I don't understand!!!!!!

Have you shared this concern with your doctor? Considering he's already involved in your journey, he may be able to offer some insight, or possibly reduce your prescription amount. Good luck!

I agree with Godsflower... nuts will do the trick!! you'll be surprised how many calories are in a handful of nuts.. and they are full with good fats

Are you hungry without the phentermine? It sounds like you don't really need it. You absolutely need to eat AT LEAST 1200 calories. What kind of things are you eating? You should be eating more calorie dense things or protein shakes. That will increase your calories without making you feel overfull.

If you keep eating under 1200, you'll stop losing weight. Your body likes to eat!

The nuts idea is great! I ate lots of trail mix for a long time..it's good for you and has just that tiny bit of swwet from the M &M's! It also has lots of calories for a small amount because of the fats in the nuts...which are good fats!

You definitely didn't eat too much for lunch. I tend to shoot for around 400-450 calories for lunch. I usually eat about 200 calories for breakfast, so that's good. But maybe more protein? I think your best way to add in calories is to have a morning and afternoon snack. An apple, cheese stick, oatmeal, a few crackers with cheese, all would be great options. If you have about 150 calories for each snack, you'll add 300 more calories to your day and you won't have to eat more at your meals.

In my opinion, you are starving yourself. I interviewed a nutritionist about a year ago, and she said she was uncomfortable telling ANYBODY to eat under 1,700 calories a day. That's for basic bodily functions. Add on exercise, and you need even more.

There is not a consensus, unfortunately, about how many calories you need; however, it does seem that anything under 1,500 is starvation. For weight loss, you should be eating 300-400 calories 5-6X a day, small, nutritious meals spaced throughout the day. Your water intake looks good, so that's a plus. Your lack of hunger may be your body responding to you starving yourself.

Here's the funny thing about all of this: Your body when put in starvation mode will tell your fat cells to HANG ON to every bite you eat, so you'll actually end up sabotaging yourself. Then when you go back to eating whatever is "regularly" for you, you'll gain even more weight, and guess what, it won't be muscle, it will be fat.

And about the pills -- is this the "phen" in "phen-fen" or however it was spelled that was taken off the market years ago for causing heart damage? If you are morbidly obese, you MAY consider these pills. If not, run, do not walk to the nearest trash can and toss those suckers out.

Good luck to you. It sounds like you are determined, which is half the battle.