Questions!!

**kiki22702** · 07-05-2007, 08:05 PM

Well, I hope I don't contradict myself in saying that I am worried about how fast I am losing weight!! I posted a few days ago and was at 226...I am now at 213-215...I had my best friend take a picture of the scale to prove it to my family!! I feel like when I wake up and weigh myself...its a drastic weight loss, but yet I can't see it any where on my body:(

Someone please tell me if you have any idea what is going on

P.S. Sorry for always talking about myself and my problems!!!

**findingme4me** · 07-05-2007, 08:33 PM

Well its prolly just water weight. and you look at your self everyday so its hard to see a change maybe find a shirt or pair of pants and judge but how they fit and use them all the time but only wear then for the weigh in or they might stretch out and youll get a false "reading"
hope that helps.
Cassandra

**rebeleagle1965** · 07-05-2007, 08:52 PM

My guess would be water weight too. All of the hormonal changes we go through can account for a few pounds, but most of the time when people lose a drastic amount of weight when they first start an appetite suppresant it has more to do with carbohydrate intake.
Because phentermine makes you less hungry, you would naturally eat alot less actual food. Carbohydrates make you retain water, so when you drastically reduce the number of grams you eat in a day-whether it's intentional or not-you end up dropping water weight. You have probably consciously cut out junk food-like sweets and salty snacks. All of that stuff is loaded with carbs, and also sodium.....which is ALSO known to cause water retention.
I'm so happy for you that your weight loss is going so well!
Water weight, whatever! My doctor wanted to put me on some hormone medication and told me it usually makes people gain water weight, but that shouldn't bother me.....
I don't care what it is-I can tell myself it's water all day long and it wouldn't make my pants fit any better

With that much of a loss, I'm sure atleast SOME of it is fat. So even if that's what it is, who cares? You should notice your clothes looser. As long as you ease back into a normal healthy diet when you get off the phen, it's possible to gain very little (or even none) of it back.
If I could wake up next week 10 pounds lighter on the scale, I wouldn't give a hoot what it was or why.....I'd be too busy doin some old school cabbage patch victory dance in my bathroom

**findingme4me** · 07-05-2007, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rebeleagle1965

My guess would be water weight too. All of the hormonal changes we go through can account for a few pounds, but most of the time when people lose a drastic amount of weight when they first start an appetite suppresant it has more to do with carbohydrate intake.
Because phentermine makes you less hungry, you would naturally eat alot less actual food. Carbohydrates make you retain water, so when you drastically reduce the number of grams you eat in a day-whether it's intentional or not-you end up dropping water weight. You have probably consciously cut out junk food-like sweets and salty snacks. All of that stuff is loaded with carbs, and also sodium.....which is ALSO known to cause water retention.
I'm so happy for you that your weight loss is going so well!
Water weight, whatever! My doctor wanted to put me on some hormone medication and told me it usually makes people gain water weight, but that shouldn't bother me.....
I don't care what it is-I can tell myself it's water all day long and it wouldn't make my pants fit any better

With that much of a loss, I'm sure atleast SOME of it is fat. So even if that's what it is, who cares? You should notice your clothes looser. As long as you ease back into a normal healthy diet when you get off the phen, it's possible to gain very little (or even none) of it back.
If I could wake up next week 10 pounds lighter on the scale, I wouldn't give a hoot what it was or why.....I'd be too busy doin some old school cabbage patch victory dance in my bathroom

ok i choked on water reading this.... lol oh man

**squeekie** · 07-05-2007, 08:56 PM

Cass is right. It's hard to see a big difference when you look at yourself everyday,so find an old pair of pants and see how they fit. Instead of having your friend take a picture of the scale have her take a picture of you and then see if you can find one of yourself before you started this diet. At the very least you'll see a difference in your face. By the way, I have never heard of anyone who was worried they might be losing weight too fast...that's a first!

**kimberpc** · 07-05-2007, 09:16 PM

I think if you aren't seeing or feeling the loss... it's water weight. Measure yourself.... upper arms, chest, waist, thighs.... even ankles.... you will see a difference!!

**kiki22702** · 07-05-2007, 10:01 PM

Thank you all so much!! The reason I said I think I might be losing weight so fast is because I have NEVER lost weight. I used to be thin in high school, had a baby, and never lost the weight. So when I see I have lost almost 40 pounds in 4 weeks, it blows my mind!!!! I never even thought about water weight though!! So thank you again...all of you...you made my week!!

**kimberpc** · 07-05-2007, 11:26 PM

Just keep on doing what you're doing.... once that water weight is gone and you start losing real fat you'll feel and see the difference.. but be sure to measure yourself....