Diet pills......

You sound similar to how I use to feel. Maybe try to stop drinking pop. I had to do that when I started. Cold turkey. Done. You will be mieserable for a few days, but in a week you will wake up and be more ready to go and it should help you sleep better too. I use to live off of bottles of mountain dew and I had to cut it out as part of changing my lifestyle. About 7 months or so later, I can't stand pop. I prefer water. You get use to it pretty quick.

Also, most pills that give you energy will have similar effects to pop without the added calories. If caffiene impacts your sleep, those pills likely will too and it is a vicious cycle. You never get your sleep patterns right and always feel you can't catch up.

If you do end up trying some pills, I would probably try to talk to your doctor and work with them on it. Then, you can be monitored since a lot of them have some pretty nasty side effects.

Diet pills are responsible for about 1%-2% of your total weight loss. So if you lost 10lbs, then that diet pill contributed .1 or .2 lbs of weight for $29.00-$49.99 a month. Mathematically you're wasting your money because you could burn off that extra weight by doing 10 extra minutes of moderate exercise for free.


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I think you're probably exhausted. How early at night can you put your child to bed? Stay away from the internet at night time, watch a nice video or tv show and go to bed early.

I use coffee during the work day to operate but find (despite what the experts say about this) that I have sleep deprivation and have to find a way to make up the lack. In the weekends I sleep a lot lately, and I also have some days when i come home from work and just have a nap.

Even an hour is better than nothing. You feel like death dragging yourself up again to cook tea but in half an hour, you're much better.

Another thing is water. Not getting enough hydration will exhaust you. Are you replacing this pop with anything else? Liquid plays a huge part in energy I've noticed.

Other than that I'd start looking at other lifestyle issues. Are you getting up at 5:30 to get to creche before work? Any way you can change your life so that you get up later? Or go to bed earlier? How demanding is your child? Can you teach the child to be less demanding? Do you have every other night in the week with no after school activities or is it all just go, go, go?

Before MFP, I hate to say it but I was drinking NOTHING other then pop pretty much. All I drank was pop. and I have problems sleeping at night my son can go to bed as early as 7:30 and I can lay in bed trying to sleep but it takes me forever to get to sleep I even tried taking melatonin a natural sleep aid and it has done nothing. I wake up at 5:30am on the days I work. most nights I get between 3-6 hrs of sleep. I sometimes nap when my son does if I can but then when I wake up I feel even more tired! : / I can't stand the taste of coffee I've tried it lol even had a coffee pot for my parents when they babysit!
Thank you

This sounds terrible. 3 - 6 hrs sleep a night is really bad. have you seen a doctor about it? I remember crashing emotionally when working really hard etc etc at a piano lesson, of all things (couldn't play to the bottom of the key - had meltdown) and the teacher, wonderful woman, a nurse - talked to me about life and then decided i had insomnia and sent me home with some incredibly mild sleeping pills, telling me to take half of one.

Within about three nights of taking these things I started to be normal enough again, to decide not to take any more. Another night or so and I had a fairly normal sleeping pattern but I don't know if I would have broken the insomnia without the few pills I took - they kind of broke a cycle of overtiredness so bad it was keeping me awake.

PS: Next time you can, say on a weekend, have a really lazy day, just lie around and sleep. Don't watch movies, don't play on the computer, just laze around, let your mind slow down and sleep. As to the pop - maybe none after lunch-time? I find water with a squirt of lime juice in it is really nice, stops it from being water, makes it quite nice and refreshing to drink.

I think you're probably exhausted. How early at night can you put your child to bed? Stay away from the internet at night time, watch a nice video or tv show and go to bed early.

I use coffee during the work day to operate but find (despite what the experts say about this) that I have sleep deprivation and have to find a way to make up the lack. In the weekends I sleep a lot lately, and I also have some days when i come home from work and just have a nap.

Even an hour is better than nothing. You feel like death dragging yourself up again to cook tea but in half an hour, you're much better.

Another thing is water. Not getting enough hydration will exhaust you. Are you replacing this pop with anything else? Liquid plays a huge part in energy I've noticed.

Other than that I'd start looking at other lifestyle issues. Are you getting up at 5:30 to get to creche before work? Any way you can change your life so that you get up later? Or go to bed earlier? How demanding is your child? Can you teach the child to be less demanding? Do you have every other night in the week with no after school activities or is it all just go, go, go?

Before MFP, I hate to say it but I was drinking NOTHING other then pop pretty much. All I drank was pop. and I have problems sleeping at night my son can go to bed as early as 7:30 and I can lay in bed trying to sleep but it takes me forever to get to sleep I even tried taking melatonin a natural sleep aid and it has done nothing. I wake up at 5:30am on the days I work. most nights I get between 3-6 hrs of sleep. I sometimes nap when my son does if I can but then when I wake up I feel even more tired! : / I can't stand the taste of coffee I've tried it lol even had a coffee pot for my parents when they babysit!
Thank you

This sounds terrible. 3 - 6 hrs sleep a night is really bad. have you seen a doctor about it? I remember crashing emotionally when working really hard etc etc at a piano lesson, of all things (couldn't play to the bottom of the key - had meltdown) and the teacher, wonderful woman, a nurse - talked to me about life and then decided i had insomnia and sent me home with some incredibly mild sleeping pills, telling me to take half of one.

