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I agree about the Scale Down program. I'm going to stop it because it's dictating how I feel mentally throughout the day and, yes, it does set one up for failure. I'm just disappointed that there's been no significant weight loss for the month I've been on Contrave.
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To the question above, I use MFP to calculate calories. I don't usually eat snacks, but I like dried figs or fresh blueberries with almonds and will have that as a snack, but it's rare that I snack. I keep complex carbs down to about 1 cup per week. Have salads with just about every dinner and make my own dressing using…
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Thanks for responding! Today breakfast was a pea plant protein shake made with pineapple juice instead of water; lunch was half a cup of pasta with pesto sauce, zucchini, and two turkey meatballs; dinner was half cup of rice and stir-fried carrots, peppers, cabbage, mushrooms, and zucchini (homemade, not frozen). I used…
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Can you folks who are using Contrave give me some input as to when you started to see results on the scale? I've been on it for five weeks now, stay at about 1000 calories, and exercise (but don't consume the burned calories back into my total for the day). This morning for the ScaleDown weigh-in, I was up a pound and a…
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I started on Contrave using a titration method (1 pill a day in the a.m. for the first week, second week 1 in the a.m., 1 in the pm, week three 2 in the am, 1 in the p.m., week four 2 in the am, 2 in the pm and stay on that 2/2 for the duration). I'm in week 3 and I've only lost 5 pounds. My clothes fit better, but I…
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Hi, all! I just started on Contrave last Thursday (3/30/17); am on one a.m. pill until next Thursday when I add the p.m. pill. Only side effect is a slight headache very late at night. It will be interesting to see if I lose any weight. I went to my doctor because I had an unexplained weight gain (more about that in a…
