a tolerance. Ian has several threads that list helpful ways to keep from building that tolerance.....
I agree with marie, too. If we allow ourselves to get disappointed, it's all too easy to let that make us give up. And isn't it better to have lost SOME, than to go back to where we started?
If you are working out, please keep an eye on the mesurements, too. There was a time when I didn't lose an ounce for over 3 weeks, only to find that I had dropped a pants size.....the scale is not the only way of judging our progress. Muscle not only weighs less, but it's more dense and takes up less room in the body.

[susanpesek]

Well said, Rebeleagle! DITTO!