Within about three nights of taking these things I started to be normal enough again, to decide not to take any more. Another night or so and I had a fairly normal sleeping pattern but I don't know if I would have broken the insomnia without the few pills I took - they kind of broke a cycle of overtiredness so bad it was keeping me awake.

PS: Next time you can, say on a weekend, have a really lazy day, just lie around and sleep. Don't watch movies, don't play on the computer, just laze around, let your mind slow down and sleep. As to the pop - maybe none after lunch-time? I find water with a squirt of lime juice in it is really nice, stops it from being water, makes it quite nice and refreshing to drink.

No I havent seen my Dr. for it. I plan on making an apointment sometime in the next couple of weeks, when I can find the time between work. I have cronic neck pain I was told by my Dr. I have muscle spasums in my neck and back. My neck hurts constanty and gives me headaches everyday. Which also makes it hard to be comfortable and relax to get to sleep. My mind is one thing though its like when I get ready for bed is when it starts going! I hate it!!! (sorry for the misspelling)

I think I may be your twin.

My neck/back pain - I ended up with a chiropractor who took away all the headaches, acid stomach and numb fingers i was getting together with the horrid spasms in the neck.

My worries? I allowed myself only certain times of the day to think about them because otherwise they got on top of me. To quiet the mind before bed I watch a movie or a tv show, which gives me something to think about. That or I read. then I go to bed and think about that, and not all the problems I have. Heh. I am learning at the great old age of 42 that a lot of problems go away on their own. The stress I was under when I was getting insomnia was incredible at the time... and the problems sorted themselves out. I still have a favourite dream I drag out when I really can't sleep - a hot little daydream from my teens about going back in time etc etc etc... LOL Maybe you still have one of those little daydreams? Where is your happy place?

I take supplements to make me feel healthy. If you look at most diet pills they're all caffeine, you can have coffee or tea to get the same effect.

I don recommend any kine of drug if you dont need it.......go for somehing natural!!!
go for hot teas like chamomile in the morning before or after breakfast, you can doit at night too, everything hot help....really.....
combine apple vinager (1 tsp) with a up of water and drink it before any mal, is better if is in the morning......sometimes i use dr ming's tea, is made of plant and is good for digestion,......

I started taking Phentermine extended release on March 3 and have lost 15 lbs so far...it really keeps you from being hungry and thinking about food all the time. So far, I have felt better than ever with a lot more energy...not sure if its the medicine or giving up all the junk food and sugary drinks. I also take a multi vitamin. I know I couldn't do this entirely on my own and now with some weight loss, I will be more motivated to keep the healthy eating habits up.

I am taking these as well. They are from a dr only and I loose about a ppound or a half a pound a day. It helps control hunger. LoVE THEM

I've previously tried them with a diet plan and found I was more reliant on them or some kind of miracle versus focusing on diet and exercise. This time I'm just focused on diet/exercise and have been the most successful ever.

I used something called jimpness beauty http://jimpnessbeauty.net/ but i only take these (instead of a ten day course) 3 a week, on days where i find no time to exercise. I lost 3lb on my first go with these and the weight stayed off. Now im eating better and exercising more so not using them!

I was always skeptical about pills and worried about what they would do to me. Everyone should worry about those things. But let me tell you, I still wanted to give them a shot. I needed that extra push. I was 320. I just needed a little something extra. I looked and researched. Then I bought the Hydroxicut. I did Hydroxi (3 a day) for 2 months eatting only the leanest meats, tons of veggies and tons of water and working out 3 times a week for 30 minutes. I went from 320 to 290 in those 2 months. I then weaned off the pills for 2 weeks continuing to work hard at eating healthy. I then started mixing in some of my old bad eatting habits (i love bbq and southern food), but continued working out for 30 minutes 3 times a week and making sure 1/2 my plate was veggies. I stuck to water and hard liquor (i party hard). Over the last 9 months I managed to lose another 20 pounds while enjoying life and food - without pills.

I am now 270 - 273. I vary a little. I now want to lose another 20 pounds and I want to do it fairly quick (with a little help) and need another push. I will be going for the Cellucor Super HD. This time working out 4 days a week for 45 minutes and cutting out the southern food for 2 months.

My point is, I would have never gotten the kick start that I needed if I didn't go for these. I struggled for a long time with many methods always pushing back the idea of taking pills. The boost they gave me was awesome and it's up to you to use them safely and do your own research and know what works for you. I can personally drink a full pot of coffee and go right to sleep. I think the important part of what I did was to "wean" off of them over a 2 week period. And like I said, no matter if I cheat, I still make sure 1/2 my plate is fresh veggies.

I also stay away from ALL fructos and as much "modified" foods as possible. Read that fat free yogurt closer - it's modified corn starch.