Phentermine Diet Pills

I took those for a couple of weeks and got a slight addiction to them. Well I had no probably stopping but when I was taking them I felt like I wanted to take more. I wouldn't recommend these. If you want to take diet pills try talking to your doctor about Ali. It blocks a percentage of fat intake so it helps you focus on the amount of fat you are taking in.

Hello everyone, my name is Ayanna and I'm new to myfitnesspal. I am on here to track my weight loss progress. I will begin taking my Phentermine diet pills tomorrow morning and along with a healthy diet and exercise, I expect to see great results. I will keep you all posted.

I used to be an aerobic instructor, trainer, bikeathon goo ru, the list goes on.. I got older, had a child, and lost "myself" put myself way out of my top priorities..so I wanted to be thin...so I also took Phentermine 10mg which is really mild...I lost weight and fast...I was ill, sleep deprived, and it killed my metabolism..I'm still trying to get some kind of metabolism back...It's a quick fix and the weight will come off fast...cause you about throw up to think about food...but the weight will come back and more of it...and the next time you try to lose weight..your metabolism will be dead and you will have to work twice as hard to get a little result.. Don't do it girl. Try South Beach diet and move your body!

You're my age with the same amount to lose. Why on EARTH are you taking diet pills? Just exercise and eat right, unless your doctor agreed that there is some medical reason to need pills. Why mess up your health in the long run?

I didn't know these pills kill your metabolism. That explains why I have had the hardest time trying to get off these excess pounds. I had taken Phentermine for years when I was younger and always managed to keep a beautiful body. Now, I don't take them and the weight has been extremely difficult to get off. By the way, I still think I have a beautiful body, I just have some extra padding...lol. Per my doctors suggestion I use Alli. I don't really notice a significant change but I will tell you when I eat a meal with a high fat content. I know! It will definitely come out the other end. I am just focusing on changing my eating habits and portion control. I am not an exercise guru but I do go out and walk 30 minutes daily and a fairly brisk speed. I also starting riding a bike (yard sale) a couple of time around my neighborhood. I would like to start a Zuumba class at the YMCA.

Please try some other healthy options besides taking Phentermine.

Hello everyone, my name is Ayanna and I'm new to myfitnesspal. I am on here to track my weight loss progress. I will begin taking my Phentermine diet pills tomorrow morning and along with a healthy diet and exercise, I expect to see great results. I will keep you all posted.

Hi. Scorpio. I also took the Phentermine (7 days) along w/the Ionamine (7 days). Every week I'd get weighed in and pick up my prescription at the pharmacy next door to the "Diet Doctor"; which meant I'd pay another $38.00 (x 12 week program). At the beginning we'd be charged a flat fee of $44 to START the program. Do the math. It's expensive. The combination of the two had me lose the weight. I have my card at home that specifially told me what to eat, snack on, no oils, drink water, eat chicken/fish, etc. I had lost allot of weight, but then again, that was when I was about 25 years old :happy: I'm 44 years old and have had a baby 3 years ago. I had wondered WHY my metabolism was shot to hell :devil: Now I know why (the pills). When you're off them you will GAIN all the weight back.

I have lost 20 pounds (on my own) since January 2009. I know with any type of diet pill they WILL help you, but the consequences are your "choice". Exercising and eating right (changing your eating habits) are the results towards losing weight (the healthy way). Here are some tips for you:

I weigh myself every 15th of the month read more below, and I have NEVER been healthier in my life! Here are MY tips for you:

