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Good for you! Do you have any side effects? I'm finding my mouth dries up like a desert at night, and I have a constant ringing in my ears. I've been on Wellbutrin before (one of the two drugs in Contrave), and my ears were ringing then too. I'm hoping it will eventually go away as I continue to lose weight and my blood…
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I've been on Contrave since Sept 18 and have been losing an average of 2 lb/week. I'm down a total of 26 lb so far, but still have a long way to go before I'm a healthy weight. I started Weight Watchers at the same time as I started Contrave, but switched to MFP after about two weeks - there were too many "free" foods on…
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Exactly what I found! While I ate what WW was telling me were "zero point foods" and I ate things like brown rice, a ton of fruit, corn, peas, etc., I wasn't losing any weight. When I switched to MFP and started looking at the calorie counts and skipping a lot of the "zeros" and replacing them with protein, I started…
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I'm on a "dry October" too - nothing since Sept 17. My doctor gave me hell after my last bloodwork was done, because my liver enzymes were sky high. If I kept on drinking the way I normally did - probably 3 drinks/night, and 5 or 6/night on weekends - he said I'd have cirrhosis within a year. So on Sept 18, I signed up for…
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I'm on my fourth week on Contrave, and my experience is the same - I've lost nearly 12 pounds and I'm easily avoiding junk food. And alcohol, which is a HUGE bonus for me and my fatty liver. I had difficulty with portion control in the first couple of weeks, but the uncomfortably stuffed feeling I get after eating too much…
