South Cajun - what part of LA are you from, My family lives in Morgan City LA if you didn't know by my last name Trahan, we now live in Charlotte NC GO PANTHERS !! Sorry I had to say that. Well good luck and we will keep you and your family in our prayers. My birthday is April 19. Ladies I have the same problem staying off the scale all week will be a hard thing but Friday sounds good. Artese- Apidex it really works good once in your system a while. I used it one time and lost 45 pounds in 6 months. but just stick with a good diet and exercise program and continue once you get off it cause I didn't and I gained all the weight back plus some. Well ladies have a great day and REMEMBER- We are worth this, we have children to see grow up and have Grandkids. We have to be around for awhile.
Stacey

Hello ladies!!!I hope your all doing well today!
Welcome Artese it's nice to meet you and might I say on raising three kids and going to HARVARD very impressive!!!
Well of course I'm doing well on my eating as usual and exersize uuuhh not so well it seems like by the time I get my hubby up at 4:30am and then get 4 kids up at 6:30am for school get the baby ready drive them to school come home do chores get supper started go pick up the kids and like tonite bring the girls home and take them to gymnastics for two hours but first I have to drive my son to where my husband is mowing hay and drop him off then after tumbling come home bath kids and get them ready for bed...Why would I need exersize lol Heck Im wore out just typing all that Anyhow I know it's an excuse because Im sure instead of being on here I could be doing somthing physical....So I am still needing my get up and go for a exersize routine..


Tips for eating well and diet well this I can offer a little advice first off drink, drink,drink lots of water..second I keep alot off fruits and veggies to munch on because you can eat alot and they fill you up and not too many calories.If I go out with the kids to say Mcdonalds I get a grilled chicken sandwich with no mayo and ask for some sweet and sour sauce or barbacue like they use for the mcnuggets..Its actually really good on a sandwich..Ive replaced all sugar with equal..I guess for me it's about eating what I like but making it healthier..I also like the frozen meals like lean cusines..It seems to be getting easier .
Also I LOVE subway.. Ok now someone can give me tips on doing some exersize
I havent touched the scale yet but its calling my name but I am going to make myself wait till Friday and hopefully will get some good results.
Well Ive rambled enough for one post...I hope you ladies have a wonderful day Please let me know how you all did today exersize and eating wise!!..At least I know Im not alone on this WEcan do this!!!!!!!!
Shannon

Artese, sorry about the Harvard thing... I shouldnt try and read so fast.But college and three kids is very impressive to me..And by the way your children are sooo sweet!!! I havent got a didgital camera yet but hopefully I will this weekend and Ill post some of my four little ones!!
Don't be so hard on yourself I'm sure we will all see good results Friday.
I'm sorry to hear your sick it's been going around here too!!


Shannon

luvmylittleones4:

Thank you sweetie, I'm currently depressed right now. I found out why I've gained 20 lbs in 2 months. I was just told by my physician that I have hypothyroidism and he prescribed Levothroid. I'm just worried that I'm going to always be over weight no matter what I do.

Can you please give me some advice and insight?

Thanks.

Artese, I probably shouldnt give out too much advice being I'm currently at my highest weight ever..But if theres one thing I'm good at it's losing it But the darn stuff just keeps coming bacK
But what I can tell you is not to give up!!!It probably will be harder for you being you have a thyroid disorder but if you want it bad enough you CAN do it!!!
For me it's not all about being "skinny" I want to feel good in my skin, I want to have my confidence back and I want to be healthy!!!And I'm sure you want the same..So you keep doing this with us and I promise we will all see results..If you have any questions about foods ,calories and fat grams feel free to ask..I'm not sure what diet your following so Im not sure what advice or input to give you..
Now again if I get my butt moving I might see some results too
Thats my goal for tomorrow exersize MORE!!I did meet my goal for today I drank 8 glasses of water
If you need to talk about anything just holler and I'll try to help and if I can't there are some other ladies on here that will try too!!!Don't be too down on yourself..

Shannon

Shannon,

Before I started Adipex (phentermine) I ate 6 times a day. I counted my calories. For breakfast I ate Mulitigrain cheerios with 1/2 cup of milk. Snack I ate a reduce-fat yougurt. For lunch I ate a lean cusine. for snack I ate what ever, by this time I was Starving. Now, I can barely eat 4 times a day. I don't feel hungry, so I have to force my self to eat. Maybe my reduced appetite has something to do with this virus I have that's been going around. Right now, I'm feelining extremely sleepy, I can't hear out of my Rt. ear and I have a VERY BAD migraine. I need Jesus.

At this point I'm willing to try anything. I wanted to work out today, but physically, I couldn't. I just want to get out of the 200's. My health is very important to me. I'm wondering if my 200lbs contributed to my inactive thyroid?

I just want to have a normal BMI and reduce the chance of heart disease. I'm 24 years old, I have high cholesterol, hypothyroidism and overweight. Life just doesn't get any better

Yesterday was crazy day.. But Done with my 45 mintues (2.25 miles) on my treadmill. I ate well but last night, I ate some choc. chip cookies. I can't help I am weaken on chocolate.. Glad I didn't ate the whole pack!

Kids no school today due Hurricane Rita.. due they need buses to take Evucatee Katrina to move other shelter to Arkanasas. I lives here Sulphur LA.

MY goal today is DRINK MORE WATER... I love iced tea!!! BUt I know I can have one or two not several of it. with Splenda.. Excrise for 30 min!

StayC- No, I didn't know your last name was Trahan.. I have several Trahan in my family (mother's side family). My SIL's last name before married was Trahan too. Even she is our distance cousin we found out several years ago after they studied in family history.. My last name is Richard. I am from New Iberia, LA.

