I am having a hard time losing the weight that I am required to lose. I am under a lot of stress due to school and I feel like it's effecting my weight.

I want to know if anyone did diet pills dieting their weight loss management time? My physicians said they would be able to prescribe some but they want me to try the diet for a month first....

I am considering taking the pills only because of the stress. I just don't want it to effect my chances of getting approved for the surgery.

Has anyone else gone through this?

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Since they said to try the diet alone for a month - during that month try other ways to manage your stress -

yoga is very effective - look for a *relaxing* yoga video like peggy cappy yoga for the rest of us, not a super hard yoga work out, as that would not be relaxing. or look up bedtime yoga poses on google or your search engine of choice.

relaxing walking pace, see this article:

http://www.metaboliceffect.com/can-your-chosen-surroundings-help-you-burn-more-fat/

I also like epsom salts baths with lavender oil, and afterwards I rub melted coconut oil on to further help me relax.

resting with quiet music (I am not kidding even 15 minutes can make a world of difference)

dancing for 15 minutes with loud obnoxious music on (scorpions and def leppard for me please)

Personally when I've tried diet pills in the past, they made me jittery and overall even more stressed and spazzed out. My insurance considered it one of my "tried and failed" diets though, so that was a plus side I suppose.

Diet pills, just mess up your quality of life... Have you consider herbs or chromium picolinate?

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them"

Einstein

Edited June 8, 201610 yr by nyteacher125

I have been using phentermine on and off since about January. I was originally on Qsymia, at my request, but had to go off of them after one day (really bad side effects). My new doctor was comfortable prescribing the phentermine, and it is effective at controlling appetite. The problem is that you can really only stay on it for 3 week stretches because that's about the time the side effects kick in...but that was enough for me to lose the weight I needed and I have kept it off. Good luck!

@@_bribri1001 It is probably a better idea to learn to eat healthy and not rely on diet pills. This is the time you should be working on your eating habits and emotional eating / mindless eating. Stress will always be around - you have to find other ways of dealing with it rather than eating. It's important that you get this under control prior to surgery. Go to counseling/therapy during your pre-op waiting period.

I've tried OTC diet pills before and they've had the worst affect on me. I felt jittery and uncomfortable and didn't lose any weight. What I did to lose the weight was cut out all carbs like bread, Pasta, and rice. If you go on pinterest you can find recipes that are high Protein carb replacement. My face are cauliflower mash and cookie dough bites made from dates and peanut butter! These foods made me feel great and I lost weight.

Best of luck!

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Also side note - when I did Keto for 2 weeks my stress levels normalized despite life being insane and I lost 7 lbs. Basically I ate bacon, eggs, cheese, cottage cheese etc and drank a gallon of Water a day.

My dr prescribed adderall for weight loss and it was great..until I stopped taking it and gained all the weight back. The downside was that it can be habit forming and I did have some side effects like teeth grinding and trouble sleeping.

Just an update. I had my first weight in today, I did lose 5lbs within the first 30 days. My Care team did prescribe me a weight pill I believe it's called topiramate which looking at reviews is not so bad. We talked about it being a tool for right now until it's time for surgery.

It's all a self process that I am learning. I am currently a full time medical assistant along with being a full time nursing student so my stress levels are up the roof. As much as I want to be able to stop everything cold turkey and manage my stress issues right away I know it's a process and it's okay to use tools like surgery and pills (temporarily) to help condition myself.

Thanks for everyone's feedback.

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Good for you. You do what you need to do

@@_bribri1001 It is probably a better idea to learn to eat healthy and not rely on diet pills. This is the time you should be working

Edited June 9, 201610 yr by _bribri1001

@@_bribri1001 It is probably a better idea to learn to eat healthy and not rely on diet pills. This is the time you should be working on your eating habits and emotional eating / mindless eating. Stress will always be around - you have to find other ways of dealing with it rather than eating. It's important that you get this under control prior to surgery. Go to counseling/therapy during your pre-op waiting period.

I don't remember saying I was a stress eater or anything about eating in general in this post???

Edited June 9, 201610 yr by _bribri1001

Make sure you find the time to learn how to manage your stress with something other than food and drugs. Start seeing a therapist, join a support group, read bariatric surgery support books, start excercising, do yoga, take up a new hobby, whatever. Stress and hard times are certainly not going to magically disappear after surgery, and without alternative coping strategies, you will find yourself right back where you are now. Obesity is a mental disease, not a physical one and the psychological tools you arm yourself with are even more vital to success than the surgery itself.