Drink 64 oz of water daily. I suggest you eat 1,250 calories at the beginning, take your vitamins/supplements, talk to your doctor before exercising/dieting, use extra virgin olive oil, eat wheat products: bread, spaghetti, cereal, etc., eat fruits and veggies, snack on "any" type of nut (walnuts, almonds, and sunflower seeds are best), drink skim/soy milk, eat yogurt, eat fish/chicken/turkey/lean meats, have salads WITHOUT dressing (use extra virgin olive oil), stay away from POPS/SODAS (drink diet sodas/pops once a day if not, once a week), don't eat "fried foods" (French fries, potato chips, etc), eat Baked Lays, air popped popcorn, go to www.pilsbury.com and buy a pizza stone ($29.99) you can create your own delicious homemade pizzas with Boboli wheat pizza crust (already made); veggies to your heart's content, one can of refried beans (protein), one can of whole kernel corn (drained), and lite mozzarella cheese...yum! You can eat the Oreda crinkle cut fries that you bake in the oven, stay away from the salt shaker, stay AWAY from processed foods, foods made with hydrogenated oils (cookies, cakes, pies, etc). For dessert you can eat a skinny cow chocolate w/peanut butter ice cream sandwich....yummy!

Stop eating 2-3 hours BEFORE you go to sleep. I learned from Oprah's Boot Camp you have to STOP eating 2-3 hours BEFORE you go to sleep because your metabolism shuts down (as everything does when you're in a REM (Rapid Eye Movement).

Go to www.prevention.com. They have yummy recipes and are another source of website for motivation. Did you know that if you pay for your subscription to Prevention they give you a free pedometer? One should walk/step 10,000 steps daily. Check them out! They have a free website w/the magazine there in front of you in case you can't subscribe just yet.

Don't drink COFFEE. Drink Chai black/green tea instead. Chew gum all day. It keeps your mouth "busy". I've also heard/learned that before you eat a meal eat your soup first since it helps fill you up before the main course.

Weigh yourself "monthly". I swear (Eva crossing her finger and doing a "cross" by her ) you WILL lose 3-4 pounds every month. If you do the "math" that's THE average of 1 pound a week. This helps you from NOT getting discouraged IF, if, you weigh yourself daily/weekly as allot of women in this site tend to do (weigh themselves daily/weekly and then get discouraged and give up on dieting/exercising). Why do I weigh myself monthly? Because we women have PMS, mood swings, we retain water two weeks BEFORE we mensturate. Thus the reason why I allow my clothes to do the talking for me. Today was THE magic day and I weighed in at 169.4 pounds (Eva doing a jig)

Thirty minutes before you work out eat one of the following: one apple, OR one small box of raisins with a handful of walnuts, OR soup, OR yogurt. Why? "They are packed with high-quality carbohydrates, which provide a quick source of fuel for your muscles, but they have just enough protein and fat to help you maintain a steady, elevated energy level" (source: Prevention Magazine April 2007).

AFTER your work out, drink a protein shake (Slimfast, Special K, EAS Myoplex, etc). Why? "After a workout, your muscles need protein to repair microscopic muscle tears, plus another shot of carbs to help restock energy stores. Cyclists who drank it after a tough racing session had improved endurance and recovered fast than those who drank an ordinary sports drink (which supplies carbs and electrolytes, but no protein)" (Source: Prevention Magazine April 2007).

Stay away from alcoholic drinks (includes wine).

Set small goals for right now. Start with the FIRST 10 pounds. Later, the weight will be HARDER to lose. Remember, it's soooo easy to gain the weight, but hard to lose it. "No pain, no gain!" No worries if the weight is harder to lose since it means that it is time to "up" your exercise regimen (1 hour 3-4 days a week). When you've lost the weight, then you can go "up" to 1,500 calories (maybe for the last stubborn 10 pounds). If you closely watch "THE BIGGEST LOSER" they have to lose more than 50 pounds; their calorie intake is 1,000-1,100. Wow! Bless their for doing that!!! If you've watched the Diet Detective, he gets rid of all the "fat" foods in your fridge and pantry (cakes, cookies, pies, etc). He fills those places with veggies, fruits, wheat products, dairy products, low fat cheeses, olive oil, etc. I LOVED that show, but you can still check out his website: www.dietdetective.com/lose-weight.aspx

If you want more "tips" let me know as you know how to reach me. Blessings and good luck!

