Originally Posted by bevp

I'm a firm believer in diet pills, and i also realize that in order to loose weight and maintain that weight you have to make the lifestyle change and exercise and all that. When i had my first baby I gained 70 pounds and on my 5' tall frame thats a lot of extra weight to be carting around. I carried it for about a year before i switched to low fat and low calorie foods and started going to aerobics class twice a week. I dropped all the weight that i had gained plus a few more pounds. I didn't do it by myself though. I took phen-phen and after they took it off the market I took various other diet pills to take the edge off. I kept all my weight off for 7 years until I got pregnant again, I didn't loose any of that baby weight then i had another baby and gained even more, now i have myself in the position where i need to loose 50 or 60 lbs. Which I will, but i will do it with the help of phentermine which i started on Monday. In my experience its way easier to maintain weight than to loose it, and if there is a product available to help me through the process then by all means let me have it. I also have tried about every crackpot diet know to man..from cabbage soup to detoxification to adkins and some that I don't even remember until someone mentions them. The only one that worked for me was the low fat, but I still think its good to try other things. For instance after i had done the low fat for a while changing off the the adkins allowed me to have foods that I hadn't been able to eat in forever, like slim jims, and eggs, and bacon. Then when I got tired of eating that stuff, i switched back to low fat. Dieting can be monotonous and switching programs can be a good exciting way to break that monotony. I also had a lot of support, my two best friends were dieting with me and we would have monthly "cheat days" and would go out and eat somewhere really good.

Originally Posted by Dpconstruct

I am a 42 year old male who after a severe injury gained about 40 pounds. 10 years later I still was dragging that same load around. I am currently on my third month supply of Fenphedra and It is working for me. I have lost 25 pounds and am within 15 pounds of my goal. I have been exercising the same as prior to the supplement so I can say without question the stuff works. What it has changed is how much I eat and when I eat. If you are going to try this stuff I do have a few helpful hints.
1. Drink lots and lots of water. 16-24 oz. everytime you take one and twice that during the day between. If you don't you will be sorry at the days end. For me it will cause big time leg cramps.
2. don't exceed the dose recommend, it won't help.
3. Don't take to late in the afternoon or you won't sleep to good.
4. If you are sensitive to stimulatants then you may want to think about it. It gives you lots of energy so you need to stay active!!!
5. Keep taking or start taking your Vitamins. I take mine at night. This stuff will strip your system if you don't replenish.
6. Try to eat early evening rather then late. If you have to snack late, try and keep it under 100 cals.
7. Don't starve yourself. Eat. Just eat smart. Your body will need the food. I found that now I can get by with much smaller portions and less snacking.
1 to 2 days a week I don't take it or just take it in the AM. I find it has trained me to eat less and to stretch out the meals/snacks. But it do notice an increase in appetite when I don't take it.

Hope this helps. I'm not saying this will work for everyone but it has posted results for me. It would still be a good idea to consult your Dr. if you have any real concerns.

DP

Originally Posted by flippinbricks

I just found some very funny irony in what this user posted.

Let me analyze for a second here.

You were 40 pounds overweight for 10 years. You were exercising and were not losing weight.

Suddenly, you started taking fenphedra AND you changed how much and how often you eat... and you started losing weight.

Am I the only person who finds it strange that he/she gives all the credit to the pill...and not something as significant as CHANGING YOUR DIET COMPLETELY?

I bet, if you continued to exercise and eat with your new healthy diet, and only eliminated the pill... you would continue losing weight at approximately the same rate.

Diet and food combined with exercise is more powerful than a pill will ever be...period.

Originally Posted by coriona

Naturally like everything else the weight loss world is divided into 2 kinds of people, the professionals, and those who just like to think they know it all, and then there the very few and far between strays that are simply curious...