Has anyone on here completely changed themselves overnight? If so, has it worked? On June 30th 2005 I was still the old me. I watched my soap opera's every afternoon...3 hours straight on the couch 5 days a week. I NEVER ate vegetables. I ate fast food, on average once a day. I ordered out for pizza once a week. I never did intentional exercise. Every Saterday I went out to Olive Garden with my dad for dinner and ordered the chicken fettucini alfredo with extra sauce, a big salad, and 2 bredsticks with butter... yeah, I know they already have butter on them, but I ordered it on the side anyway

. I did NOT exercise...at all (I have rhumatoid arthritis in all of my joints, so I used that as an excuse). I drank beer...about 10 light beers every other day...I know what you're thinking, and I agree. I would spend entire days doing absolutely nothing...except growing fatter!
Then came July 1st. I started this day by taking a phentermine...prescribed to me by my doctor of course. I was really scared about taking it, but my endocrinologist said it should really help "train me for the long-term". I was worried that it would give me a stroke, or a heart attack...but of course it didn't. Within two hours of taking it I had regained all of the energy I lost due to Hashimoto's Hypothyroidism. I felt normal for the first time in almost 6 years! Not jittery at all. I was spending the day with a friend who decided she wated Olive Garden for lunch...I was horrified, and doubted my ability to resist in the face of such a personal fave. I will never forget this lunch, because I spent a good amount of time conversing...barely even thinking about my food. I drank my diet soda, had a few bites of salad, and about 5 bites of my Alfredo. I was content!
Long story short, the phentermine gave me the jumpstart I needed. It gave me the energy to begin an exercise routine, and the willpower to eat the right foods, and avoid the wrong one's (even when they were being eaten in front of me, thanks dad). My prescription was for three months of the drug, but I quit taking it August 1st. Not that I had to, I just wanted to see if I could do it without the drug, and surprise...I can! Since it doesn't build up in your sytem I can be sure that I have been flying solo since I woke up August 1st. Phentermine is the best...it's the closest thing to a miracle pill that I have found. The only thing is that you have to change your lifestyle while your on it, in a way that you think you can keep up even when you're flying solo.
But that's not what this is about (I'm all over the place, aren't I). I am just wondering:
Have you ever changed your whole lifestyle overnight? If so, did it work in the long-term?
I changed everything...absolutely EVERYTHING overnight. No more alcohol, no more fast food, no more soap opera's, exercise practically everyday, 6 small meals a day, lots of fruit and veggies...etc. Should I have taken it slower? I feel like I can sustain this, but I'd like to know if any of you have gone from one extreme to the other? C'mon, dish it!
Amanda