Duromine Day 1

[ReneeJean]

Started taking 40mg today! I'm 30 and from Adelaide.
I'm more excited than nervous. The only thing I'm a bit worried about is that I'm on antidepressants as well, however my doctor didn't seem to think it would be a problem.
I've got a lot of weight to lose to be in the healthy weight range for my height. I'm just hoping for a kickstart to lose some weight so I'm not too embarrassed to join a gym.
Doing full time shift work and dating a chef means the weight has piled on massively in the last few years. Eating the wrong things at the wrong time, especially doing night shift. However I've started doing purely day shift now, and cannot wait to start to lose the weight! I'm not really telling anyone I'm taking the pills, I'm almost embarrassed for some reason! I've pretended for so long that I was happy with the way I looked, but I'm not. I'm enjoying reading everyone's stories and hints!
I think I'm going to focus more on my measurements than weight for now, I've never been big on weighing myself but more measuring.
Going to cook up a big vegetable soup today to have for dinners and maybe some avocado to have on toast for breakfast and fruit for lunch.

 

[Madaselle]

Welcome Renee Jean!
I'm on antidepressants too - So I take Duromine in the morning (crazy early like 5:30- otherwise you'll be up to 3-4 in the morning) and I take my antidepressants at night. I have found that this has worked well for me. However, its important to note that my antidepressants are Slow Release and i'm also taking the minimum dose.

How have you found day one so far?

 

[ReneeJean]

Oh that's good to know! I'm on slow release too but 225mg, I've been on them for years. I'm up at 5:30 for work so I'll definitely take the duromine as soon as I wake up.
So far I've loved day one! Only side effect has been the dry mouth, but that doesn't bother me too much. I'm so full of energy! I just danced around my lounge room for two hours to loud pop music. Worked up an amazing sweat and got my heart rate going, every second song I danced with Dumbbells. I don't know how many calories that burns though? I'm finding it difficult to eat, so far I've only had a mandarin and a handful of almonds.

 

[Madaselle]

If you have been on the antidepressants for a long time, your body should be used to having it in your system and it shouldn't affect your sleep if you take it at night.
What a awesome way to burn the c's!! Anything that get you huffing and puffing is definitely a calorie burner!
If you find yourself forgetting to eat, you might want to talk to your doctor about dropping down to 30mg.
I'm on 30mg and I still have to FORCE myself to eat regularly. when I first started, there were days I would eat an apple (and thats it) and I pretty quickly learnt that it's not sustainable or conducive to long term weight loss and health. (It didn't take long for my body to start kicking up a fuss about the lack of fuel - headaches, fatigue, concentration issues, melancholy etc).
I want my experience on Duro to be as close to how I intend to live AFTER I stop the tablets. I'll still have plenty more to loose once my 3 months is up so I need to develop good habits now. Even if that means taking a lower dose and loosing the weight over a longer period.
I found its made me more aware of my body. I can decipher now if I'm hungry or bored, if i'm full or just I see there is food left on my plate and my brain is telling me I need to "finish" the meal.

 

[Vix]

Omg Deanna it was friggin gross!! Like cardboard!
Ohhhh I've had such a bad 2 days!! Going back to weighing myself on a Monday now, I ate a block of lamington chocolate !!! Omfg and we are talking one just now AND one last night!
So disappointed with myself but you know what?? Tomorrows a different day and I was bored . Def not hungry !! And being a pig BUT this is how I gained my weight back so I might just have to eat that Morrocan chicken as payback for being a pig!
Good god can't believe I don't that!
I'm going to sew my mouth shut and the worse thing was I didn't even enjoy it! I find sweet stuff soooo gross now, ahhh going to go hand my fat head in the corner now
Xxxx

 

[Deanna78]

Think perhaps the occasional pig we have i us needs to come into play... good thing is the afterthoughts.. and how low we feel for letting ourselves down.. you know about my flirt with the box of Maltesers.. oh yum....they look good, they taste delish and like great sex.. they keep us (ok, me) wantng more... and then the reality of that very thing (cough cough... Sex) eventually comes to mind.... But in the context of.... "I remember........ a lifetime ago...."

I dont feel at all attractive and i think when i give in to thinking I will never reach my goal.. is when i Crack open the chocolate and over indulge... and that keeps me fat..

Perhaps thats it... perhaps we have just 'forgotten' how it feels to feel slim... attractive - dare i say even a tad sexed up.?!?!.. its easier to give in and be a chub and to not have expectations on ourselves.

Bloody well sick of that attitude if that's the case!

I want to make the most of what I have left in life.. underneath this fat shape IS a super slim figure... she is there for all of us to find... buried - but still very much alive!

Just have to stop adding to the chocolate and bread (etc) topsoil and find the right tool to use to scrape away the layers of fat and bad attitude!!

When I was young (teenager) i roller skated everyday.. if only finding something super fun and just as energetic to do with double or closer to triple the age of then was just as easy...

Ballroom dance - I would love to try.. but - its pretty expensive and what if I am really bad at it.. I would have to lift the bloke probably.. swing him around and toss him through my legs... reckon if a man tried to swing me around, he'd have a hernia.. or he'd accidentally poo his pants..

