Few weeks until 3 months complete on Phentermine 30 mg!

You may not get a lot of responses because many disagree with Phen. You have done well. Now keep at it.

Hello ~

I am on my 5th week of Phentermine 37.5 and have lost 18 lbs.....I will be taking it for just the 3 months as well and going off. It has given me the power to resist the larger portions and log my meals so it becomes habit. By the time 3 months comes - I will be in the habit and body and mind used to eating the smaller portions and better choices which includes more fruits and veggies too....I have 100 more lbs to lose - so I know this will be a long journey and I plan to continue here for life and logging my food even to maintain the weight down the road.

24 lbs is great!!! And now you have kick started your journey too....Don't listen to the negative people - I do not judge - and there are many diets and methods out there that others do and may be frowned upon - to me - as long as you and your Doctor are comfortable and monitoring your stats.....it really doesn't matter. And truly - the reason others get upset and think we are "cheating" - they are just deep down concerned. If I felt funky or it was racing my heart rate, etc...I would stop. The only thing I notice is being thirsty, constipated - I just make sure to get lots of fiber and the fruits and veggies help in that way as well and I have the help that I need to push forward and succeed.

Congrats to you missy!!! Feel free to add me as a friend if you like.

Cherie' from Walla Walla, WA

I hope you did not feel I was being negative. That was not my intention. I know someone on Phen and she is doing awesome. I feel each person has to do what is right for them.

I am 58 and need to lose 25 to 30 pounds. Started Phen today. My sister is taking it and she has done well losing the weight about 4 pounds a month. Hoping with the help of Phen and diet and excersise I can lose and keep it off. Congrats to all that have taken the first step to a healthy weight and lifestyle.

I am 26 and just started Adipex (the brand name for Phen) today. My doctor suggested it to me since I've been in a "rut" so to speak for three years. Two of those years were consumed with surgeries for endometriosis (pcos, fibroids, adhesions, etc etc). I am just about done with my last round of Lupron (pseudomenopausal treatment that was done WITH HRT), and I only gained 4 lbs (which is rather impressive, most people gain far more).

I took my doctor's advice and started the Adipex-P program today. They have me on a STRICT 1000 calarie/20g fat diet for the next TWO MONTHS! Ouch.

Before I had my son, I was the most active person on the planet and 125 lbs on a bad day. I ate well, exercised and did fantastic.

After all the medications (and their glorious side effects) my doctor suggested this to get me going. Once I get on a roll, I should have little to no problems. My MAIN concern is my energy level, which is what the drug is for (happy benefit is that it has an appetite suppressant... which will stop me from munching!).

Should everyone do this? No. Was I all for it? No. This is being done under strict doctor's supervision (I was given lots of literature on meal plans and have to keep a food diary of what time and WHAT I eat. This goes along with the journal I keep for my meds... so I am already used to it.

Could I have done this by myself? Maybe, with a LOT of encouragement that I am not getting from my home environment... but He wants me to lose a certain amount of weight before I go in for fertility treatments in a month (I have a super short window before I need a hysterectomy... baby 2 now or never!)

The Lupron sucks all the life out of me.... in combination with the pain there are days I struggle to get out of bed.

I just started this medicine today (and I am a sensitive person to side effects) and I have more energy than I have had in YEARS. I actually ran around with my son today for the first time (for more than a couple minutes) ever. My only complaints are the dry mouth and my vision is kinda blurry (I bet if I put my glasses on I most likely wouldn't notice that as much).

Long story short, I'm starting it today and would like to follow your progress if that's okay! I was at 192 lbs yesterday (I'm 5'7"), and at the end of it, I would like to see 150 again.. but aiming for at LEAST 10 (if not 15!) lbs by that magical appointment April 15th.

Hi All! :happy:
I'm looking forward to meeting people who aren't so negative about using Phentermine. Some of you remember me from a long winded post on another phentermine topic a couple of days ago, and i'm just happy to feel like I have some control over what I put into my body now.
If anybody wants to friend me, feel free to do it...i'm glad to know that i'm not the only person in the world that the traditional stuff doesn't work for. I've been taking it for a little over a month and i'm finally under 200 lbs for the first time since 6th grade (let's just say it's been well over 20 years). It's not a quick fix and i'm still freaking starving, but it is about consciously controlling what goes into my body, and tracking every little thing. Good luck everybody! I'd like to find local people for support (don't know how to do THAT!), but i'll take whatever support I can get, lol!!

Hi all. I found this board after posting on a couple other phen topics on MFP, and I recognize some of you from one or both of them.

I'm on phentermine for the second time in my life. The first was back in the '90s, when it was paired with fenfluramine. I did well, lost about 60 pounds, and kept it off for over a decade. Somehow the drug and low cal diet reset my appetite to low, even once I was off and continued to monitor my intake. I got pregnant at the age of 45, and gained a lot of it back with a more sedentary lifestyle, poor food choices because I was busy with an infant, and aging metabolism. I fiddled around with Weight Watchers and Nutrisystem and just clean eating and exercise, but my appetite was out of control again, and I would lose about 15 pounds and binge it right back.

I've been on phentermine for five weeks, and I'm down 19. I've been doing 1,200 calories a day, and a low-carb, low-fat diet, which is how I lost and maintained before. So far, so good. I'm hoping to lose 50. Some days it's tough to get the full 1,200 calories in because I'm just not hungry. But I don't want my body to shift into starvation mode and slow weight loss, so I force myself.

My doctor has me pairing the phen with the amino acid L-tyrosine. The L-tyrosine is supposed to stretch the effectiveness of the phen another four hours. So it allows you to take the phen in the morning, and not have to take a pill later in the day, which might cause sleeplessness. It seems to work, and some days I can even get by with half of a 37.5mg pill.

Wishing you all good luck on the road ahead, and hope to see more good things from you.

Thanks for that. I think I will pick up some of the L-tyrosine, it can't hurt. I am 5'1. I started at 162, and I need to get to 130. My goal is to get to that by May 30.

I just feel like I need to lose faster!!! It is so frustrating.

My doctor gave me some other supplements, but I haven't been taking them. HTP-5, Chromate, Potassium, Calcium and Magnesium. She also gives Vitamin B injections, which I don't take either.

The doctor said next month she might give me Phendimetrazine to take with the Phentermine.

I do write down every bite I eat. That does help me from eating junk! I don't want to see it written down so I don't eat it. I have stepped up the exercise. I started doing Zumba twice a week, and I ride my exercise bike. I sure wish I could keep up the weight loss.

That's pretty amazing that you stop eating after dinner! How much weight do you need to lose, idojpdx?

June