Mit's weight loss journal

mit_moore · 06-20-2006, 01:57 PM

I started at 232 lbs. lost 2 lbs. on topamax for migraines. Starting on Phentermine in a few days. I weigh 230 lbs now. My goals is to weigh 150 lbs by June 2007. I am drinking 2 liters of water a day and I am going to try to start walking some in the afternoon. I hope you all can encourage me enough to meet my goal. I know I can do this with the help of this support team. Thank you all sooo much for having this web site.

Cherryjubliee · 06-20-2006, 02:43 PM

Good luck on your journey. It is not an easy one and you sound committed. Just keep drinking tons of water and you will be ok. I have lost 7 pounds in 10 days and I just started back to the gym, that was the hardest part for me but excercise is very important to dieting. Look forward to chatting again.

mit_moore · 06-20-2006, 09:13 PM

I don't like to exercise either, but I guess I will have to learn to like it. How much weight have you lost so far?

scyren · 06-21-2006, 06:34 PM

Welcome to the forum and good luck!

mit_moore · 07-14-2006, 04:31 PM

Well, I haven't posted in my journal in a while so I thought I would update it. I joined the July 4th challenge and lost 11 lbs. that brought me down to 219lbs. Then I got stuck for a few days. I am drinking 100.14 ozs of water a day. trying to watch what I eat and trying to exercise. I am also still taking 200mg of topamax every day. I have joined the new challenge for July and so far I have lost 2 more lbs. So now I am down to 217lbs.

**susanpesek** · 07-14-2006, 05:54 PM

:shock: 217 down from 232? You are losing some serious weight! Congratulations; try to keep us posted more often lest you be blown away by the wind next we hear of ya! :-D

mit_moore · 07-14-2006, 06:33 PM

I am not counting the lbs I lost before I started the phentermine. I lost those 2 lbs just while taking the topamax. My starting weight on phentermine is 230 lbs. When I get on the scales in the morning I can see the scales but I have to look twice because I can't believe it. Am I suppose to be telling a difference in the way my clothes fit yet or have I not lost enough weight or what should I be noticing now? I have always been small up until a few years ago so I've never had to lose weight and then gain it back so I don't know what to expect.

**kimberpc** · 07-15-2006, 04:53 PM

everyone is so different.... it's hard to say when you should be able to notice a difference in clothes. For some folks 10 pounds is a clothing size... for others it may be as little as 7 pounds to be a size smaller... all bodies are just made up differently. Just keep doing what you're doing.... .if the pounds are shedding the inches will be as well... give yourself some time