[Cactus]

Hi all,

I don't know if anyone here will remember but I used to post here last summer & now I'm back!

My story is as follows;

I have been overweight my whole life, it's in the family.
I reckon my heaviest weight must have been around 305lb just after the birth of my daughter, July 03 & lightest (in the last 5 years anyway)around 269lb in June last year.
I started posting here at the end of last May at 283 & started taking Lipovarin & lost about 10lb on that in about 3 weeks but it was all mostly in the first 10 days then I didn't loose anything else.
Around June/July I decided to switch to an Ephedra based product so I oredered Stacker 2s at around 273lb, I proceeded to loose around another 4lb & then found out to my horror that I was pregnant, that's when I stopped posting & taking any other diet pills...
I am a single Mum already so it wasn't exactly what I would have called 'happy news', anyway after around 8 weeks I mis-carried & lost the baby around mid- August, for the best I know but still wasn't easy to loose a baby...
So I gave myself a while to recover... I reckon around October I started back on the Stacker2s but they weren't really working that well for me anymore, i switched to Extreme Power Plus but that didn't work well either & then started drinking Ephedra tea & making my own 'ECA Stack' while I was waiting for a bottle of Lipodrene to arrive.
I had done some research & they seemed to work pretty well, let me explain; I set up a Yahoo group for Ephedra weight loss support & it seems that we were on a CONSTANT search to find something post the FDA ban that actually worked...
The Lipodrene finally arrived but to be honest they didn't have much of an effect on me.
I went to Spain for Christmas & put on a bit more weight even though I was taking the Lipodrene...
I also started getting really bad headaches if I didn't take the pill first thing in the morning which I put down to caffeine, I decided to get off the ECA stack & see if I could find anything else.
I was looking for Phentermine but it seems to be impossible to find in Europe so I went to my doctor & after a bit of convincing on my part she wrote a prescription for Reductil or Meridia 10mg.
I took my first pill yesterday.
I started a personal month challenge at the beginning of February to try to loose 10lb in the month so my story continues now on Reductil...

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Start Date- 01/02/06
Start Weight- 277lb
Height- 5ft 8.5
Age- 33
Ultimate goal- 160lb (-117lb)

Today's date- 09/02/06
Current weight- 275 (-2)
Weigh-in day- Wednesday

Feb. goal- 267lb
Week 1 -2lb
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Good luck to everyone!
Cactus

[Cactus]

Oh yeah, meant to say that i will try to post on a regualr basis at least once a week to show my (hopeful) progress..

Another thing, I don't know what others have found but I didn't see an immediate progree on the Reductil yesterday when I took it, I was still getting quite hungry at the usual times & getting the usual craving during the day, am I eating less & getting fuller quicker? maybe but could be psychological too....

Maybe it needs a while to build up to start working though I know others have found it to work pretty quickly too...

We'll see!

Side effects- haven't really had any, I try to drink at least 2.5litres of water a day anyway so didn't notice any 'dry mouth' yesterday & i certainly slept ok last night, hey I'm a full-time working single Mum!!! No headaches really yet but that's something I suffer from a lot so I don't know...

[Cactus]

Ticker test!

[Cactus]

Why isn't my sig. working???

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[Light]

Hmmm,
Looks good now.

[Light]

Of course we still remember you. Welcome back

[Cactus]

Thanks for the welcome back Light!
How are you?
Actually, my sig isn't working at all, I just copied the ticker into a new message but it's not actually my signiature...
Any idea why it's not working???
Thanks!

[Cactus]

Update- I weighed myself this morning, I know I shouldn't but I couldn't help it & now I wish I didn't....I am exactly the same as I was 2 mdays ago, haven't lost anything
Oh well, I won't let it get me down & I will try to stick to my Wednesday only weigh-in rule...

[Light]

Hmmm,
We did some board changes in the last few weeks. Ill check it up.

[Cactus]

Thanks Light!

[Cactus]

Lost another 2 lb this week, I think it might take a while for meridia to work though as I feel I'm only just starting to feel the full effects after 10 days...

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Start Date- 01/02/06
Start Weight- 277lb
Height- 5ft 8.5
Age- 33
Ultimate goal- 160lb (-117lb)

Today's date- 17/02/06
Current weight- 273 (-4)
Lost this week - 2lb
Weigh-in day- Wednesday

Feb. goal- 267lb (6 more to go!)
Week 1 -2lb
Week 2 -2lb
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[Cactus]

Well I decided to kick start my weight loss & went on the Cabbage Soup Diet starting yesterday, I actually did cheat slightly in that I put some brown rice into my soup & had a coffee with a little skimmed milk in it....

Anyway, I weighed myself this morning (couldn't help it) even though Wednesday is supposed to be my weekly weigh in day & I had lost another 6 lb!!!

Bringing my full weight loss for February to 10lb so far in 3 weeks!!!

I am absolutely delighted, today is veg day & I feel hungry already though so I'll see how it goes though I feel very motivated now!

I was ok yesterday though hungry on & off during the day & got VERY tired & light-headed in the afternoon though I did perk up again in the evening a bit.

I was peeing all day & actually drank very little water as I forgot though I did have the soup & a couple of herbal teas.

I am still taking the Meridia & feel it is helping with curbing my appetite. I'm not having any other side effects at the moment thought I have to go get my BP checked this week & every 2 weeks for a couple of months to keep an eye on it

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Start Date- 01/02/06
Start Weight- 277lb
Height- 5ft 8.5
Age- 33
Ultimate goal- 160lb (-117lb)

Today's date- 21/02/06
Current weight- 267 (-10)
Lost this week - 6lb
Weigh-in day- Tuesday

Feb. goal- 267lb (made it after 3 weeks!!!)
Week 1 -2lb
Week 2 -2lb
Week 3 -6lb
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[Cactus]

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Start Date- 01/02/06
Start Weight- 277lb
Height- 5ft 8.5
Age- 33
Ultimate goal- 160lb (-117lb) by June 2007

Today's date- 2/02/06
Current weight- 264 (-13)
Lost this week - 9lb
Weigh-in day- Wednesday

Feb. goal- 267lb/-10lb (made it after 3 weeks!!!)
Week 1 -2lb Nothing!
Week 2 -2lb Meridia & watch eating!
Week 3 -9lb Meridia & Cabbage Soup Diet for 2 days!
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[newme]

hi, I am really interested in hearing an update from you. How much have you lost and how are you feeling>?