Good morning Meagan
I'm 33, a mother of four and also a RN. Unlike you I didn't have a healthy start, and I've been overweight most my life. Looking back now I wasn't actually too bad (maybe 15kg overweight) but mentally thinking I was fat completely destroyed my self confidence and motivation to improve. Having children just helped me stack it on more. At my heaviest I was around 110kg but I have avoided scales for years so don't know how truly bad I let myself get. Two years ago I took up karate with my son. I didn't realize at the time how much this would change my life. I began doing karate 6 days a week, always for 1.5-2 hours a day but couldn't get rid of my weight. After a year of that I went to the doctor who discovered I've got PCOS. Six months of treatment for that and I still only lost 5kg.
So now I've just started the duromine. Day one was great. I had so much energy and it felt like I was bouncing off the walls. Night one I was still bouncing off the walls and only slept one and off for around 2 hours. After the first three nights my sleep has settled and I feel back to normal. But I'm still hungry. It's easier to control my portion sizes and make the right choice about what to put in my mouth but my appetite has not faded. I do a LOT of exercise though so I don't know if this is why my body is so hungry? I competed in my first triathlon last weekend and have my next one in two weeks, so I'm training for those as well as doing my karate and core strength training (trying to tone my arms, bum and tummy). I began the duromine at 96kg and think in this last week I've lost maybe 3-4kg, which is not as much as I was expecting with how hard I'm working but my body is changing shape. I went to he shops yesterday and grabbed a size 18 top off the shelf and just bought it without trying it on.
I've never been able to do that and was. Very nervous, thinking it wouldn't fit, but I probably could have got the 16! I'm happy to be internet friends. I definitely need some encouragement as yesterday I felt quite down. Although, I have read that might be because of the duromine as well. I've been a bit snappy the last few days. Anyway, welcome to the duromine world. I hope that it works well for you.