Day 1 starting weigh 76kg, height 157
BMI 30
This is my fourth time using duromine, mum of 5, live a fairly active life
After my fifth child I had almost reached my goal weight, I had gone down to 65 kilos and was happy with what I saw in the mirror. I managed to lose all my pregnancy weight and maintained it for 6 months through diet and exercise
THEN 6 months ago I moved to the country, no gym and weekly food shops
I noticed fairly quickly that I was putting on a kilo a week, I could not understand why, and put it down to having no gym, I started doing my squats and weights but still had no cardio. I attempted running, but I was not born to be a runner and with 5 kids is hard to get out, so gave up on that idea
For the past 8 weeks I have got to the stage of waking up and not liking what I see, this then sets me off for a miserable day, wearing tracky dacks and tshirts, not very flattering. I mask my pain with makeup and although people say I look good and hubby says I'm not fat, I feel it.
Sorry for the long introduction
I went to the new local GP and asked for duromine, explaining that if I lost the weight I could maintain it like I dd before, he would not give it me, due to me having a store 8 years earlier (had to learn to walk and talk all over again) so yes I am a strong and determined person and you wouldn't know now to look at me. Instead he referred me to a dietician. This did not go down well with me as I have done, the dieticans, shakes, magic pills, lite n easy etc and the only thing that worked was duromine.
I don't think I eat my much and if anything I undefeated, so I made a conscious effort to eat more, small and regularly and yes yet another fad weight loss diet, the recipes were nice, but I lost zero
I then purchased a decent cross trainer and do at least 40 mins a day and 50 squats
After a month, still lost nothing but at least my weight had stopped climbing and ive maintained it at 76kg
At the beginning of all this I cut out all soft drinks, have at least 3 liters of water a day and do a food diary so I am honest about what I eat.
Again I went back to my new GP and saw a different Dr there, again he would not prescribe it to me due to my store, which I am sick of being reminded of and I just want to move on, instead he referred me to a physician who deals with clinical nutrition
I have made an appointment and seeing her in 4 weeks time, however I am so miserable about my weight, summer is coming and my family from overseas are visiting at Xmas
Today whilst shopping with my daughter near where I used to live I again saw myself in the shop window and I felt so fat and just wanted to cry, I think my husband is sick of me going on with myself. So I decided to go and see my old dr who had prescribed it in the past, I was gutted when I was told he is no longer there
So this is where the 1st day of the rest of my new me starts, I as a lovely GP, said I wanted duromine, she said yes immediately, advise that she would give me a repeat as one month won't do it, said she would give me the 40 and to go back when I've finished the course, I nearly fell off my chair, finally someone that listed to me
I made the mistake of taking one at 4pm, thus me being still wide awake at 3.30 in the morning, so will defo take my next one in the morning
I am still going to see the specialist as she au be able to explain why even though I don't sit down and rest, who does with 5. And the fact that the rest of my family are slim, they eat more than me, why I can't lose the weight
Thanks for reading and feel free to post any comments
Hopefully I will be a le to say in 8 weeks I like what I se and I feel good when I look in the mirror, apart from the rolls of excess skin from having 5 babies, but I working on the tummy tuck
I know I might sound vain, and some may think 76kg is not that heavy, but for me and because I am small, so it does feel a lot, and I do feel fat/large
Thanks
Squirel