Later,
Tricia

Artese, Hello i hope your feeling somewhat better I had a question is Phentermine a diet pill ?And if it is how long have you been on them?.From the sound of your diet it sounds pretty healthy and low cal.. And now since your not feeling well and not eating enough you won't see a big loss...I have learned if you don't eat your body goes into starvation mode and will try to hold onto the weight!!
Now about your health problems I know it's rough and deppressing to be sick so young ,2 years ago I was diagnosed with DVT's{blood clots in calves} that turned into PE'S{blood clots in lungs} So I've been on blood thinners ever since and just went through a pregnancy of injecting lovenox{blood thinners} into my tummy everyday followed by chronic migraines and since I had my little one I have panic attacks.. So here I am just turned 27 and I'm on Coumadin for my blood clots and Clonipin for my panic attaks and Firocet for the migraines So I know what your going through
And I try to see the good in every bad ,like what don't kill me will only make me stronger.
:YOU can lose weight and so can I we will probably just have to work a little harder because of our problem's but I know if we continue eating healthy and exersizing it will come off..Just be patient and don't give up..
Now back to the food part I like to watch my fat grams instead of counting calories but I mainly use common sense ,like I know for a fact a cheeseburgers fattening so I opt for a salad or a chicken sandwich instead..It's hard for me to have to pack the hubbys and kids lunch their all thin and of course their getting pudding, doritoes and snack cakes.. I'm sooo jealous!!!But so far I've been able to resist temptation..
Also my husbands really good about never trying to get me to eat stuff hes never commented on my weight and says whatever makes me happy..so that helps..

Tricia, again my best to you and your family!!I will have you in my thoughts!!I wouldnt beat myself up over some cookies at least you had enough self control to limit how many you ate GOOD JOB..Cause if I started on one I'd probably eat the whole pack!!And I'm with you on the ice tea I love it with equal and I usually have a few glasses a day...I just don't like the way plain water tastes...

Stayc, Hope all's going well with your diet ..let us know!!!

Jess and Beachball Diva where are you girls???Hope all is well with you stop in and let us know how its going...

So my goal for today is get some more exersize in hopeully 40 min.. And like you get the water in.
Have a great day all!!!

Shannon

Hello Shannon,
Phentermine (Adipex) is a weight loss pill that my Doctor prescribed to me. I've been taking it for 2 days now. I weighed myself this morning and I weigh 199.0 lbs (according to both of my scales). The day I saw my doctor I weighed 202 lbs. When I went home and weighed again It was the same. So I went out and bought a digital scale that also shows ounces. I weighed 200.4 lbs. That was 2 days ago.

Adipex makes me sleepy and gives me a "HI" feeling. I hate feeling that way. I can't function. I'm sorry to hear about your health problems. You're absolutely right, WHAT DON'T KILL ME, WILL ONLY MAKE ME STRONGER.

I'm glad your husband is very supportive. My husband is also VERY supportive. He tells me I'm beautiful everyday. He tells me I don't need to lose weight and I don't look fat. My mother also tells me the same thing.

I'm going to get back on schedule Monday morning. By that time I should be used to the new medication.

Sorry Ladies I have had meetings all day, but Artese- my advice to you is this phentermine makes you not hungry and that how I lost all the weight you really have to force food in your month. But I got to the point where I was only eating once a day and then when I went off the pill cause the doctor took me off cause I lost so much weight I went back to eating 3 or more times and day. So I know it's hard to eat on that pill but try to eat 3 meals and 2 snacks a day. They can be small portions so your stomach can get smaller, but it's really important to eat and balanced diet and I would exercise 3 days a week for 1 hour at the time- CLUB IN I would dance my butt off, but that was another time- can't do that now-. But that pill really works and it will really help you lose weight but I also read that it makes you Dizzy and High like that's it. Those side effects should go away within 5 to 7 days and if it makes you feel to bad go to half the pill if possible. I use to take 30 mg and it did that also. It a great things but now what your doctor said about thyroid that med he put you on for that does the other thing it made me gain weight. I don't need it anymore cause I had to use it for 6 months after I gave birth to my daughter but I really think the phentermine will work great for you. Let me know if you need more info.
Luv my little ones- hang in there sorry about your health issues but maybe lossing weight will help with that stuff I'm sure. Good Luck and keep your chin up you are young and that you have on your side.
South Cajun- that is neat Trahan is a big name, I married into that name but I will ask my husband . That really neat, I love having things in common with people. Good luck with Rita the poor Golf of Mexico. I don't what to not be able to have my yearly crawfish boil cause the seafood is affected. That will getting me Going.
Well ladies have a good night, I will check in tomm
Stacey- PS I didn't proof read

Hello ladies,Ill make this a quick reply cause I have a million things to do..But I hope everyone had a good day and did well.Mine went ok I didnt manage as much exersize as I'd liked but maybe after the kids are asleep..Thank you Stayc for your sweet words but I'm determined to get a grip on my health ang get off these meds!!{except the blood thinners thats a life long thing}And Artese again I hope you get feeling better let me know...I'll try to check back later...Shannon

shannon,

I'm feeling a lot better today. I forced myself to work out. So I did the Firm After I did the firm (7:30 pm) I was so hungry. To prevent myself from eating high fat food, I ate a bowl of multigrain cheerios with reduce fat milk with sliced bananas. yum yum......

Good Morning EVERYONE, how are you today? Tomorrow is the BIG day. Is everyone ready to weigh in? I'm not. I'm afraid I might have gained some weight since I just started working out again. My body is so sore from all the weight training, dip/lunges and crunches I did last night.

Artese