phentermine isnt working

**storiebook4708** · 09-25-2009, 12:09 AM

ive been taking it for about a week now. since i started ive probably lost 6 to 8 pounds but today it just didnt work at all. ive been so hungry alllll day. i was readin that caffiene might be the problem. so i was gonna try to stop drinking it for a while to see if it helps. i drink about 4 bottles of water a day (which equals about 8-8oz glasses) soo i thought that was supposed to help u feel full. but it doesnt. any advice?

**susanpesek** · 09-25-2009, 12:32 AM

Something that is important for me is to eat at least 5-6 mini-meals a day, every 2-3 hours. If you eat at least 100 calories of a protein source at each snack time and eats lots of fibrous veges and complex carbs, you will find the hunger pangs decreasing..

thisisit · 09-25-2009, 01:46 AM

I agree. For me eating 6 small meals per day and drinking lots of water is really helping. Good luck.

kat77 · 09-25-2009, 05:19 PM

Phentermine is not working for me either. I lost 15 pounds in a month, that swas 3 months ago. Now not a pound, as a matter of fact i started gaining again. :(

**pigpen065** · 09-25-2009, 07:06 PM

May I ask what exactly you are taking kat77 and storiebook? What mg?

Also, have you tried zig zagging your diet and exercise? Doing that will usually help get people off a plateau that they may have reached.

Am very curious what meds you are on, though, because that may be the part of the problem also.

kat77 · 09-25-2009, 08:05 PM

37.5 phentermine, but I usually only take half a pill a day. I still have a month left and I was supposed to be done over a month ago,

I was on this med years ago and weight fell off. Now after 2 babies and well ( cough) going against me. I am still fat. I know my husband is disappointed and I am too. I just don't know what to do.

**storiebook4708** · 09-26-2009, 11:55 AM

im on the 37.5. i take a whole pill in the morning usually an hour or two after breakfast. i was doing it first thing before i ate anything but it wasnt working so i tried changing it. i do eat 5-6 small meals a day andi drink 4-16 ounce bottles of water a day. i tried cutting caffiene out but it really didnt help and it just gave me a headache. im losing weight but i feel like its mostly from working out.

**pigpen065** · 09-26-2009, 02:49 PM

Well, lets start with kat77's first...if you are only taking 1/2 a day and it is not working, it is perfectly safe for you to include the second 1/2 around lunchtime...some people take the whole thing in the morning, but some 1/2 in am and other 1/2 at lunch. You don't want to take it too late in the day because it could disrupt your sleep. Don't be disappointed, use that frustration to make some changes and keep trying. I'm betting that if you add the second 1/2 you will see results.

storiebook, I know that cutting out the caffiene made you feel like all you got was a headache, but I think that you really should cut it almost completely out....the headache is probably because you are addicted to it without being aware of it....once I stopped drinking so much caffiene, I really started to feel a lot better, not only in my body but in my mind also...you would be amazed by the bad affects to you from caffeine.

For both of you the best time to take the 37.5 is at least 1/2 hour before breakfast, and storiebook, I think if I were you I would try taking 1/2 in am and 1/2 at lunch too. It sure couldn't hurt to try to see if it might improve your success.

Even though I know you probably already know this, here goes my sermon! lol! Ideally, the right amount of calorie intake should be 1200 to 1500 per day. The best bet is to divide this up into several smaller snacks and mini meals throughout the day. Also, 80 to 100 oz of water a day is very important. Not only will that help flush your body out, it also keeps your organs working properly. And, last but not least, is exercise. You should be doing at least 20 minutes of heart increasing exercise 3-5 days a week. Whatever the exercise is doesn't matter, as long as it increases your heart rate, and keeps it up for the duration of at least 20 minutes. I know you didn't really need for me to tell you these things, but I feel better now! lol!

Also, something you might try....write down EVERYTHING you eat for a week. Include every drink also, and at least an approximate calorie count of what you list. You might be surprised where some of your calories are coming from. And when you put it in black and white like that, it makes us more accountable for what we are eating. I had to do that too, because I was ignoring a few habit I had with late night snacking. Once I started really paying attention to everything that went in my mouth for several days, I saw what my biggest problem was. Sometimes it takes doing this to realize an area that needs a little more work.

I hope this helps you both. Please keep me updated on how you are doing.

Good luck!!