Losingfast's Diary

LosingFast · 11-11-2005, 02:54 PM

Hi I'm new to the board and figured since I check the reply's everyday and get help from this site I might as well start a diary myself. I am 5'8 and weighed 192 when I started this diet on October 22. I am on the Adkins diet because I know it works, last year at this same time I weighed 155 because I lost 35 lbs. on the Adkins diet in about 3 months and then I was maintaining that weight for the rest of the year. Vacation time came and I decided to reward myself for staying on the diet so strict for 1 whole year. I was going to eat whatever I wanted for 10 straight days while at the beach. I only gained 5 lb.s at the beach but never got back on the diet after that and here I am again a half year later and heavier than the last time. I am eating under 20 carbs and trying to stay around 1000 to 1200 calories a day which isn't hard taking Phentermine, and trying to drink around 60oz. of water a day. This is my first time trying Phentermine and it is working just great. I have been taking it for about 2 weeks and I have no side effects except the dry mouth, and the fact that I have to force myself to eat. I have the 37.5 but I only take half a pill a day. I thought I would build a tolorence up by now but I haven't. One half a pill is almost too much for me, I think I am very sensitive to amine's?? Anyway I have lost a total of 17 lbs. as of today and I feel so good, I want to start exercising but I am afraid I will stop losing, everyone here including my friend here in west virginia is exercising and not losing anything. She has been on it for 3 weeks and walks like crazy eats under 1000 calories and has lost nothing at all. She is so upset that I am losing and she isn't. She isn't on the Adkins like me and I know that is boosting my weight loss but still, 3 weeks and nothing? Well I better stop before I start to tell my whole life story. Thanks for this web site Ian, you are helping so many people.

LosingFast · 11-14-2005, 01:39 PM

Well it's monday and I did really well over the weekend. I went to the mall with my son and I love PRETZELS the hot ones. The ones you can smell all the way through the mall lol. They used to be one of my weak points but, I passed the shop up and didn't even care. I was more concerned with the fact that I was looking to buy a size 12 pants. I was in a 16 :eek: But I am all the way down to a 12. I have noticed I am getting hungry in the evening sooner now. Maybe I need to start taking a whole pill? I thought I would be able to take a half pill for at least a month. Maybe it's just my mind playing tricks on me. I will take half a pill for another day or two just to make sure. I don't want to up my mgs. any sooner than I need to. I have set a mini goal for this week I want to lose 5 lbs. by next monday. I can do it, I only lost 3lbs. last week but I wil try to walk more this week.

**lulapalooza28** · 11-14-2005, 04:07 PM

Hi Losingfast,

Your doing awesome. I actually had the same problem as your friend who is not losing. You are so right about Atkins. For me it seems to work the best aswell. Once i started cutting out carbs, sugar and caffeine, I saw more results in just one week. I don't exercise very much either.

You are doing so good, you probably will meet your mini goal.

**lovebliss** · 11-15-2005, 11:21 PM

I wish I had the will power to give up carbs. I just love them so much. I guess I really need to cut down on the amount overall. But 17 pounds in 3 weeks its great. I want to loose a total of 40 pounds and have only lost 5 so far. I am really hoping to get in the low 160's by next monday and I am going to bust my butt doing. I do notice more weight loss when I excersice and don't be afraid to excersice it is the best thing you can do for your body. You don't want to be flabby after you loose the weight.

Well congratulations and keep us updated on your progress!

**CNSlim** · 11-16-2005, 12:53 AM

Wow, looking at your progress is like reading my own...
I lost 22 pounds in the first 4 weeks, started at 197, down to 162 now, but it is getting difficult to keep moving toward that goal. The first month, the weight drops fast with minimal effort. Be aware, stay focused and prepare just in case you come across this funky stage that I am now in. It isn't fun, but I know it will be worth it!
Well, you are doing so great, keep it up and yes, I agree exercise will keep your shape, not flab skinny.

**Karin_texas** · 11-17-2005, 08:48 PM

I have been taking phen for almost 4 months now. It has really changed my life. I feel like I was living in mommy mode all the time. The final straw was not fetting into my size 14s! I actually had to wear some old 16s I had from after my last child was born. That was 2 years ago. That was it for me. I had had enough! I went to the doctor that next week and he put me on phen 37.5. Since then I have lost 35 pounds. I feel like my old self again. It's amazing. I actually want to be in pictures with my children now. Everything is better. I went shopping this week to get ready for a vacation my husband and I are going on, and I was sooooo happy! I wasn't depressed or in tears! It's been SO long since that happened.

I feel like a woman again and not just a mom. I look better and feel better. It would stop working for me every 3 weeks or so, and then I would just stop taking it for 3 or 4 days. Every time I went back on them, it started my weight loss again. I still have some weight to lose to get to my goal, but now I know I am going to get there. It's not just some dream. I can see it. It's very close! I am actually in a size 8-10 right now and that's amazing coming from an 16! I am just thrilled!

I can't say enough about it. I tell my friends and people who i know want to lose weight! It really does work. Now I know how all them hollywood girls stay so bone thin. It has to be something like this!!!!!

**CNSlim** · 11-17-2005, 11:39 PM

Wow, that is really great.
I too started at a size 16, I am now down to a snug 10, hoping to be in an 8 by at least January.
Well, keep it up! You are so much closer than I am...I WISH I only had 15 lbs to go! I'm jealous.

LosingFast · 11-18-2005, 02:56 AM

OMG! I am so excited reading your posts about being in a size 10 Both of you. I have a lot of size 10 clothes from a year ago. I remember how I felt wearing them too. I always felt good, and I looked good in them.There was no running around the house in this closet and in that bag in the laundry room and that box over there looking for something that looked good or fit even, most of the time I would just get so tired of not looking good in anything I would have to go and buy something new just to feel better, but when I was a 10 I would just grab something put it on and it looked nice, when your thin almost anything looks good on you, but when your big you feel ugly even with the nice expensive clothes. I can't wait to look that good again. I have a little more flab this time than last time YUCK wish I had the money for a tummy tuck. By the way I am 172 now and it's only Thursday, I still have 3 more days to lose 2 lbs. I know they say it's not good to lose this much weight so soon but I can't stop it from happening. I am losing almost a pound a day or every other day. I am eating right I think, about 1000 to 1200 calories a day. But I am probably burning almost all of it off by staying busy cleaning, running here and there. I also started taking a whole pill two days ago, it feels like the half pill used to. There is one more side effect that is bothering me, I am getting pain along my spine right in the middle of my back. I don't think there is anything wrong with my spine, oh and it hurts in my hips too, like right on the bone or the joint. Has anyone else had this pain? I wonder if it's from standing and walking all day? I never used to before taking Phen. I was soooo lazy I would just sit around the house and do nothing all day. My house was a mess. Now it sparkles lol, it has to be from not relaxing and being tense all day they make me real tense like I notice I am tightening my stomach muscles non stop, I try to stop but it does no good within minutes I am tightening them again without even thinking about it I do it. Thanks for the input everyone you really make me feel like I have people rooting for me. I am going to have to find the time to encourage other people. Size 10 here I come!