I fell like such an idiot!

bellydancer72
bellydancer72 Posts: 41
edited September 19 in Health and Weight Loss
Here I am *****ing and complaining for a couple of weeks now about how I'm not losing any weight when it dawns on me... meds! I'm taking 2 different meds for depression and I recently read that one of them causes weight gain. Now I don't know if the weight gain is from the pills themselves, or if it's due to increased appetite (which I had before getting prescribed Phentermine). I think maybe it's just slowing my metabolism to almost a halt because with the Phen I'm not hungry and barely eat all my calories for the day, I started exercising, and I drink 64-96 oz of water daily. I'm just not losing, and now I think it's because of the medicine. I feel like an idiot for not realizing it before.:grumble:

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  • bellydancer72
    bellydancer72 Posts: 41
    Here I am *****ing and complaining for a couple of weeks now about how I'm not losing any weight when it dawns on me... meds! I'm taking 2 different meds for depression and I recently read that one of them causes weight gain. Now I don't know if the weight gain is from the pills themselves, or if it's due to increased appetite (which I had before getting prescribed Phentermine). I think maybe it's just slowing my metabolism to almost a halt because with the Phen I'm not hungry and barely eat all my calories for the day, I started exercising, and I drink 64-96 oz of water daily. I'm just not losing, and now I think it's because of the medicine. I feel like an idiot for not realizing it before.:grumble:
  • Smiley1010
    Smiley1010 Posts: 82
    Here I am *****ing and complaining for a couple of weeks now about how I'm not losing any weight when it dawns on me... meds! I'm taking 2 different meds for depression and I recently read that one of them causes weight gain. Now I don't know if the weight gain is from the pills themselves, or if it's due to increased appetite (which I had before getting prescribed Phentermine). I think maybe it's just slowing my metabolism to almost a halt because with the Phen I'm not hungry and barely eat all my calories for the day, I started exercising, and I drink 64-96 oz of water daily. I'm just not losing, and now I think it's because of the medicine. I feel like an idiot for not realizing it before.:grumble:

    Aha! You may have figured it out. There's all sorts of things that effect weight gain/loss.

    But it seems like you've lost 2 lbs. in two weeks! Is that correct? Because if it is, you go girl! A pound per week is perfectly fine. :smile:
  • icandoallthings
    icandoallthings Posts: 1,212 Member
    Try not to beat yourself up.
    I think you are doing GREAT!! Just think about this: if you weren't
    so disciplined in your eating/exercise/water intake, you could
    have actually *gained* weight because of those meds
    BUT YOU DIDN'T!

    Keep up the good work - it will pay off! :flowerforyou:
  • christahollis
    christahollis Posts: 152
    I was there too!
    When I started...i busted my butt...everyday...more than an hour of cardio...lifting every other day...super careful--no junk ever diet...
    Losing weight was unbearably slow...I couldn't believe how hard it was.

    Until I found out that I was hypothyroid.
  • caite19
    caite19 Posts: 100
    I agree, I think you're doing great.

    Better to lose a little than gain a lot!

    Keep up the hard work. Don't give up!
  • bellydancer72
    bellydancer72 Posts: 41
    Thanks for the kind words girls. :drinker:
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