Has anyone tried weight loss pills?

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Re: Has anyone tried weight loss pills?

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Re: Has anyone tried weight loss pills?

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I am not a skinny person. In fact I am still a largish person so please take it from me, the diet pills are not the answer. Been there, done that. The real problem, may be that you aren't happy with you. I wasn't when I was 240. I was disgusted with what I saw. The more gross I felt, the more I abused myself with food, either too much or too little. I'd decide that I was going to lose weight. Do all the 'right' things, according to conventional wisdom. Like eat 1200 almost no fat calories, work out at the woman's only circut training gym (curves, daily for a year) and was still miserable becasue I was still fat and now i was hungry too. I was huge for years. Sometimes diet pills, sometimes some new diet program. You name it, i did it.

I think it was 2007, fat and still sad with myself, and life. The kids were signing up for summer programs in the rec department. I was signing a couple of them up for tennis, when I saw that there were adult classes. I don't know what possesed me. I was in no shape to play tennis. I had never done it before. I didn't even have the clothes to play tennis in. I bought the kids raquets and got myself one. In mind I said that I would give tennis one shot, if I didn't like it, I would still use the raquet to help the kids practice, or one of them would grow into it. So I bought a raquet and showed up for first lesson in stretchy jeans.

Turns out, I had a natural way of hitting the ball. I must have looked ridiculous, this very fat woman in jeans in summer, bouncing all around the court. That first lesson, the teacher gave me all kinds of compliments. One of the other adult students said that she never gives false compliments and that I should be proud. I was. The boost in self esteem is what i needed. I felt fit when I hit that ball and it went where I wanted it to go. I think that is when I stopped worrying about weight for aesthetics, and now focused on having fun and liking what body could do. i didn't diet that summer and was never happier.

When tennis was almost over, i started to develop tennis elbow. After researching what I could do about it, I found weight lifting, to help tennis. I found I really liked getting stronger, and started a diet to lose weight so I could be better at tennis and feel more fit. More activities came, coaching sports, playing with kids, learning about proper nutrition, all these things I started to have a passion for.

I didn't know it then, but dislikeing yourself will sabotage your efforts to lose weight. Look in the mirror and find your best feature. Admire what you like best. Write down all the things that make you feel good, like when a person said that you looked good, or when you did something well. Keep a feel-good journal and everyday find something that make you feel good into it.

When you are right with yourself, losing weight will be easier. BTW I am down 70 pounds since I first started tennis. Although I still struggle with losing weight (the diet) I am still bouncing around, having fun and i like being me.
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Re: Has anyone tried weight loss pills?

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Re: Has anyone tried weight loss pills?

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I started this process about the same time you did. I actually started at 326 pounds. I am 6'4". I am huge. I am now down to 284. I hit a platue that I just couldn't move off of. I work out at least 4 times a week. If I consume 1800 calories it must have been a special event. I am also a diabetic. I went to doctor last Saturday for regular check in, and she wrote me a prescrip for phentermine. It is great! It killed the hunger and put a little extra bounce in step. It has also given me a chance to make further changes in routines. In three days I busted out of the sticking point. I do not plan on basing health goals on the pills, but they are proving to be a great short term tool.

About the food....I hate carrots and I like "warm" food. You can only eat so much salad. The biggest change for me has been managing fast food. If you take just a minute to check out the nutrition guides for your favorite places. You can find something. I have a Roly-Poly near where I work. They have great food. other typical option is the Fresco Crunchy Taco at Taco Bell.
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