Posted by BarbaraCat on November 1, 2003, at 17:28:22
In reply to Re: Weight stuff » BarbaraCat, posted by galkeepinon on October 26, 2003, at 3:41:58
Hi Gal,
>>I am also going to ask my pdoc about going back on Topamax~not just for the weight loss I experienced, but for the effect it had on my mood.
>
**Have you started it yet? My pdoc said that one of his patients lost 50 lbs on it. I tried it and it wasn't a good med for me.>I bought Slim Fast and have only drannk 2 shakes.
**Be real careful with those shakes - bad news - and run like hell from anything with artificial sweeteners, especially aspartame. Not good for our brains. Slimfast is so full of unhealthy things like artificial coloring and flavoring. It's not doing your overall health any favors and any weight you lose is going to come back in spades. You'd do better getting a whey based high protein powder with vitamins in it for your shake and taking a bulking agent like psyllium or ground flax.
>Your doctor is right on the mark: Nothing really works except expending more calories through exercise than you take in through food.
**Yeah, exercise really is the ticket. No other way unless we starve ourselves and that's neither fun nor healthy.
> Have you ever heard of someone who wish she would be wiped off the face of the earth because she cannot seem to control her weight and it's stopping her from living life???
**You bet. It's hard not to feel self conscious when you feel like what's outside is so foreign to what you know is inside. About the only things we can control in our lives is our food choices based on what's available, and moving our bods or not. It really comes down to that. Listen to me - I've been slugging about for the past few days even tho' I really really really do know better. Take care. - Barbara
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