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thanks Little Eva for your imput. Well needed. I am curious though, why not coffee. I am a faithful coffee drinker. I can not deprive myself of it. The only time I don't drink it is when I am drinking green tea. Then, I miss it so much I go through withdrawal. Its my only vice and I love it! By the way I put some of your suggested websites into my favorites so I can access them quickly.

Thanks again for the input.

Oh, you're welcome! I don't drink coffee since Prevention mentioned that the caffeine in it is what I was drinking double since I drank a Diet Coke once a day for dinner (as my reward). I couldn't sleep at nights. The black Chai/green tea has no caffeine in it. Girl, I would drink my coffee BLACK! People add sugar, even the coffee mate to "flavor it". Not in my book, not even "non fat" sweetener/coffee mate works for me. The fat intake in a cup of coffee just shoots right thru the roof! I'm living proof. Try it, please try to STOP drinking coffee for a month. One month. That's all! go to www.prevention.com and type in coffee. It will give you for information as to the pros and cons of drinking coffee (I gave away all my Prevention magazines to my girlfriends)

sorry, see my new post.

Trying to PLEAD my case here. So coffee has a high fat content? Dear God, what am I going to do? I think I am going to go into withdrawal if I stop drinking it. I would rather give up my car....no, then again...not really.lol. Anyway, I will let you know when I am ready for the challenge. One step at a time. I already gave up my Wawa cappauchino, ugh!

NP. I was there, too! Girl, I started drinking coffee when I was 17 years old! Then I learned from my dad to drink it black. I'm 44 years old and I quit COLD TURKEY this year! (Eva doing the math, hang on, I need my calculator

I was a coffee drinker for 27 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, baby steps, baby steps Blessings!

Eva

FOUND IT!

Article #1

Are Both Coffee and Tea Good for My Health?
The best cups to brew for a healthy heart

By Andrew Weil , Dr. Weil is clinical professor of medicine at the University of Arizona and director of its Program in Integrative Medicine (Prevention Magazine, April 2007).

"I've heard that both coffee and tea are really good for your health. Does it matter which one you drink?"

Evidence for the health benefits of tea greatly outweighs that for coffee. Tea, especially green and white tea, is the source of some of the most powerful antioxidants known.

Japanese researchers have learned that women who drink at least 5 cups of green tea each day cut their risk of dying from heart disease by about a third. Their study followed 40,000 healthy adults for 11 years and was reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association last September.

Black-tea drinkers also appear to enjoy similar protection. Researchers from University College London subjected a group of volunteers to stressful situations over 6 weeks. Those who regularly drank black tea over that time period reported feeling calmer than those asked to drink a placebo beverage with the same amount of caffeine. Tea drinkers also had lower levels of cortisol, the stress hormone that is thought to play an important role in heart disease. Be aware that adding milk to tea interferes with its antioxidant activity.

As for coffee, a 20-year study of more than 100,000 people reported in the journal Circulation found only modest benefits to the heart. My advice: If you are a coffee drinker, try substituting good-quality tea for some of the coffee you now consume.

Andrew Weil, MD, is a pioneer in the field of holistic health and founder and director of the Program in Integrative Medicine at the College of Medicine, University of Arizona. He received his medical training at Harvard University. Blessings!

Eva :flowerforyou:

Article #3

Coffee Confessions
Find out if you should skip the java jolt

The Science: Caffeine boosts alertness, activates stress hormones, and elevates heart rate and blood pressure--none of which are very helpful when you're trying to get shut-eye. Some people are more sensitive than others to caffeine's effects, and one's sensitivity may be hereditary. And even if you've never had a problem with coffee, you may develop one over time; age-related changes in body composition can affect the speed at which caffeine is metabolized.

If you are sensitive to caffeine, take note that its half-life--the time required by your body to break down half of it--can be as long as 7 hours. In other words, if you were to have your last cup of coffee at 1 pm, a quarter of the caffeine it contained could still remain in your system as late as 3 am. In women, estrogen may delay caffeine metabolism even further. Between ovulation and menstruation, you take about 25% longer to eliminate it, and if you're on birth control pills, you take about twice the normal time. (Newer, low-estrogen pills may have less of an impact.)

