scale addiction
 

Nikolas...
Oh well, I seem to be stuck at a plateau...I think i'd better nto weight myslef for a while. Maybe i am just getting scale happy! Since you seem to have been battling this wieght thing and winning---100 pounds yipee!---I thought I would ask you...what's my hang up about the scale?
My clothes are looser and i'm in things i haven't been in for quite a long time....so why am i so hung up on the numbers???
Any advice on getting over my scale addiction?
MauiMamma

oh no!. not EVERY day!!..
 

45 minutes a day , EVERY day?. My gosh...I better get moving!!!!!

I went back to the doctor this week because I just didn't know what to think about the racing heart and the muscle tension, I thought my High Blood pressure was going to kill me....
He put my mind at ease, my bP wasn't up that much at all, I am just stressed because my husband just lost his job...
I just need to relax...

AND I KNOW exercise is a good way to do that...

So off I go on a walk..

Also, the doctor weighed me, and I had lost 3.8LBS in 10 days..
so that's a good start considering I dont exercise every day (once every 2-3 days is all I am doing at the moment).

;)

till next time!

MauiMama, I had hubby hide my scale. Well, not really but I don't know if I mentioned it but I am also doing WW at Work. I became obsessed cause they weighed us every week. I found myself getting depressed when I hit a plateau. The scale was hurting me more than helping me. Put it away somewhere and get weighed every two weeks (if you can stand to wait that long)

Glasseyes, teriffic weight loss. You must be psyched. Glad doctor found your bp to be OK. Sorry to hear about your husband's job. That is very stressful. I am sure he will find another soon and I will think postive thoughts for both of you.

DON'T let me scare you about the exercise. I did not exercise at all in the beginning and the weight still came off. However, I was in a group of people who were all trying to do some exercise and I was the only one who was resistent. Start slowly, I had to---could not do more than 10 minutes at first.

Take care.

hairdos that make you cry....
 

So I tried a new hairdresser yesterday (at recommendation of one of my friends). I currently live in Chicago and my sister and I had been driving all the way to Milwaukee to get our hair done with someone who she had gone to when she lived there (it is about an hour and a half away without traffic- but the traffic is the big question). Anyways I have been trying to go back to my natural brunette color- and I told the new person I wanted her to put in highlights to blend what my old hairdresser had done as it is growing out....next thing you know, I have paid $200 (hairdos are a big rip off in the big city) and I have LIGHT blond streaks. So anyways I cried when I got home- and this morning with some perspective I have realized it doesn't so much look horrible it just isn't what I want...although I do feel a bit like a skunk because she put a very light one right at my forehead which looks a little weird...I think I might go back and ask her to tone the highlights down...boo hoo :(

Oh yes...my meridia :) I think I have probably been eating a little more than i need to...Although I am comfortably back into my size 14's and back to within 10 lb's of my lowest adult body weight. I have been good about going to the gym about 3 times a week (which always helps).

Things are really picking up at work- and I am getting concerned about being able to continue to make all of this a priority- this was the time of year last year that I started packing the pounds on- I am going to try to keep encouraging myself to be selfish :)

I met a new guy...very nice, the keeping kind from what I can tell. We are going out tonight. The only problem is that he has bad teeth- anyone have an opinion about whether one can gently suggest that a mate get braces down the road in a relationship? :)

Off to see the babies at the Children's Hospital (I volunteer there every other week). Hope everyone had a nice weekend!

anyone having stomach trouble on meridia
 

I am about a week or so into (retaking) my meridia....i am having a lot of stomach upset....cramps, nausea, bathroom problems---did anyone else find this to be the case?
Nikolas ( i hate calling you that, you're a girl! is this your hubbie's member name or did you just have a cool with it Mom???)
i think i need to go and bury my scale in some kind of ritual ceremony...i went up by a pound and a half and felt like i was going to flip out! Thanks for your advice :)
MM

new member
 

HI Everyone I am new to this site & to Meridia. I just started Meridia on Thursday. So far so good, only down 3 pounds. But it hasn't been hard, not hungry at all! I currently have to lose 31 pounds to even start in the healty range, would like to lose 46, but will be better off with any loss.

Welcome Christina. I think you are off to a wonderful start. Keep up the good work and check in.

MauiMamma, Nikolas is one of my dogs names. He is a Welsh Corgi Pembroke--also have a female Corgi names Elvis...so I guess I am a cool mom. I never had stomach problems with Merida and I have not heard of anyone who has had those type of severe problems. Perhaps a stomach bug? Let us know how you are. Yes, try to dump the scale.....we are women and our weight tends to flucuate from week to week. A woman in my WW group just lost 3.2 lbs since last week. ??????? is what she said...she had been so depressed since the past 3 weigh ins prior she had not lost a thing. Then all of a sudden it was gone. Let us know how you are feeling.

Marie....boy do I know that feeling......getting hair done....paying a lot and hating it. I live right outside of Boston and pay the same type of prices for color/streaking. DO take yourself back -- call first and tell her you are very unhappy and tell her the reason why. We tend not to complain about our hair to the haidresser but our friends, signifcant others etc. have to hear it. I finally decided that if I was not happy especially if the hairdresser did not do as I asked that I would say something immediately and make another appointment before I left to have the problem corrected. Good Luck

Glad you have met someone you think might be a "keeper" As far as his teeth??????? Well, if you don;t like them now you will not like them in the future. Either he likes them the way they are or perhaps doesn't have the $$$ to pay to have them fixed. Catch him asleep and just extract the whole lot.

