Holding Pattern

For about three months in the mid 1990s, my doctor put me on Fen-Phen, the miracle weight loss drug. For me, the drugs curbed my appetite and helped me rapidly lose weight. My guess is, the pills were 50% appetite supressant and 50% speed. The only reason I mention Fen-Phen is, I was losing weight without trying. I continued to eat fast food and buffets several times a week and I still lost weight. Then a bunch of people reported heart problems and the drug was pulled off the market. Bye bye, Fen-Phen. Bye bye, weight loss.

For the first month after I had lapband surgery, I lost weight like crazy. 50 pounds, in fact. Sure, most of that was due to the crazy liquid/soft diets, but still, weight lost is weight lost, right? I did minimal exercise, stayed full, and continued to lose weight.

Since moving to regular food, my weight loss has tapered off and, over the past week, it has all but stopped. Food wise, I am almost back to my old eating habits. Well, that's not true -- I'm eating better, but I'm still eating a lot of food.

Tonight I'm setting my old treadmill back up to get back on track. I want to lose a few more pounds before my band fill next week. Although I haven't gained any weight, I guess this is just a reminder that the weight's not going to lose itself; I'm going to have to work to get it off.

So true about that FenPhen. I too was on it but a few months. I cried when the Dr told me to stop, and of course the weight came back- twofold. As they say if it sounds too good to be true, it is.

Good news about the treadmill. Maybe I should go plug mine in.

Hi I am Shirley from Kansas. I am thinking about having the Lapband surgery. I weigh 235 lbs., 68 years old. Does this help with the desire to want food. I also did the FenPhen and had great

results. Since I have retired, it has been hard to keep the weight off. I am very depressed about my weight gain.