What Works for Me: It took me until my 50s to finally admit that when I woke in the middle of the night, heart pounding, it may have had something to do with the mocha java that jump-started my day--only a few cups, I told myself, and never after 3 pm. So I cut out coffee, and slept blissfully--for a week or so. Then my same old broken sleep pattern reasserted itself, only I was doubly miserable, without sleep and without coffee to perk me up. So I tried tea. It has about half the caffeine content of coffee and contains an as-yet-unnamed substance that may help calm the stress system, according to a 2007 study published in Psychopharmacology. Black tea was too strong for me, so I turned to green, which has about one-third the caffeine content of black. These days I drink 2 to 3 cups of green tea just after I get up. I don't love it the way I did coffee, but I like that it perks me up in the morning without keeping me up at night. So if you find life with decaf coffee just too bleak, there are options. (continued)

The Science: Most sleep researchers advise keeping your bedroom cool, but not cold--the National Sleep Foundation recommends between 54 and 75°F. This is because a cool room makes it easier for your core body temperature to drop, which must occur for you to fall asleep. (Body temp reaches its lowest point about 4 hours after you nod off.) However, the thermostat is only part of the story: Proper air circulation and blankets that aren't too heavy--a big problem in hotel rooms--can also facilitate a drop in body temperature. A series of fascinating studies done in the past decade and a half by Swiss researchers Kurt Kräuchi and Anna Wirz-Justice, PhD, found an inverse relation between warm feet and cool body temp: When your feet and hands are warm, the blood vessels dilate, allowing heat to escape and body temperature to fall, initiating sleep. Conversely, when hands and feet are cold, the vessels constrict, retaining heat..which may keep you awake.

What Works for Me: I sleep in a cool room--much cooler than 75°F!--but I make sure my feet are warm. Wearing light socks makes it easier to resist the temptation to pile on too many blankets in the winter. A hot bath seems an odd way of cooling down, but it works for me; afterward, body temperature falls off rapidly, "guiding the brain into sleep mode," explains Stanley Coren, PhD, author of Sleep Thieves. He recommends going directly from bath to bed, while other experts recommend waiting up to 45 minutes. I find I need twice that. Because temperature decline signals the body that it's time for sleep, turning on an electric blanket for 10 to 15 minutes and then turning it off may have the same effect. Resource: Prevention Magazine.

Blessings! :flowerforyou:

Eva

used them
loved them
no negative comments
also loved ephedra
BUT i am trying again to lose the same weight

I went to a doctor for a short time) who prescribed phentermine. When my beloved long time OB/GYN found out his words were: "You can kill yourself if you want to..."
So I went home & flushed them. They didn't seem to make much difference in my weight anyway.
Please be careful.

My doctor prescribed me Phentermine when she saw I was serious about losing weight. She said that eating right and exercising were great, and that the pills would help shrink my stomach and make me less hungry, so therefore I'd eat less. She wouldn't prescribe it to me for longer than 6 months, and she also wouldn't renew the prescription over the phone, I had to come in each month so she could monitor me and hand me the prescription. If she thought I was slacking off and not doing my part, she wouldn't prescribe it for me anymore.

I lost weight on it (and have been ever since, even after quitting taking them), I never felt jittery and was never hungry...I'd have to remind myself to eat. :laugh: The only thing was it make my mouth dry as a desert!

So I think as long as you're smart about it, and you continue to do your part and you know it's not a lifetime fix...to each her own.

I definitely like the articles you have provided as evidence.

Thank you Ava (tee hee hee, you're AVA and I'm EVA...gotta love it! , thank you, thank you :happy: :happy: :happy: Check out my before and after photos I just added this morning As I have LOST 20 pounds. And just "think about it"....I did it WITHOUT diet pills (Eva doing a jig!!)

Again, ladies, I give you TIPS, suggestions, references, photos, stories, etc., Now, it's up to ya'll to do it!! I myself was sick and TIRED of my OWN excuses. Blessings!

Eva