New member and getting started with help....

CoopMaybrymommy

Hey everyone!

I am new on the message board and just wanted to say hi! I am not new to this journey, just new to a process that I started today. To summarize, 6 months before I got pregnant with my second baby, I started going to bootcamp, everyday, faithfully 5 days a week! I loved it! I was eating clean and feeling good...but not losing any weight! My trainer was perplexed! We messed with calorie counts, added carbs, deleted carbs...everything. Then I got pregnant and stopped going to bootcamp. Last summer, after being fully recovered from baby (and no added weight from that pregnancy) I went back. This time only 2-3 days a week due to managing 2 kids schedules. Again, eating clean, high protien, low carb and since then, no weight loss. I have been so frustrated. I went to the doctor and they checked my thyroid. Normal...on the low side of normal, but normal. They checked me for PCOS...nope, tests came back negative. So...I went back to the doctor last week and told them that I needed help. I was doing the work and eating what I was suppposed to and nothing was happening and if I didn't get help soon...I was going to quit, and that is not what I wanted. So...my doctor prescribed Phentermine. I know there are a lot of phentermine haters on this board (I read a lot before I joined) and I get it the concern...but for me, this was the last straw. As I was sitting with the doctor to make a "plan" she asked about calories/activity/carbs vs. protein and she said..."Well, I don't even need to write notes, you are doing everything correctly!" That is my point! I know it isn't a miracle drug...I am still going to do the work that I have been doing for the last 10 months, I just hope that I start seeing some results. And as for gaining it back...I am hoping that my good habits will prevail and that won't happen.

So...hello to everyone and I just wondered if anyone else is in this boat? Any success with Phentermine, or just the experience overall.

And...please, no haters. I hear the "do the work" and "make better choices" all the time. Sometimes you can do everything correctly and it still doesn't come off. For those of you that it does....awesome! I applaud you and keep up the amazing work! But, please don't just look down your nose at me for wanting a little help....I have been doing the work and nothing is happening.