Lol, should not have brought peanut butter to work.

This picture was taken last summer while I was in Arizona.  I was trying to lose weight at that point too.  I think I weighed around 180 here.

These were taken while I was in Arizona as well, a little progress but I gained back some of the weight right before I came back to Oklahoma.

This picture was taken yesterday!  I weighed around 158 as of today.  I weighed somewhere between 175-170 when I started working on my body the last time.

I know, I need squats, you don’t have to tell me.. haha.  My boobs and butt have both shrunk with the weight loss.  Laaame.  My butt looks better because there’s less cellulite but there is less of my butt too, haha.

I’ve been trying all kinds of clothes on the last few days because I looked in the mirror and suddenly was like,”WHAT HAPPENED?!! WHEN DID I GET SKINNY?” lol  My summer shorts are all loose on me and all my pants and jeans (which I still wear every day) are all too loose.  What sucks is I don’t have extra any money to buy new clothes!  I’m happy, though. 

It’s just crazy to me!  I’ve never been this size before.  I have this black strapless romper that I bought years ago but never felt comfortable enough to wear it in public.  It’s too loose on me now.  lol I wish I could wear it but the top is the part that is too loose, strangely enough.

Here I am, bored on a Sunday night.  I decided to play dress up and see how some of my summer clothes fit.  OMFG GUYS, MY SKINNY SUMMER SHORTS ARE TOO BIG NOW.

How does that even happen???!!!  I am ecstatic!  I am at my lowest weight in years and am so happy with myself right now!  I’ll post some progress pics soon, trust me.  Ahhhhh!  I’m just so excited!  I can’t wait to see where I’m at by the time summer comes around!!!

Disclaimer:  If you suffer from drug addiction or an eating disorder, plan to use phentermine to starve yourself, or don’t plan on eating healthily and exercising, DO NOT USE THIS DRUG.  It can be very dangerous if misused and can cause side effects even in people who don’t have these issues (i.e., me).

I figured since I published my answer to the question about getting phentermine I should clarify my use of it and explain how I have lost somewhere between 10-15 lbs. (not surely exactly how much I weighed at the beginning) in just over a month.

My sister asked me if I would try it with her because she was getting it to help her lose post-baby weight.  I have been trying to lose weight off and on for years as well, so I agreed to try it.

We went to a family clinic that doesn’t require insurance in Oklahoma City (you can find these everywhere in bigger cities; it’s kind of scary).  We waited for hours after signing in before the clinic even opened; it took about 10 minutes with the doctor then he wrote our scripts.  He did make a point to emphasize a healthy diet and exercise in addition to using phentermine in order to lose weight.

When I first started using the pills, I was hyper-alert and so anxious I was almost paranoid.  I also felt light-headed and dizzy for the first few days.  I couldn’t sleep at all the night after my first day on them. I had to go to work the next day and I was still bugged out on them.  I convinced myself this was probably transitional and my body would eventually adjust its sleeping mechanism.  It didn’t for weeks.  I can sleep well now but it was kind of rough for a while.  I was also getting headaches and my muscles were sore from being so tensed up all the time (coupled with not eating enough or drinking enough water, which I’ll get to next).

Phentermine has helped me control my appetite at work so that I don’t end up getting junk out of the vending machine.  HOWEVER, once I’m off work I still have trouble eating.  Even though after a week or two I started only taking them Monday through Friday, I have still had to force-feed myself regularly since starting the pills and this is the main reason I am not refilling my script when they run out, as the other side effects I cited finally tapered off sometime in the middle of my month-long trial.

Because I haven’t been able to get enough nutrients or even drink enough water without feeling too full, I have reached a plateau with my weight loss.  BUT the phentermine did help me retrain myself to recognize what fullness feels like even if it was artificial; this has been my main struggle with eating so I feel like I have gotten what I needed to get out of phentermine but will not continue taking them.

I want to stress that I have not been starving myself or eating tiny amounts of junk; I have completely changed my food choices.  I started taking breakfast and lunch to work everyday, having full water bottles in the fridge at work at all times, tracking what I eat on My Fitness Pal, and making sure to eat lots of fresh produce.

Again, I just wanted to share my experience and do not recommend trying to get a prescription for phentermine without consulting your personal doctor or a nutritionist first.  

Is it not extremely annoying when My Fitness Pal tells you you’re over your sugar intake for the day because you ate a lot of fresh fruit?

I don’t know why that bothers me so much but it does.  That stupid red number at the bottom of my food diary irks me when I know I’m eating well.

Here it is.  April.  And I’m still with the health program.  I’m at 160 now, the lowest weight I’ve been at in years.  I can’t wait to keep seeing my body change and challenge myself.  Once I get a handle on my eating habits, I will start to forge a more active lifestyle.  I can’t wait for summer!  I hope to be in a bikini for the first time this year.