Lucy's Fantabulous Weight Loss Diary

**lucylicious** · 07-20-2005, 04:26 AM

Well, since I just started Phentermine today (30 MG), I thought it would be a good idea to start posting my progress to get me motivated!! My weight right now is 196, and I'll weigh myself again next tuesday to see if I've made any progress...I'm hoping for some success, because I tried phentermine about a year ago and lost weight quite rapidly. Anyway, I am drinking lots of water, watching what I eat (easier with Phen), and walking for 40 minutes a day, 5 days a week...I feel like I would be happy at 170 lbs. Like Magenta, I have a larger frame than most. Good luck to everyone else on here! Wish me luck y'all...and I'll keep posting.
Lucy

***Ian*** · 07-20-2005, 05:22 AM

Great job, Lucy.

I'm glad you decided to go ahead and start your diay.

**magenta** · 07-20-2005, 11:47 AM

You sound like you are well on the way to achieving your goal.The exercise will really speed things up for you,stick to it,GOOD LUCK!!! :smile: :-D

**lucylicious** · 07-20-2005, 07:45 PM

Thanks Magenta and Ian!!! Today I still had a slight headache, but felt quite energized, which is nice. So far I've exercised 40 mins and had the following to eat: 1 cup cereal w/ 1 cup milk, 2 nectarines, and a small baguette sandwich w/ turkey, cheese and tomato. For dinner I'm apparently eating some salmon with some kind of vegetable (my mom's making it). Not a big fan of salmon, but oh well- at least it's slimming!!! Plus I heard fish is good for the brain and I need all the help I can get in that area...Hope I'm not boring you all too much with this...it actually really helps to write it all down though. 8-) Hopefully I will eventually have before and after pictures to post....!

**magenta** · 07-21-2005, 01:21 PM

:smile: You have a nice mum cooking meals for you.You might be dehydrated and causing the headaches?The phen really 'dries you up' so you have to drink more.I am not game enough to post any fat photos in here.Hate my picture taken. :o Writing all my thoughts in here really helps to keep me on track too.Keep up the great work 8)

**lucylicious** · 07-22-2005, 02:17 AM

Thanks Magenta--Yeah, my mom cooks every night, I dunno how she does it- when I get married my husband better cook at least half the time!!!

Anyway, because of yesterday's awful headaches, I decided not to take a pill today and start up again tomorrow instead. I'm hoping that will help my body to adjust slowly. I'm hoping the headaches will go away soon? I don't remember having ANY headaches the last time I took phen- but then I started out at 15 MG and worked up to 30, which might have made the difference. Anyway, just sitting in bed right now, listening to the rain pattering on my tin roof...I love that sound. By the way today my mom said I looked like I've lost a little bit of weight...! Can't wait to weigh in on tuesday...I'm hoping to have lost quite a bit....

**NeedtoLose** · 07-22-2005, 07:18 PM

Keep up the good work!

You say Phen worked for you before? How much did you lose and how long did it take?

**lucylicious** · 07-25-2005, 02:14 AM

Hey Needtolose-- yeah I used phen about a year ago. I must have lost about 20 lbs in a month or so. I only took the stuff for about 2 months tops because my doctor disagrees with long-term usage of phentermine. I was reallly happy with it as it helped me lose fast and gave me lots of energy, but this time around (I've been using it now again for 5 days) I find that I get hungrier more often and have less energy...I'm kind of worried that I'm not going to lose any weight, actually...but we shall see. I'm going to weigh in on monday. This weekend my boyfriend was in town and I managed to watch what I ate...drank lots of water, etc. Didn't really exercise but we played frisbee a little. I don't know whether to up my dosage to 37.5 MG or what...is it likely that my tolerance for Phen is gone, even though I took it a year ago? Should I take b-12 as well? ehh confused.