Take care everyone....I have not been weighed in two weeks...don't know if I have lost anything.

Hi Everyone, So far I have not had a single problem/side effect with the Meridia. I have had trouble sleeping, but I am not sure if that is from the Meridia, the stress at work, or the riding that blessed stationairy bike at about 8 every night. I am not tired the next day, so it may also be more energy from eating right & still going to bed at the same time. I will be gald when it gets a little nicer out & I can do stuff outside with the kids & be active, that doesn't feel like torture to exercise in the basement at night! Have a good day! I haven't weighed myself since this weekend. OUr scale was so inaccurate, that I finally broke down & ordered a really good one. I decided to wait until that came to log the progess. Have a good day everyone!

deaths related to meridia...truth or hype?
 

Hi all :)
I am really concerned with some of the things i have been reading about these deaths that they are saying are meridia related. It didnt' say anything about how these people died. Was it people with high blood pressure/heart problems and this just contributed or what???
Any body have any thoughts on this?
MauiMamma

Sorry MauiMamma, we had some personal things come up and I did not have a chance to get to the board.

I had posted earlier on when I first heard about the Merida deaths. I saw two people interviewed on GMA. One woman's husband had died of a heart attack. Unfortunately, he had chest pains for week-2weeks and ignored them. I am sure that if you did a search on the net you will find info on what happened to the people who died. I get checked every two months by my primary care doctor and I would immediatly go to the hospital if I had chest pain. I think we should be concerned no matter what drugs we are on. I, right now, am not overly concerned with taking Merida but will keep my ears open.

How are you doing with your weight? I have lost 104 lbs to date and still have a ways to go. Some days it is easier than others. Today I was sooooooo hungry, I drank tons of water and will be up and down all night.

Check in......this is how these threads are. People come and go.

Take care.

still here!
 

I am still here, but the initial quick weight loss has slowed of course. I am into my 4th week now, but I have only lost 2lbs in the last 2-3 weeks. I am a little disappointed in that, considering I have been exercising and not eating a lot at all.

Perhaps I am not eating enough, but I am seriously not hungry at all. There were a couple of hungry days, but I got through those without overeating..

I am still feeling positive about it, I feel like I am losing size, if not weight, but I haven't taken measurements so I don't really know.

Most side effects have stopped, get the occasional headache and muscle aches, but I would probably have that without the drugs!.
This is so much better than Zenical, I feel like I am normal, not having to rush to the bathroom every 5 seconds!!.

HI NIK!!!
 

Hey Nik,

How's it going? Have not checked in for a while as I am quite bummed out and not really eating well or taking my Xenical....I did not do well over xmas and january....and just can't seem to get back on track. Went on holidays to Mexico in March (all inclusive - need I say more???)...and had a REALLY GOOD TIME....and the scale confirms that, so I'm still kinda stuck in a bad eating/weight gain/depressed cycle.

But I'm mainly here to say CONGRATS ON YOUR AWESOME WEIGHT LOSS....very well done. I am very proud of you!

After reading all these posts I'm wondering if I should give up on the Xenical and see my dr. about Merida??? I still have a substantial "supply" of Xenical, and have re-started a couple of times, only to be waylaid by a big dinner out, or just a binge of sorts, and then I just give up! I think my motivation is at an all time low right now.

Anyhow, good luck to everyone and keep up the good work!

Frouf:cool:

Nikolas...
Thanks for gettingback to me....and way to go on your weight loss!!!
I am doing pretty well. So far i am down about 8 lbs in 3 weeks. It is not showing much yet, mostly just in the way my clothes fit. When i get into a size 10, i will be doing the dance of joy :)
I am in about a 14-16 now. It depends on the cut and the maker. My ultimate goal is a size 9. A nice size that i know i can maintain.
Well, keep in touch everyone!
MauiMamma

I forgot to say hi to Froufy....
Hey, glasseyes hang in there! I was stuck at a killer plateau for a while and now i am moving down again.....
MM

Froufy, hey there.....good to "see" you. Thought you had fallen off the face of the earth. I understand where you are now....we all have been there. Think that's what helps me try and stay on this food journey---being depressed over gaining seems to be far worse than staying OP. However, I certainly have my moments. Gained 12 lbs while in Hawaii, so of course you gained why you were in Mexico. How was it? Did you enjoy? I have never been to Mexico (TJ does not count). I still go into chat and that helps keep me sane by keeping me away from the kitchen at night. Hope you get back on track for your sake. Come and visit in chat.

Glasseyes, I wish I had taken my measurements before I began. If you think about it, that's what it is all about. Getting healthy and losing inches and sizes. If I weighed 300 lbs and was a size 10...would I care? Well would want my health of course. Think you are doing well but do make sure you are eating enough. If you starve your body, it will slow slow slow down and you can't lose weight.

Ms. MauiMama...how are you doing??? I gather you are still worried about Merida. I will tell you a secret---shhhhhh. I am taking my Merida every other day. Not really trying to cut back because of the scare but while researching the deaths came across a study that found after using Merida for four months, people were taken off. Then in a blind study some were given Merida every day, others every other day, and the third group a placebo. Anyway study showed that the first two groups did equally well losing weight. Anyway, it seems to be working and it is saving me money but I had been on Merida for 14 months every day.

Take care everyone.