anyone using diet pills

[mzladyt]

No matter what I did I could not lose any weight. I went to the dr and he gave me adipex. I'm on my 4th week and have lost 11 lbs so far. I don't condone diet pills in any way but for me this was my only way with the sb diet also.

Tennie

[tom]

Well lets start with the fact that your doctor is recommending these pills to you ... who would I be to say anything different ...

So personally I would look towards getting off them as soon as you can. It has been my experience that when you come off the pills you will gain weight back so you need to be very careful or you need to stay on the pills for life which I would argue would have negative health side effects.

But lets work on that you are on the pills now. I would loose the weight you want to loose or get close to it ... then start weening yourself off of the pills.

Like instead of taking them every day miss one day at first and really try to focus on not cheating on the diet when you are not on the pill ... maybe up the exercise for that day.

Then when you know that you can still either loose or maintain with 6 days a week pills ... try to remove another one ... say dont take one on Monday and Thurs. Again focus on those days to make sure you dont cheat and maybe try to up the exercise on those days.

At the end of the day ... the health benefits of getting the weight off should offset the health negatives of the medicine. So if it is working for you then I would have a hard time arguing against it ( as long as your doctor is prescribing it and following up with you )

Just be careful and stick to the diet.

[mzladyt]

Thank you for the advice. I know I can't stay on these diet pills. I guess I was kind of wanting a quick start to give me something to hang on to. I haven't see the scale move down in so long that I was giving up. I am exercising as much as I can and finally making myself eat right again.

Tennie

[Want2BThin]

Originally Posted by tom

Well lets start with the fact that your doctor is recommending these pills to you

Mainly because he/she has a drawer-full of free samples. The reason they do this is simple: Doctors are not nutritionists. In order to get an overweight patient out of the office as fast as possible, they'll stick you on the diet pills. A GOOD Doctor will refer a patient to a diet like South Beach or refer you to a nutritionist who can guide a person with South Beach. I think this diet is terrific. It allows me things I could not have on the FATKINS plan. Skimmed milk for my iced coffee, beans, and mayo. So far I love it and I know I can work with this diet. I don't need no steeenkin' PILLS. Say no to drugs!!

[mzladyt]

I won't put all the blame on the dr. I did ask for the diet pills. I have been on south beach for a long time and not very strict about it. I know its my fault that I gained weight and I just wanted a jump start to get me going.

Tennie

[tom]

I think lets work with them ...

I also think that pills are usually the wrong path ... however ... you have them ... you and your doctor have decided to use them ...

Lets just have an exit strategy.

How much weight are you looking to loose? At what weight will you start weening yourself off of the pills?

[mzladyt]

My initial goal was to lose 25 lbs. Right now I would settle for 20 which would give me 10 more lbs to lose. I know I can't stay on these and I don't plan on it. I go for my checkup next week and then I'll know what they say about it. She said I had to lose at least 6-8 lbs to be given a prescription. So far I have lost 10 lbs. I think that as hard as I've been working on this that I could probably make it without these pills. I just had to get my mind right and exercise more.

Tennie