Getting Fit in Your 20s

Hi there! First off, THANKS for your comments and good luck with the weight loss!

I am 25, 5'6" and have weighed 243 give or take a half pound for a few months. Believe it or not, I am actually a regular gym-goer, 2-3 times a week and have been for two years, with the occasional lull during busy times. Despite my size, I am in quite decent shape cardio-wise; just not body -wise, if that makes sense. This is the heaviest I've ever been, even though I've been heavy since high school (and always a bit chubby before then).  Combination of bad food habits, beer habits, and birth control.

I've been particularily depressed lately of my weight so when I heard the morning DJ in Detroit talking about Healthe Trim every single day, I decided to give in and try the expensive pills. I'm not a strong believer in diet pills, I've never taken anything else in my life except for a prescription sample that I couldn't afford at the time to keep taking (Fastin). I was nervous and skeptical, but took the plunge.

I started taking the pill yesterday, and the main feeling I've had is just a bit weird. Not nauseous or headachy or jittery, just weird. Felt better by the end of the day but this morning, same thing. I took one in the morning and one in the afternoon yesterday, right after lunch.

The biggest thing I've noticed is now, not only am I not particularly hungry, the food I'm normally attracted to doesn't even look good! Yesterday happened to be donut day in my office, I took one out of habit and took a bite. It almost turned my stomach! So I gave the rest away. I had lunch of chicken taco salad (leftovers from the night before) and fresh veggies (peppers) and ate definitely less, although I made myself finish the peppers. Wasn't hungry the rest of the day, but I forced myself to eat a graham cracker and a banana at night, even though food didn't sound good at all.

Today, I ate a banana after the three hours were up and am going to eat at Olive Garden at lunch with my coworkers, even though it sounds terrible! I'll get salad and breadsticks and make myself eat at least a bit. I'm torn - I like the fact I'm not interested in eating because that makes it easier of course to not over-eat, but I know it's also not healthy to NOT eat enough. So far though, I'll stick with the pills! I'm hoping if I can get my body/stomach used to eating less, even just the one month on the pills, then I can keep it up after I go off of them. Will report back when I have results to share!

I have been taking it and I love the fact that I don't get any jitters. The instructions actually tell you to start with one pill and if it doesn't work then move up to 2. I find that it really does suppress my appetite if taken correctly. someone here was saying it didn't seem to be working but they were also eating a banana within the 2-3 hour period the instructions tell you not to eat. Also if I take another one I try to take it before 3PM and I have never had any issues with not being able to sleep.

Also I am reading what some folks are eating...or I should say not eating...In order for this to truly help you lose weight that you will keep off you must change the foods that you DO eat to healthy stuff....pretzels and 100 calorie snack packs have absolutely no nutrition so if you want to eat 100 calories you should have that as fruit instead of junk.