Diet pills ...

You know what you should do, strength training. Lifting weights is the best way to drop you body fat.

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I would think your weight loss is from your new eating habits and exercise routine. I doubt the pill is helping as much as you think. If you're worried about going off of them in the future, try going off of them now and if your eating habits and exercise stay the same you should continue to lose weight.

If the pill is suppressing your hunger, it's probably better to deal with that yourself through changing your habits, otherwise you won't be able to improve your relationship with food and probably will gain weight back when you stop taking them.

I'm not a doctor but I DID just finish watching Greys Anatomy, so you should probably listen to me. :happy:

the weight will come back only if you break your exercise and diet habits. going off youll probably notice a change in hunger and energy. try to stick to what you were doing before and there should be no change in weight

You know what you should do, strength training. Lifting weights is the best way to drop you body fat.

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No one has permanent weight loss with pills... only life style changes. Dump the pills... cut out bread, potatoes, rice, pasta.. anything that spikes your blood sugar (look up high glycemic foods)... and keep exercising. easier said than done but at least its permanent.

Yes i know people say complex carbs are good, but if you look up potatoes... they are HUGE on the glycemic scale!!!

While this works for some people, eating a diet with no bread, potatoes, rice or pasta would be as unsustainable for some as losing weight with diet pills is.

I don't want to live in a world with no potatoes.

I for one applaud you for changing your eating and exercising plan - and while it is correct that in the long run the pills will not give you your long term results, they are helping you now - Would you tell someone who just had leg surgery not to use crutches - of course not. Cut yourself a break for now and when you are ready to come off the pills then do so slowly and remember your new found good skills you are learning.

Weight loss pills will ruin your metabolism and make it harder for you to lose weight once you are off the pills. Reason being is the pill will make you burn calories in some way normally by speeding up your metabolism and then your body will no longer run its own system and will stop doing its job. After you stop taking the pills your body won’t automatically start up your metabolism again you will have to rebuild it from scratch.

no no. just no. and this is speaking from diet pill hell experience when i was a teenager.

Buy a food scale, log your calories, and stay active, and the weight should melt off your body.

I would think your weight loss is from your new eating habits and exercise routine. I doubt the pill is helping as much as you think. If you're worried about going off of them in the future, try going off of them now and if your eating habits and exercise stay the same you should continue to lose weight.

If the pill is suppressing your hunger, it's probably better to deal with that yourself through changing your habits, otherwise you won't be able to improve your relationship with food and probably will gain weight back when you stop taking them.

I'm not a doctor but I DID just finish watching Greys Anatomy, so you should probably listen to me. :happy:

Thank you! lol And yes suppressing my hunger is the major impact so far.

I get that, even when you start eating healthier foods, your appetite doesn't change as quickly, I was used to eating large amounts of food at a time, and feeling hungry all the time was something that was/is hard for me sometimes.

The ways I deal with my hunger are pretty simple
- I drink lots of water throughout the day
- I get enough sleep. The amount is different for everyone. I need 8 or 9 hours. When I only sleep 5/6 hours a day I notice how much hungrier I am throughout the day
- I try to spread my calories all throughout the day so I am eating all day long, Again, this is a personal preference.
-I locate my trouble zones and try to be proactive. For example, I know I like to eat late at night, and I don't think I can really cut that out, so I save a few hundred calories for after dinner.
-I found out what was most filling to me. Some people are more satisfied by carbs, or protein or fat. I find that items higher in fat/protein keep me full for longer. But it also varies by food items itself, bananas have little to not fat or protein, but a banana will get me by an hour or two until my next meal.
-Finding foods you can still eat large portions of. Sometimes I just want to eat a large amount of something. My veggies with dinner are usually 2 cups worth, that's a big as$ pile of broccoli, my friend....but not very many calories. I make my salads in enormous mixing bowls, I still use moderation in toppings such as cheese or dressing, but 3 cups of romaine lettuce have never hurt anyone. (I apologize in advance to anyone who has lost someone in a terrible lettuce accident)
-I use moderation and eliminate no foods. I'd rather eat a 250 calorie chocolate bar than eat 600 calories of something "healthy" to convince myself to not eat a chocolate bar.

Again, these are things that work for me, everyone has different tactics they use, but I think in the long run you would be happier finding out what works for you, and what you can sustain for a lifetime. This is much more beneficial than going on and off pills and having to worry so much.