phentermine weigh-in, week 1

today i weighed in for my first week on phentermine. i lost 4.6 pounds! and, i’m down 0.4 pounds from last friday, which is my officials weigh-in day. i know that’s not a lot, but i’m confident i’ll have a bigger loss on friday. for now, though, i’m proud of my phentermine weigh-in. i wanted a full 5 pounds, but that’s close enough. i’ve also been good for the first two days of this week keeping my calorie intake at 1,200 or lower. i try not to be too much under 1,200. i’m sure that’s contributing to my loss. if i can lose that much every week i’ll be at my goal weight before my two months are up!

results

162.2

i am finally seeing results, thanks to the adipex my doctor put me on. i started on tuesday, and by thursday i was still at 166.4. considering women in the forum said they lost 4+ pounds in the first two days, i was bummed. but, on friday i was down to 164.2, a loss for the week. i can’t remember if i was at 166.4 or 165 last week, but either way i was down. today, i was down to 162.2. i weighed myself again tonight, and it was up, but i have to remember it will usually be higher at night. i really need to stop weighing myself every day, but if i can stop weighing myself twice a day i’ll count that as progress for now.

still here

i guess if i post once a week it’s ok. i’ll probably lose what few readers i have but then again, this is for me really.

today’s weigh-in: 163.6. it’s up 0.4 from last week, but i just got done with my tom, so maybe there’s still a little bit of bloating? at least i’m still in the 163’s. i freaked out yesterday when my scale said 166. last night it said 165. when i first weighed myself this morning it said 165 again, but then weighed two more times and got 163. i’m going with that.

i only worked out three days this week, so i guess i really can’t complain about not getting a loss. i’m just glad i didn’t end up at 164 again. i keep bouncing back and forth between that and 163. it’s depressing.

next week i am going back to 4-5 days of working out. maybe i can get down to 162.

finally starting to lose

my weigh-in today: 163.2. that’s down 1 pound, which is more than i lost in the last month. maybe all the work i’m doing is finally starting to kick in. at any rate, i’m one happy girl.

mia

i’ve been pretty bad about posting here. i forget since i have my main blog that i post to every day. but, even though i haven’t been here, i have been keeping up with my working out and my dieting.

my husband took my scale away for two weeks to try to wean me off my addiction. i usually weigh myself every day, even though i know i shouldn’t. i know there are daily fluctuations, but i feel like weighing myself every day helps keep me on track. last friday’s weigh-in was at 164.2, which is only down 0.4 from a month ago. i was bummed, but yesterday my husband talked to our pharmacist, who said one of the medicines i’m on causes water retention and will make it hard for me to lose weight. that made me feel a little better. today, i weighed in at 162.8. hopefully i’ll be there or a little below on friday.

for the last two weeks i’ve made my goal of working out 4-5 days a week: five days the first week and four days last week. today was my first day working out this week. i skipped yesterday’s trip to the park because it was *cold* out. i’ve gone over my goal for calories burned on spark people, which is good.

i’ve also been staying within my calorie range, though i try to stay toward the high end since i work out more than an hour a day. i don’t need my body going into starvation mode.

does anyone read this blog? please, comment and let me know if you do!

the end of the week

weigh-in: 163.2

that’s right, i’m down 1.2 pounds this week, which is pretty good since i only worked out twice this week after taking several days off. it was much better than i was hoping for, so i’m happy.

i got a good workout in yesterday, even though i forgot to log it. my knees have really been hurting lately from the arthritis, so i’m working back up to 45 minutes. but, i’m doing the 30 minutes on 4 resistance, which is good.

cardio
30 minutes bike

weight training
hammer curls
8 lbs, 12 reps, 3 sets

regular curls
8 lbs, 12 reps, 3 sets

bicep curl twist
8 lbs, 12 reps, 3 sets

breakfast
strawberry frosted mini wheats, 1 serving: 180 calories

lunch
subway 6″ veggie sub: 230 calories
baked lays: 130 calories
chocolate quakes, 1 serving: 60 calories

snack
2 miniature hershey bars: 84 calories

dinner
1/2 cup rice: 300 calories
black beans, 1 serving: 165 calories
tostitos, 1 serving: 160 calories

total calories: 1,309

weekly weigh-in

week 2: 164.6

i’m up 4 pounds from last week. and no, i did not eat like a cow this week. i worked out 3 days and stuck to my calorie limit. i gained the 4 pounds in two days, which is impossible to do, so i’m thinking it was water weight or bloating from my soon-to-happen tom. honestly, i can’t think of any other reason. a pound is an extra 3,500 calories, so 4 pounds would be an extra 14,000 calories, which works out to 7,000 extra calories a day. that’s a little under a *weekly* total for me. needless to say, i’m ready for my monthly visitor to get here already so i can lose this extra weight. does anyone else notice this happen around your tom too?

weekly weigh-in

i’m down 4 pounds! even though it’s been two weeks since i last weighed myself, that’s a pretty good loss…an average of 2 pounds a week. i’m happy with that. i was going to work out today, but i haven’t been sleeping well the last couple of nights (i woke up at 2 a.m. and didn’t fall back asleep until 5 a.m. today), so i’m exhausted. oh well. i’m just glad it’s back to my regular routine now that the holidays are over.

i’m thinking about joining a gym. it’s women only, which i love, and it’s a really nice gym. it even has a day spa and hair salon. the owners really knew what they were doing to attract customers! they have some awesome classes, and the shower room is really nice. at the ymca, where i used to go, it was a sterile locker room. this gym’s shower room is carpeted with shower stalls (yay!), robes, towels, hair dryers and curling irons, and table lamps giving it soft lighting. i loved it. i start my 2-week trial on monday. if i join in the first week i get a free t-shirt and gym bag. woo hoo. i’m still debating, though, if i really want to spend the money on a membership right now.