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Meridia....any thoughts?
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My history - I have been battling my weight issues for about 10 years. I haven’t had kids yet, but I would like to in the next few year. I started at 180 at the end of high school (which was good looking back). I then went to 280 fast, and I don’t know how it happened. I got scared and didn’t what too reach 300 pounds at that point I went to Weightwatchers and lost 112 pounds in a year and a half, but my lifestyle changed and I gained it back….not over night, but 30 pounds a year or so. I always told myself I could eat what ever I want because I know I can loose weight again….well that’s not the case, at 278 pounds I have been trying to loose weight for 8 months and have only lost 10 pounds, I mean I have lost and not gained so I am happy about that.
I think you really have to want to loose weight more than eat food…..food is an addiction for some people, it leaves me lonely if I don’t eat. I changed my diet and started exercising 4 times a week but I haven’t lost much because I can’t stop binge eating….so last week my doctor put me on 10 mg of meridia for one week and 15 mg for three months (starting today). It’s the first time in 5 years that I can take the time to plan health and not over eat, its wonderful! I have the mind set and meridia gives me the time to think before putting something in my mouth. I have been enjoying what I eat and have been more aware of the food that is going in my mouth. I haven’t lied to myself about what I have eaten. I even had chocolate and still lost weight last week. Some of my worries – I will not be able to stop taking the drug because I will become addicted….and which is better (or worst) being addicted to food or the drug??????? I am not worried about gaining the weight back that I loss will taking the pill, because I know how to gain weight and it only has to do with eating for me….so the answer to keeping it off is not to over eat, binge, pig out, splurge and so on. I will see how it goes…..i cross my fingers Any thoughts????? Posted on 06/05/09, 11:06 pm |
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I was on Adipex and had a fear of becoming addicted to the drug. When I first stopped taking the Adipex. I gained about eight pounds due to overeating and falling back into old habits, but then one day it was like someone switched on a light. "You can do this. You know what full truely feels like. You don't need to eat right now." I stopped watching the clock, stopped counting the calories, all that.
Now I eat when I'm truely hungry, and that's it. When I feel hungry I evaluate the situation before I start eating. "Am I really hungry or just bored?" If boredom is a likly culpret then I get up and do something. If a little while later I'm no longer hungry then I know I've figured it out. I crochet, knit, and sew A LOT. It's challenging for me. The more difficult a pattern is the better. Keeps my hands and mind occupied for hours. When your mind and hands are busy it's hard to concentrate on food, or it is for me anyway. 
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I totally agree with you....keep busy and the mind stays off food. I just found that because i am so busy that I would not have time to eat and then find myself eating anything and everything that wasn't healthy for me in sight.
My goal is to get my life in control and form good healthy habbits to go along with my working out. So you were not addicted to the drug? and thats awesome that you are lossing weight with out the pills and really listening to your body. it was a switch for me the first time i lost weight too. The only problem was i was living a totally different life. I live in a differnet town were my only focus was school and myself, and now i go to school full time, i work full time and a husband (well he will be my husbend in three months) we run our own business...its a lot, and for the next couple of months i am not able to give any of it up. that is totally what i am doing now, evaluating the situation before i eat, but only because of the pills....is this bad? i would think if i did if for a long period of time it would be.
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I did take Meridia.... I didn't have much luck with it, but I hope you have better results from it. For me eating isn't because I am hungry but I eat out of anxiety or stress so Meridia did't work for me.... as my stress levels and anxiety haven't changed. I wish you all the luck with it though. hugs Denise
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I wasn't ever addicted. Coming off the pills was just as easy as going on them. The first month off I did gain back eight pounds, but then realized what I was doing and started backing off the snacking. After feeling truely full with the drug it was just stopping to realize that I was in fact full.
We changed how we eat meals around here too. Always at the table, tv off, and we plate our food in the kitchen so there aren't bowls of this and that tempting me to get more. I give myself little rewards for reaching a goal. Maybe a new dress or shoes. Something that will keep me feeling good about all the hard work I'm doing. Since it's summer and I'm lily white I'm going to reward myself with some tanning minutes. When I started taking the drug I was 266 pounds. When I stopped taking the drug, I was on it for three months, I was around 220ish. (this was July to October last year) Now I'm at 206. Loosing the weight has been slow going since stopping the pills, but I'm not being left with lots of sagging loose skin. So it's worth it. DH said that when I get to 200 I can go buy a whole new wardrobe, no spending limit. Can't wait to make him eat those words.
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I had just read that people were addicted or could get addicted to the pills, but I think your right, you can stop just as easy as starting them. And it is going to be a slow, it didn't come on over night, so its not going to go off over night. I think I am just going to have to focus on really changing me habits to health ones, plating the food in the kitchen is an excellent idea.
gena - that is awesome you get a whole new wardrobe....6 pounds too go girl, that’s amazing. Denise - I was just getting so hungry that i would eat everything, and make poor poor choices; I have been working out really hard, and getting so hungry. I had talked to a counselor; saw a nutritionist, going to the gym....I just need this little bit of help. I am getting married in four months and I can’t stand to be 270 anymore. I know what I have to do to loss the weight...i just need a bit more help right now. thanks for your thoughts ladies...the up hill battle is way easier with support!
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For me, I went on Meridia for 1 month...but I wasn't honest with my doctor: In high school I abused amphetamines, very much enjoyed the energy and focus I felt on that type of drug. Well, I'm saying the potential for me was to abuse, and sure enough with that first month's prescription, I started taking an extra pill a day, finished the script a good 7 days before it should have run out. I thought, what am I doing??? So I never refilled.
That said, meds, even potentially addictive ones, which are carefully used under a doctor's guidance and of course taken as prescribed are rarely a problem. For instance, I've occasionally needed pain medication over the years (back injury, knee surgery). Well, I never abuse that kind of med, take it as prescribed for the time I need it, and never find myself wanting more. So it sounds like it's assisting you in getting on track, exactly the desired effect! Good luck to you...looking forward to hearing of your progress.
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Thanks Niffer, you have some good points to think about. i am very funny with the fact that i don't like taking pills in the first place, so i make sure that i don't take the pill too soon, to ensure nothing is going to happen :o) silly really, i know. But i have been very good. i am come up to finishing my third week, and everything seems good so far, i am loosing because i am going to the gym and eating way fewer calories. I did notice, that it is not proventing the eating when i am board....so i just have to watch that, so far i haven't given in to it (very proud of myself, a month ago you couldn't stop me, i was eating everything).
thanks for the thought, i keep ya posted.
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I tried it a few years ago and didn't do a darn thing for me, except put a dent in my wallet.
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