Hi there,
I'm a 36 year old man.. 184cm's starting off at a not so great 116kg.
I've struggled with weight most of my life, and have always been "larger"..
In my mid 20's I crept up to around 140kg, but then managed to turn my life around (being single, I made it my sole focus), and got my weight down to around 85 - 90kg. This gave me a wonderful confidence level, however, there were downsides... basically I did it all in a completely unhealthy way in about 6 months...
Anyway, on rolled my 20's, I met my now wife at the back end of them (at around 93kg), and over the last 7 - 8 years the Kg's have crept on... playing the old game of gain 10 loose 5 most of the time... so a massive amount of yo yo dieting...
Around 5 years ago, i was on Xenical for a couple of months, but found it hideous, basically, it massively restricted what could be eaten, and any slight deviation resulted in oil leaking from the back end... not pleasant at all...
Just recently (last 3 years) I've been diagnosed with high BP, and my GP is very conscious that I need to drop some significant weight.. Long and the short of it, i'm now on BP meds, and that is stable, which has opened up the option of Duromine..
This week (wed, 3 days ago) I started on a 15mg dose... So far, i've experienced quite a bit of insomnia, which, given that i'm a crap sleeper at the best of times, is no big deal. The positives are that the massive appetite I have appears to have been suppressed to a certain extent... It's hard to explain, but the desire for food is still there, but the not the physical burning pain that I normally have when trying to cut down portion size etc.
Given my history with potentially unhealthy weight loss, I wanted to start to document some of my progress (or lack of) so I can almost keep a check on myself. (probably sounds a bit crazy right!?!?!)
3 days in.. I've managed to eat nothing but healthy food, and significantly smaller portions that I would normally have. I have cut out all wine and beer (i have 2 small kids and a stressful job, usually the only thing that keeps me sane!), however I do still drink a bit of scotch.
2 weeks ago, i started dieting myself (without the Duromine), but started at 116kg.. Today i'm currently at 112.5kg, so not an insignificant drop..., but i suspect most of that is water retention etc (i've started drinking 2 - 3 litres of water a day)...
One of my concerns at this stage is, that as a "bigger" chap, I'm probably more in need of the 30mg tablets ?(I base that on the fact that there appear to be heaps of people on here that are 70 - 90kg on 30mg etc..) does anyone have any thoughts on that? other than the first day, when I didn't really feel like i was bothered about food...
Been reading through this site over the last couple of days, and have enjoyed what I would consider a significant success rate...
Good to know there are others in the same boat..