 

[Vix]

LOL omg I love you Deanna your so friggin funny !!
Yep back on the be good train today for me.
When I eat crap (and mainly any food really!) I get the worse heartburn so yep I paid for it last night!!
Back on track now
And I'm so coming to watch you ballroom dance bahaaaa your a dick!
Xxxxx

 

[Zoelee]

Oh vix im sorry you had such a bad two days! I haven't had the best either maybe it was something in the air lol. I had my step sisters 20th birthday party to go to on Friday night, so I only ate 400 calories through the day to save calories for alcohol, then got super super drunk (1400 calories total for that day) because I hadn't eaten lol so had a bad hangover yesterday, so I got kfc (that's always what I do after a drinking night, I know so bad). I also didn't take duromine yesterday coz I went to sleep at 6am and woke up at 10:30am so didn't wanna take it that late. Luckily thanks to duromine I could barely eat the kfc, stomach must have shrunk, so I still only had 900 calories yestesterday. So that's good but obviously not good coz it was still fatty food.

Also I hurt my arm from exercising a few days ago and then I cut my hand when I was at the party (don't remember how lol) and so I wanted to go play tennis but don't think I could even hold the racket! might try wrap my hand/wrist up as much as possible and give it a shot. My first week weigh in should be on Tuesday, and I want to at least lose 3-4kgs in my first week but not sure if that will be possible now.

But at least I'm not the only one! I'm not too disappointed in myself as those two days could have been a lot worse with all the party good around, etc. so I think I should be proud! Haha.

Deanna your reasoning is awesome and I think you're completely right that ts easier to give up and not have those expectations on ourselves but we know it will be worth it to be at a healthy weight, let's hope we can stay strong

Good luck guys xx

 

[Vix]

Hey Zoolee,
Omggg I'm sure my husband is trying to sabotage me! He went out and bought back my fav Caramel slice ohhh YUM but nope I gave it all to the kids to eat! Didn't even sniff it! I'm sure he'd be happier with me cuddly. Bugger

Oh no a hangover !! Poor you lol, I stopped drinking when I was 18 as soon as I got pregnant with my first daughter and not touched it since (grew up in a violent home with alcoholic dad and its scared me into shitness that I may do that and didn't want my kids to go through what I did .... even though it may never have happened) though I do remember having some hangovers from 10-18 lol and can still remember those horrible feelings .
So yay Duromine helped not eating all the KFC!!
Good god how's the hand lol you poor bugger!
Haaa YES your not the only one feeling disappointed but I'm over it now I guess (kind of ) still feel bad BUT know how I feel now so won't do it again
Oh good luck on weigh day chicken!! You may just surprise yourself ,
Let us know how you go lovely xxxx

 

[Deanna78]

LOL omg I love you Deanna your so friggin funny !!
Yep back on the be good train today for me.
When I eat crap (and mainly any food really!) I get the worse heartburn so yep I paid for it last night!!
Back on track now
And I'm so coming to watch you ballroom dance bahaaaa your a dick!
Xxxxx

No No.. dont cime and watch... dance too!! Haha.. ohh fun times!!

 

[Deanna78]

Oh vix im sorry you had such a bad two days! I haven't had the best either maybe it was something in the air lol. I had my step sisters 20th birthday party to go to on Friday night, so I only ate 400 calories through the day to save calories for alcohol, then got super super drunk (1400 calories total for that day) because I hadn't eaten lol so had a bad hangover yesterday, so I got kfc (that's always what I do after a drinking night, I know so bad). I also didn't take duromine yesterday coz I went to sleep at 6am and woke up at 10:30am so didn't wanna take it that late. Luckily thanks to duromine I could barely eat the kfc, stomach must have shrunk, so I still only had 900 calories yestesterday. So that's good but obviously not good coz it was still fatty food.

Also I hurt my arm from exercising a few days ago and then I cut my hand when I was at the party (don't remember how lol) and so I wanted to go play tennis but don't think I could even hold the racket! might try wrap my hand/wrist up as much as possible and give it a shot. My first week weigh in should be on Tuesday, and I want to at least lose 3-4kgs in my first week but not sure if that will be possible now.

But at least I'm not the only one! I'm not too disappointed in myself as those two days could have been a lot worse with all the party good around, etc. so I think I should be proud! Haha.

Deanna your reasoning is awesome and I think you're completely right that ts easier to give up and not have those expectations on ourselves but we know it will be worth it to be at a healthy weight, let's hope we can stay strong

Good luck guys xx

Yep... stay strong.. ! Hear that self- stay strong..!!

 

[Zoelee]

Haha you guys are awesome, love how honest we can be on here. I understand what you went through, im sorry I'm not a huge drinker but I do on birthdays ect and this year is not a good time for birthdays! They're everywhere! Haha. But yes I'll stay strong and I hope to lose some weight because I did play 2 hours of tennis today and burnt 700 calories according to my Apple Watch, so hopefully it's accurate! And I only ate 900 today as well so think if I do good tomorrow too my weigh in should be great I almost passed out today tho so that was a scare! I didn't eat rnough and exercised too hard. But feel great now after eating dinner, chicken and salad role and omg Vix that caramel slice sounds so tempting! Good job! Haha I'm so lucky my partner is losing weight too otherwise i don't know if I could be doing as well as I have been.

