11-09-08
Slept better last night, but was ready to get up early. I ate a piece of bacon and a piece of bread for breakfast. Then headed to Church. Went to my parents for lunch. My sister cooked a bunch of fried chicken. I wasn't really hungry but knew if I didn't eat something I might eat to much later. I had a spoon full of fried okra, a spoon of white beans, and about 3 bites of a chicken strip. No one could believe that I was only eating that, I have always been such a BIG eater! I still haven't had the burst of energy the Dr said I would. Boy I could really use that now. It is 40 outside, don't know if I can get my walking in today. Sure don't feel like freezing...........
Well it is now about 10 PM and I think I did really good today. About 4 PM I ate a rice crispy treat! I know that isn't a good choice but it was here and I was getting hungry. So now I am going to bed before I eat anything else, it is just to late now. See you tomorrow.

11-08-08
Well all is well so far today. I didn't eat anything after 5:30 yesterday until about 9 this morning. Man that was really hard, I was hungry last night, went to bed to get my mind off of it. I woke up around 1 am and never really went back to sleep. I don't really sleep good at night anyway. Oh well, I figure if I just get my day going I will sleep better tonight. Took my pill around 9 and ate a bagel for breakfast, I know that isn't the really a good choice but I don't really care for breakfast food.
I just did my first walking about 25 minutes worth, I know that I am supposed to do 47 minutes but I was thirsty. I will try to get the rest in this afternoon. Lindsey (8) has a birthday party at McDonald's this afternoon, hope I can resist the food.
Well I did good, only ate a few chicken nuggets and the apples dippers. For supper I had half a pork chop. So far doing well. I do have to work at it, I was hoping for a miracle, but this isn't easy. But for the first time in a long time I am ready to lose the weight.

11-07-08
Well got up this morning and ate a small bowl of cereal, then took my pill about 9:30. I have to go out of town today so don't know how much exercise I will be able to get. Around 1:30 I got hungry and ate some peanut butter and crackers. I haven't felt the nervousness, so all is going well. About 5:30 the kids and I went to Taco Bell and I have 2 taco's, it is 7:30 now and I am going to do all that I can to not eat anymore the rest of the night. I am determined to get this weight off. Now I am a little worried about sleeping tonight, I have trouble anyway, so we will see. Today I didn't have any high energy, don't know if I have to get it in my system first or what, I shall see.

11-06-08
Went today to get my diet pill filled, I talked with the pharmacist. Asked a lot of questions. He said that he had seen a lot of people lose a lot of weight on this pill. I asked what time I needed to take it in order for it not to effect my sleep, I was told to take it before 11 am. He said that this pill (Phentermine) was half of the pill Phen-Phen, the one that was pulled from the market years ago for causing health problems. But assured me that it was safe and that he didn't know of any problems with it. Will have to wait until tomorrow before I can start, to late in the day.

11-05-08
I am getting really excited at the thought of losing some of this weight. I have been over 200 pounds now for 10 years. I haven't always been big, but I have always struggled with my weight. Now being 37, I feel a great need to get it off even more. I just pray that I will give it a good shot!

11-04-08
Went to the Dr. To get my meds filled. Had done blood the week before. Got my results and everything is perfect, sugar under control, and every thing else. Blood pressure was 102 over 70. But the bad news was that I had gained 10 pounds. I weighed in at 222. So we talked about my options, and decided to go on a diet pill. He said that for the first 2 weeks I would have more energy than I have ever had. Then it would taper off, and I wouldn't get it back. I have to go back to the Dr. Dec the 4th for a check up, I have to lose 4 pounds a month in order to stay on the med. He told me to walk for 47 minutes a day. To start now so that I would be used to it by the time the burst of energy was over.
I am a little nerves about it, don't usually do very well with diets pills that make my heart race. When I feel like that, I usually want to eat and or smoke like crazy. So we will see. I have to wait until Thursday to get them filled.

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