Prescribed Diet Pills

kbrown0401 · September 2019

Has or is anyone been prescribed diet pills/weight loss pills by your doctor? What did you find was pros and cons?
I am about 1.5 weeks on mine and I am feeling pretty great. The thing is though I hardly eat and when I do I can barely eat and most food tastes gross. I drink a lot of water (nearly 100 oz a day) and that's the only things that tastes good.

TeaBea · September 2019

"Feeling great" despite "food tastes gross" and "I barely eat most food." I hope these are in your list of cons.....because they certainly are not pros.

Way back when, I went to a diet "doctor." I was prescribed diet pills (speed). Speed made me feel energetic despite eating less (it also raised my heart rate & blood pressure). I started having trouble sleeping. Not healthy.

The problem with diet pills is they are a TEMPORARY solution to a permanent problem. After you lose the weight and you quit diet pills then what?

When food tastes normal will you adjust portion sizes? When you go back to being hungry will you know which foods are filling on fewer calories? Because a smaller you is going to require (somewhat) fewer calories forever. What will your forever changes be?

Terytha · September 2019

I did, then went off them, and now I'm three times as hungry as I used to be.

I have sincere regrets that I ever let the doctor talk me into them. -_-

buster2485 · September 2019

Only a temporary fix. Trust me, I've been there!

kbrown0401 · September 2019

Thanks for all your reponses!! Afterwards (not on the meds) I know I have to make lifestyle changes. Not just what I eat and exercising but my mind too. It is alot with my attitude and learning to say no to food that isn't good for me. I see/feel the cons and I rather more pros (without meds).

steveko89 · September 2019

kbrown0401 wrote: »

Thanks for all your reponses!! Afterwards (not on the meds) I know I have to make lifestyle changes. Not just what I eat and exercising but my mind too. It is alot with my attitude and learning to say no to food that isn't good for me. I see/feel the cons and I rather more pros (without meds).

Don't discount the possibility of learning and making lifestyle changes during a drug-free weight loss process. It may be slower and take more time/effort to refine your process but many find sustainability and long-term success through slower weight loss than often promised by named diets, industry stars, and social media influencers.

LyndaBSS · September 2019

In order to make the way you look at food and nutrition a true lifestyle change, the insight and revisions you need to make need to be organic.

My fear for you is that you'll be taken off the med and gain back not only the initial weight but additional weight as well.

You're already not eating a healthy amount of calories. Is the medication supposed to turn you off of all foods?

I'd be having an in depth conversation with my doctor, if I were you.

Please take care. 💟

sammidelvecchio · September 2019

I tried phentermine twice. The first time, my doctor told me nothing about it. I lost weight for 2 months, stopped, went off it and gained.

Earlier this year (February) I took a class about it, and started it again, and it's been a much better experience. I took it consistently for about 2 months, and then started only taking it on days I was feeling "bingey" or around my period. If I find myself going 3-4-5 days eating too much, i'll take one for a a couple days afterwards to get back on track. I have probably averaged 5 pills a month since April.

I'm not taking them anymore (about 3 weeks off it), and I'm still losing and didn't "go right back" to my old habits. I've lost 30 lbs since December and used phentermine as a tool in addition to a lot of other tools like walking, therapy, and calorie counting. You just have to be careful and mindful while you're on them, make sure you know all the important information about them before you start taking them, and have monthly check-ins with the doctor.

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