 

[Deanna78]

Hi Zoelee, you played tennis today..?? Ooohhhh... I want to play too!!!

And your partner is losing weight with you??? Ooooohhhhh.... mine sits in bed eating chips and drinking whisky! Yuk..! He smells like a whisky vat... gross!!
Definately keeps me far away from anything intimate with him..

And me being a chub helps to keep him away from me...

....... hmmmm... I am still sabotaging my own self.. as i write, I read - and can clearly see.... I'm not losing weight yet.. because I'm still keeping him away from me!!!

Boy - do I need to just stop treating myself like someone who doesn't matter - and start to.bring my own self back to life..

 

[Mumo3girls]

Hi Zoelee, you played tennis today..?? Ooohhhh... I want to play too!!!

And your partner is losing weight with you??? Ooooohhhhh.... mine sits in bed eating chips and drinking whisky! Yuk..! He smells like a whisky vat... gross!!
Definately keeps me far away from anything intimate with him..

And me being a chub helps to keep him away from me...

....... hmmmm... I am still sabotaging my own self.. as i write, I read - and can clearly see.... I'm not losing weight yet.. because I'm still keeping him away from me!!!

Boy - do I need to just stop treating myself like someone who doesn't matter - and start to.bring my own self back to life..

Arghh.. Self sabotage.. Sucks!
So do shitty husbands.. Although I'm one of those rare people who have an awesomely supportive one so he is enjoying the new me already, and I'm enjoying his support hehe..

 

[Zoelee]

Yeah that does suck deanna, hopefully you start doing more for you and do things that make you happy - but not just eating food! I know I always turn to comfort food and think this journey should teach us new ways to cheer ourselves up / reward ourselves. And yeah my partner loves tennis and I've played since I was a kid/teen (but stopped playing when I got fat lol) so we have enjoyed playing again. Even tho he works late, so can only play on weekends other than tennis I don't know what other exercise to do. I have weights, but not a treadmill or exercise bike or anything, and definitely don't have the money to invest in one... And may sound silly but I feel silly even walking on my own, so my exercise seems limited at this stage. May just look some things to do on YouTube hehe. I lost 700g overnight from tennis so I really want to keep up the cardio, seems to be the way to go have you guys got some good exercise ideas? Hope your day is going well!

 

[Deanna78]

Yeah that does suck deanna, hopefully you start doing more for you and do things that make you happy - but not just eating food! I know I always turn to comfort food and think this journey should teach us new ways to cheer ourselves up / reward ourselves. And yeah my partner loves tennis and I've played since I was a kid/teen (but stopped playing when I got fat lol) so we have enjoyed playing again. Even tho he works late, so can only play on weekends other than tennis I don't know what other exercise to do. I have weights, but not a treadmill or exercise bike or anything, and definitely don't have the money to invest in one... And may sound silly but I feel silly even walking on my own, so my exercise seems limited at this stage. May just look some things to do on YouTube hehe. I lost 700g overnight from tennis so I really want to keep up the cardio, seems to be the way to go have you guys got some good exercise ideas? Hope your day is going well!

When i qas younger, I did martial arts, then i roller skated, then found night clubs so danced all night, then babies, then boredom, then fatso!!

 

[Joycee]

LOLOL,

When I was younger, I was a gym junkie (not a healthy one, over-exerted like doing back-to-back cardio classes and eating things like tin tomatoes as soup at lunch).....I may have had eating disorder then as people are referring to me as Fat at 55kg......then I found night club (once I danced the entire night to wee morning, I lost 2kg on that day).......... then i got sick, then Fatso, then in a bad-dependent 7 year relationship.........and I have lost myself since then.

With regards to chocolate, just eat it (moderation), but just ONE. My ex (who still lives with me) has gone mental with chocolates for charity and has bought the entire box, and he further went ahead and bought 2 more boxes of 50 each box. (I'm proud to say I've only eaten two TimeOut so far out of this box.

With regards to other reward, why not go for clothes, bags and shoes? (I've been shopping at Op shop a lot lately, so I can still indulge without thinking the clothes might not fit me soon)..............

xxox

 

[Zoelee]

Good job on the will power joycee! Chocolate is one of my weaknesses too but haven't had any yet I don't think.. Maybe 2 squares in a week. Not too bad!
and haha deanna yeah I bet dancing at clubs would probably keep you pretty fit hahaha.

 

[Deanna78]

Good job on the will power joycee! Chocolate is one of my weaknesses too but haven't had any yet I don't think.. Maybe 2 squares in a week. Not too bad!
and haha deanna yeah I bet dancing at clubs would probably keep you pretty fit hahaha.

H-hmmm....yesm.. i could.see my toes back then lol

 

[Joycee]

lolol, toes, what toes? .....Yeah they were there many years ago....and also wearing stilettos for all those hours dancing.....(I obviously can't do it now)