[bcs_boadicea]

Hi everybody!! I am on day 3 of taking my own ECA stack and I am trying to be upbeat and positive about it.
Right now I'm taking 24 mg ephedrine HCL with 325 mg aspirin and 200 mg caffeine twice a day. I am also taking hoodia gordonii. I don't have a scale (which I think is probably a good thing, otherwise I would be weighing too frequently), so I don't know how much I've lost. I DO know that I'm slowly losing inches.
I'm really hoping this works; I weighed over 240 lbs 8 years ago and managed to get down to 118 after a ton of hard work and VERY unhealthy eating practices. Now, this past spring I was up to 126 and was really happy with that weight. I looked and felt great. And then I went on the pill. Yasmine, to be precise. And promptly gained 30 lbs in 2 months. I've tried exercise and diet and nothing has helped. Apple cider vinegar did nothing, nor did my old method of doing a massive toxin purge. Nothing.
So, I'm trying this.
A question for all of you who have experience with ephedra: how often and how much should I be eating? Obviously I should be eating healthily...thing is, I COULD get by with eating almost nothing, but I'm wondering if this might actually inhibit my weight loss. Anybody know?

[bcs_boadicea]

Wow. 50 reads, not one reply, lol. Anyway, it's working, so I guess I will continue to not eat.

[Light]

Hi,
I do not know what to tell you about ECA stack. I know it works but did not tried it. I was thinking to try it, are there any side effects?

[mj]

Hello. If you take in too few calories, your metabolism will slow down. Some research suggests that doing this repeatedly will result in permanent slow-down. I have read that around 1200 calories is the average minimum to avoid this. From all my reading on this topic, the advice most consistently given is that one should eat something every four hours during waking hours. I try to space my calories pretty much equally throughout the day.(When I am being good and not binging)
The rule of thumb for maximum calories in one sitting is 500. They say that this is the max that the body can handle at a time and any more go to fat, even if you eat only the 500 all day.

Where are you getting ephedra?

I took it to lose baby weight...I was over 200 and got down to 124. I have inched back up (but not to the high weight).
Good luck!

[bcs_boadicea]

Thank you!!!! I wasn't sure what the best thing to do would be, mainly because on one site it tells you to eat for exactly the reasons you stated mj and on others it tells you not to. As it is, I have been trying to eat more in the form of very small meals throughout the day.
I'm currently getting the ephedra in the form of ephedrine hydrochloride from a Canadian supplier. It's of course being purchased as an oral decongestant. Very reasonable price: $4.95 C per bottle of 50.
Side effects: cotton mouth, jitters, motormouth, loss of appetite. When I exercise I have to slow down and stop usually before I would if I weren't taking this stuff, since my heart POUNDS big time once I get going.
I'm definitely not liking it, which I see as a good thing. I'm happy with the results, but don't like the way it makes me feel.
One very cool thing: a friend of mine has been trying SO hard to kick her addiction to crystalmeth. I read that ephedra can be used to help and she tried one pill of 8 mg. She didn't feel the urge to use for the next 24 hours or so and has ordered her own and will be using it to help her get off the meth.

[summergirl]

[bcs_boadicea]

I'm taking 24 mg of ephedrine hydrochloride twice daily right now. I bought mine uder similar pretenses, lol. I have lipodrene, but don't really see the need to use it right now, since I'm getting decent results with what I'm doing.
I'm starting to wish I owned a scale...

[summergirl]

[bcs_boadicea]

So far I've lost at least 10 lbs; I haven't weighed myself for a week, and a week ago I had lost 9 lbs. Since I can get into jeans now I couldn't at the last weigh in, I know I've lost more since.

[summergirl]

[jolynn2589]

Hi I am new here, I have read the forums for a long time now, I used to take phentermine, but now that it seems to not be around anymore like it used to be, I thought I would try what you are doing. I bought something like what you said a my local drugstore, but it seems to be a really big deal! I am going to order from the same site as you in about a week just because it seems easier ordering online then buying it in person. I have read other posts that you have posted and I wanted you to know that I have all the same problems as you. Just wanted to find out if you are still doing the ECA and is it still working out for you? Thanks a bunch!

[bcs_boadicea]

Well, I've hit my plateau already *ugh* at 144 lbs. I took it for 2 weeks straight; I noticed that I wasn't feeling the same effects and wasn't losing, and rather than take more and risk some serious side effects, I decided to take a week off and then go again.
So...I lost a total of 13 lbs in a 2 week period; I am on day 2 of my break and honestly, I don't feel less energised, nor am I eating like crazy. I mention this because I was fairly concerned about whether or not going off the ephedrine would cause me to gain back. I think I will be okay.
I plan on starting back up again this Saturday. I have another 24 lbs to lose, so I'm hoping this works.

[bcs_boadicea]

Oh...update on my friend who is trying to quit meth: she is on day 5 and not only is she not using meth, but she has weaned down to 32 mg of ephedrine per 24 hours.

[Creme Brulee]

Wow!

That is so awesome to hear about your friend!

How are you doing now?

[k19smith]

I have heard with the ephedrine to do like mon threw fri and take sat and sun off so your body doesn't build a tolerance. Here in NC you can buy ephedrine at a lot of places, where I work sells it you just have to present id and sign some forms there is a monthly limit but it's like 12 boxes.