Appetite Suppressants... Help needed

How many calories are you on? Perhaps not enough.

Try nutrient dense foods first. Real foods that fill you up and satisfy. Way better than a pill. Try Chia seeds, hemp seeds, eggs, large salads....the good stuff that your body needs...AND lots and LOTS of water!

Can you open your dairy?

Skip the appetite suppressants and start planning all of your snacks and meals for the entire day. Pack a cooler and bring it to work with you. Try eating full fat foods, keeping an allotment of calories for your very favorite treats. Don't waste calories on anything that is not your favorite. Find some weights and a resistance band and start moving around on your breaks at work. Make sure you are eating enough. Just because you are in lose weight mode doesn't mean you have to go hungry.

I agree, with hold off on the appetite suppressants. I was recently diagnosed with high uric acid and diabetes, I'm not insulin dependent but I am on Metformin. I was told this within the last week. I am rediscovering my foods! Don't be the salad girl. While salads are good, the devil is in the details (sauces and dressings) I discovered that Hidden Valley Ranch lite is one of the best dressings to use for low carbs, low calories and it is delicious. Chicken is your best friend, and read labels! I love Triscuits (garden Herb and garlic) and apples and low fat string cheese, and hummus to eat for snacks, It keeps me full and I can watch my calories, salt, carbs and fat. I am finding there is so much out there to eat, I just have to be really smart and creative about it. Whole grains are my best friends now. I get these sweet, whole wheat dinner rolls from Wal Mart that I use to make tiny sandwiches, 80 calories and 16 carbs. I make a sandwich with some homemade smoked shredded chicken mixed with one boiled egg and 2 table spoons of the HVR lite dressing and I have a simple chicken salad to make sandwiches with for a few days. One little sandwich and some fresh veggies like carrots and celery sticks and an apple or a low fat string cheese is filling and delicious. You're not a rabbit so don't eat like one, read labels try new things and change it up every now and then. You can do this, I can do this. I am 46 years old, 240 lbs and recently diagnosed diabetic two weeks before Thanksgiving! I have made a commitment to walk each day for 1 mile. That's it. Easy peasy. If you want to find my profile and friend me, I have some great ideas and recipes you might like. Good luck and don't give up.

I don't completely object to appetite suppressants. My sister took some for awhile, under a doctor's supervision, and it really helped her lose a lot of weight. Her problem was that she didn't use that time to learn to control her eating. When she stopped taking them, she ballooned back up.

She told me that she didn't know how to eat or exercise, so I told her (this was back when I as able to run and was very fit) that she needed to eat plenty of good protein (eggs, chicken, beef, pork, etc.), fresh vegetables (real vegetables, like squash and broccoli, not iceberg lettuce), a reasonable amount of fat, and to limit her intake of processed foods. Her husband had bought her a really bad*** treadmill to use to get into shape. And... She ignored everything her husband or I told her and weighs over 200 lbs. now.

I'm not going to advise against the appetite suppressants. They have their function, but I will advise you to work with a nutritionist to figure out a weight loss plan, or taking them is going to just be a brief blip on the radar for you.

I am currently on appetite suppressants myself, under my dr's supervision. I had dangerously high blood sugars and blood pressure so he does have me on a strict vlcd (very low calorie diet) for 12 weeks at which point we will look at meal planning to continue weight loss but at 35 I don't know how to eat correctly. I don't know how to plan a weeks worth of meals and cook food that will be healthy and keep my numbers in check. The truth of it is that it is easier to regulate my health issues with a smaller frame. The dr I am going to was a regular family practice dr for years, then realized that 90% of his patients have health issues due to poor diet so he has studied nutrition for years now and is an expert in nutrition as well as a MD. They monitor my liver enzymes biweekly to ensure the safety of my diet and the meds I am on. I won't always have to be on an appetite suppressant but for now I am grateful I am and haven't have any side effects that remained past the first 3 days (jitteriness)

Go see your doctor. Get a goal weight and a daily calorie number. Find out what kind of foods you should and shouldn't be eating. Get cleared for exercise. If he recommends an appetite suppressant, go for it.

Then start eating more healthy foods (which I'm sure you'll be told to do.) Skip the red meat and go for lean, white meats. Lots of fruits and veggies. Whole grains instead of white. Fiber. If you eat more healthy foods, you will find that you not only stay full for a longer time but you get to eat a lot more. Get a referral to a dietician if you have trouble with food selection. http://www.fitness.gov/eat-healthy/how-to-eat-healthy/

If you're approved to do it, start walking and swimming. Swimming burns more calories than anything, doesn't make you hot and sweaty, is easy on the joints and it's the only good exercise I know of where being fat doesn't hold you back. If you're embarrassed in a swimsuit, get over yourself. Walking outside is wonderful if you live where it isn't too icy. Builds stamina. Gets you out in the fresh air, which is wonderful. Burns some calories, too.

It's okay to be hungry sometimes when you're losing weight, especially that first week. But if you eat tons of healthy foods, it's unlikely that you'll be hungry.

It's going to take years of really hard work, so unless you're serious, give up now. You're going to have to learn to eat right and exercise and do this stuff all the time, for years. It's going to take dedication and commitment, so if you aren't honestly motivated - from within yourself - you'll give up. If you are motivated, nothing can stop you.

Good luck!!!