Meridia forum

This is a place to find support in your weight loss effort and to discuss Meridia, food, exercise, dieting strategies, and the obstacles we all face trying to lose weight. *******

Anyone interested in chatting, please post or e-mail me (melodyonmeridia@yahoo.com) times which are convenient for you. I'll be posting scheduled chat times on the calendar and message board.

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Q: Effectiveness and combo w/other drugs...
Hey, when I received a prescription for Meridia, my physician told me it would decrease my desired portion size, but not do a great job of controlling my appetite. As such, he also gave me phentermine to take.

The phentermine, as some of you may now, makes me feel TERRIBLE. It not only makes me feel shakey and half-sick, but it affects my moods a great deal. I simply don't think I can continue taking it.

Some of you are saying that you think the Meridia alone is very effective at controlling appetite. Is that true? How long did it take for it to become effective? Did those affects wear off? In what time frame?

Thanks for your help all!!

Laura

Q: Weight loss...
Hi Mizmona,

You've done great!! 290 to 214!! I hope that will be me in a few months! How long did it take you and what doseage were you on? Did you ever change your doseage along the way. At first it seemed like the Meridia was really making a difference, but now it doesn't seem as effective. Someone else wrote that she thinks we become sort of used to it and so we don't think it is working as good. I think that may be true. It still helps.

windsong

Q: Weight Loss Standstill
Hey! I was reading the post about being at a standstill with a weight loss program and I thought I'd put in my two cents.

Over the last couple of years, I've lost more than 100 pounds. Unfortunately, I'm now struggling with the embarrassing and depressing re-gain of about 20 of them. And I've turned to Meridia for an "appetite control" boost that seems to be working very well for me. So, while I am hardly an expert of the subject of weight-loss success, given that I've had some back-peddling problems, I do know a bit about what has worked for me.

Everyone has great suggestions about calorie control, water intake, etc. Those are all necessary parts of a weight loss plan, I know. But MY advice and sort of "area of expertise" is the exercise end of things.

And I may not make myself very popular here either. The thing is that I don't believe that whole "30 minutes three times a week" thing. If you do any research on the subject of how MUCH exercise you should be getting, you will find that if you are currently sitting on the sofa for the 16 hours a day that you're not sitting at a desk, then YES! By all means! Getting up and taking a walk three times a week is a big improvement and will make a difference in your health.

However, that's not the whole story. And I encourage you to look this up yourself rather than take my word for it. The fact is that the REAL benefit shows up when you do TONS of exercise...when you get an hour a day or more of cardio work and start doing some type of resistance exercises (i.e., weight lifting or other 'toning' type things).

The "30 minutes 3 times a week" thing will probably only help you maintain the status quo. It's a bare minimum...the human body was MADE to be MUCH more active than that. This is a terrific starting point and a wonderful goal for people who have been very sedentary for a very long time. But I guarantee if you add an extra 15 or 20 minutes to your walk and do it a couple more times a week you'll be amazed at how much more quickly you lose weight. It's a HUGE help. Add time to your workout slowly, work up to it, but always keep the attitude that if you CAN do more, you SHOULD!

There's also something else that I hate to even MENTION because I know it won't make me any friends: Lifting Weights. I was at a standstill at one point and this pushed me past it like a sling shot. The thing is that it takes your body a LOT of energy (in the form of
calories) and a great deal of the food you consume to repair the tiny tears in your musles you get from lifting and to GROW new muscle cells. This is the metabolism boost some of you are begging for.

It's a myth that lifting weights will make you 'bulk up.' And there ARE ways to do this without spending a great deal of money. On top of that, it only takes a few minutes a day.

This is also a great way to forget about your "I must be skinny NOW" desperation and concentrate on another goal: gaining strength. It takes a very short time, especially for a beginner, to notice improvements, so it's a true confidence builder. I.e., my first 8 weeks of lifting weights increased my 'maximum lift amount' on my biceps by 400%! IN EIGHT WEEKS! On top of that, I lost 22 pounds during that time, where I'd been losing 0 prior to that...just by adding the weights and changing nothing else.

Enough of a lecture for everyone? Everyone angry with me now for suggesting that you spend even MORE time and effort on this escapade?

Laura