Well I've survived the first day... I took the tablet 13 hours ago at 15mg.
I'm a real light weight with medications and alcohol etc as I never drink alcohol so my Dr started me off on this low dose. It has worked really well today! I can feel something is in my system. I didn't feel too high or too low. Just aware of it in my system. No dry mouth or any other side effects other than little to no appetite!!! woohoo!
I'm not normally a blog writer but this forum I think will be very helpful over the coming days as I begin this journey. So if you are like me and looking for a bit of inspiration, advice or just to know you aren't the only one out there- feel free to read my post/ chat!
Tonight, just before typing this I was watching a scary program on tv. That got my heart racing a little which triggered a minor panic attack. I thankfully was able to calm myself down and realise it was just me and not the tablet. The idea of having side effects has caused some stress but its a self perpetuating cycle really. I'm getting stressed about the idea of side effects and over analysing every small thing which in turn causes anxiety.
Anyway, here's a little of my story...
All my life I've been fit and healthy/ avid sports player. Then when I fell pregnant with my daughter who is now about to turn 3 my body fell to pieces. I was so sick with morning sickness and vomiting 20x a day easily. This left me with a vast array of complications. However, once my daughter was born everything was fantastic. I was so happy and breastfeeding was so easy. Life was great! Except I couldn't shift the weight. No matter what I have done over the last few years my weight has virtually stayed the same! Its so weird I haven't put on weight (stayed within 2 kg) of my post pregnancy weight.
This is where it makes me laugh but also frustrated at the same time. I'm incredibly fit now I play netball (centre) multiple games of squash per week plus 3x a week at the gym plus I do atleast 10,000 steps a day incidentally from work and with my daughter. Yet I still have 15-20kg to lose. I'm going to see a dietician to get an understanding too.
So I'm really hoping this will give my body some sort of kick start to losing 5-10kg on this tablet.
Sorry for my long story but if you are wide awake tonight I'm sure this will give you something to read.
Take care...
Tara
I'm a real light weight with medications and alcohol etc as I never drink alcohol so my Dr started me off on this low dose. It has worked really well today! I can feel something is in my system. I didn't feel too high or too low. Just aware of it in my system. No dry mouth or any other side effects other than little to no appetite!!! woohoo!
I'm not normally a blog writer but this forum I think will be very helpful over the coming days as I begin this journey. So if you are like me and looking for a bit of inspiration, advice or just to know you aren't the only one out there- feel free to read my post/ chat!
Tonight, just before typing this I was watching a scary program on tv. That got my heart racing a little which triggered a minor panic attack. I thankfully was able to calm myself down and realise it was just me and not the tablet. The idea of having side effects has caused some stress but its a self perpetuating cycle really. I'm getting stressed about the idea of side effects and over analysing every small thing which in turn causes anxiety.
Anyway, here's a little of my story...
All my life I've been fit and healthy/ avid sports player. Then when I fell pregnant with my daughter who is now about to turn 3 my body fell to pieces. I was so sick with morning sickness and vomiting 20x a day easily. This left me with a vast array of complications. However, once my daughter was born everything was fantastic. I was so happy and breastfeeding was so easy. Life was great! Except I couldn't shift the weight. No matter what I have done over the last few years my weight has virtually stayed the same! Its so weird I haven't put on weight (stayed within 2 kg) of my post pregnancy weight.
This is where it makes me laugh but also frustrated at the same time. I'm incredibly fit now I play netball (centre) multiple games of squash per week plus 3x a week at the gym plus I do atleast 10,000 steps a day incidentally from work and with my daughter. Yet I still have 15-20kg to lose. I'm going to see a dietician to get an understanding too.
So I'm really hoping this will give my body some sort of kick start to losing 5-10kg on this tablet.
Sorry for my long story but if you are wide awake tonight I'm sure this will give you something to read.
Take care...
Tara
