I have tried duromine in the past and had some success with it. I can’t remember exactly how much I lost as that was about 5 years ago but two pregnancies later and I have put almost all of it back on again.
My goal weight is set for 63.4kg but the lightest I’ve been since I was a kid was 70kg so i’ll be happy if I can get to anywhere below that. It would be nice though to actually make it to what I am supposed to weigh.
I am on day 5 of duromine 40mg. I’m not counting calories but I am following the old weight watchers point system I used last time I was on duromine. I have been keeping a diary with all my meals, symptoms, activity, daily weigh ins and basically anything else I think is worth remembering. I know weighing myself daily might not be recommended but from past experiences it actually keeps me on track and more motivated then if I do it weekly.
My week so far has been like this..
Day one -
Took duromine at 7am and went back to bed until 10am. By this point I started feeling the effects, my hands were slightly shaking, I could feel my heart beating faster (kind of like when you are anxious about something) but despite those symptoms I felt really good, like very content and no pain at all (I suffer from headaches and back pain). I was really busy that day so I actually forgot to eat until later that night, I did have half a frozen coke though because we were out and I wanted something really cold. Got home about 6pm and was starting to feel tired but was really into reading.. fast forward to about 10pm and I was alert again and started to feel hungry to the point of feeling sick. I had one of those frozen microwaveable chicken rolls for dinner. I didn’t make it to bed until about 3am but I tossed and turned for hours and didn’t fall asleep until about 5am.
Starting weight - unknown, I didn’t weigh myself until day 2
Day two -
Got up and took duromine at 7am. I was like a walking zombie due to only having 2 hours sleep but my body kind of felt awake, like I had no chance of falling back asleep so I stayed up. I was feeling sick too so I forced myself to have some breakfast, hoping it would help. I had a coffee and 2 pieces of toast with honey. That didn’t help and I ended up having to take some sickness tablets which got rid of it within about half an hour. I was feeling good again, not as good as the first day with feeling content but more like my normal after a good nights sleep. It was my Dads birthday so we went out to lunch and I only ate about half of my meal. By the time we finished there I started to feel very physically drained like I could take a nap but my mind was still clicked on and running a million miles an hour. 9pm I wasn’t feeling hungry but I started to get the munchies, I contemplated snacking on junk food but instead decided to cut up some carrot sticks so I snacked on them instead. 11pm I had no energy and wanted to go to sleep but my mind was still so clicked on, I was thinking of about a million things I wanted to do but I didn’t have the energy to do anything. I had also been peeing heaps that night but I had drank so much water throughout the day. Finally got to sleep about 1:30am.
Weight - 97.4kg - loss of 0kg
Day 3 - first day tracking points
I got woken up at 4am and tried to go back to sleep but as I was laying there with my eyes closed I just felt awake and started thinking about all the things I wanted to do again so I decided to get up and have a tea and see how I felt after. My eyes felt heavy and clearly I was tired but I also wasn’t at the same time. Kind of hard to explain. I had a headache again too. Took duromine at 5am, hoping taking it a couple of hours earlier may help me sleep at night. Had breakfast at 8:15am, I had half a piece of steak, 2 eggs and a small salad (I was hungry from not having dinner the night before). This tied me over until dinner but I had a tea in place of lunch. I got a fair bit of cleaning done in a period of about 2hrs which would usually take me all day to accomplish with several breaks but once I started I just didn’t want to stop. Once I did stop I started to feel very drained and sluggish and found myself getting cranky easily. Again I was feeling like my body was drained but my mind was still telling me to do things but I just couldn’t get motivated again which really annoyed me. That evening I had a headache coming on again and a very dry mouth. Dinner I had a chicken salad. I was feeling really good about my meals today and portion sizes.
Weight - 97.3kg - loss of 100g
Day 4 -
I had a better sleep last night, still not great but the best one yet since starting duromine, I slept for about 4 hours. Woke up at 4:30am, took duromine at 5am. Went back to bed until 6:15am although I think I only fell asleep for about 15mins. Weighed myself this morning and I’m down 1.9kg, not a bad result for 3 full days considering yesterday was my first day of actually choosing to make healthy food over convenience. Feeling very good and motivated. I missed breakfast as it was a hectic morning with the kids and I only got back home at 11am. Feeling slightly hungry but not very. I feel more normal today, not pumped with energy but feel awake despite the little sleep. Still have dry mouth and a mild headache. 11:30am had breakfast - low fat/no sugar peach and mango yoghurt with fresh kiwi fruit and banana and a tea. I struggled getting through breakfast and feel bloated. 12pm staring to feel tired as though I could take a nap, I wanted to get up and do things but had no motivation. Ended up making myself get up and do some housework and then went and mowed half the back lawn, which doesn’t seem like much but my lawn is really long and my mower is heavy and hard to push. I feel like my arms got a good workout though. Mowed for somewhere between half hour and 40mins. Had dinner at 9pm - chicken salad again and a tea. I have noticed that I have all of a sudden become really bad a keeping track of the days. Was feeling very tired by 10pm, was hoping to make it to bed by 11 after getting all of the kids stuff ready for tomorrow but that didn’t happen, I woke right back up after I finished. 1:32am I still couldn’t sleep and started feeling sick again.
Weight - 95.8kg - loss of 1.9kg
Day 5 - Today
Bad night sleep last night, finally fell asleep about 2:30am, woke up at 5:30am. 3 hours sleep and not the most restful kind. Took duromine at 5:40am, weighed myself at 6am - loss of 900g since yesterday, still a good loss but honestly I was hoping it was a bit more due to getting out and mowing yesterday considering the day before I didn’t really do any exercise and lost more. I know it’s all probably water weight anyway but it’s still nice to see the number dropping. 6:10am had a cappuccino, desperately needed a pick me up this morning. 7am breakfast - 1 satchet of honey flavoured quick oats with 1tbs of honey. 9am - did a water aerobics class at the pool (45mins). I had no idea how much of a workout that could be. Deffinatelt got my heart rate up and worked some muscles. Made the mistake of guzzling down a bunch of water straight after and spent the next half hour feeling really sick. Had an apple and took some sickness tablets to see if that would help, which it did. I have been feeling pretty run down since I got home this morning. I think lack of sleep and getting sunburnt yesterday is impacting me a bit. I actually took a 2 hour nap today but when I woke up I still felt pretty crap. Other then my workout this morning I haven’t really done much and I have been craving soft drink but I am trying not to give in. 3pm I had a steak, egg and salad sandwich for a late lunch / early dinner. This has been the highest points value I have used in one meal since starting but it’s something that I will go back to eating eventually so I paid attention to the weight of the steak, how many eggs I used and I skipped the cheese. I felt alright while eating but now I think it may have been a bit much and am feeling really full. My headache is back now too after sitting here writing all of this.
Weight - 94.9kg - loss of 2.5kg
That brings me up to where I am now. I will keep updating how I go over my journey. Hoping tomorrow will be a better day then today and can’t wait for my sleep to go back to normal.