Diet pills.... Acixion.

I have no experience with Acixion, I just wanted to say that you sure don't look like you need to suppress your appetite from your photo there. You look beautiful. Don't you see what I see?

I took phentermine about 20 years ago. It worked well by using it and I can't remember how long i stayed on it but I lost the weight. I know it made me a little more thirsty and a little wound when it must have been in full effect. I found the side effects minimal and doable.

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Phentermine gives me such dry mouth that I get those mouth ulcers. :shudder:

Diet pills don't work. Diets don't work. What happens when you stop using these things when you have lost the weight? 90% of the time you gain the weight you've lost back again and then some. I know because I've done it too over and over. I had clothes in my closet from sizes S through XL. I didn't always have problems with my weight but during a 10 year battle with clinical depression the medications I took caused me to gain weight. My weight went up and down through those years. 4 years ago I was 186 pounds on my short 5 foot 3 inch frame and I felt horrible-slow, tired and especially tired of being fat. 

I decided to take my health into my own hands. I quit soda, junk food and fast food. Next I quit all processed food by following www.100daysofrealfood.com This website and facebook page tells you how to choose the healthiest foods, how to learn to read labels (forget what it says on the front of the package and read the ingredient list) and more. I dropped 17 pounds and stayed there. I have hypothyroid plus I was in the middle of menopause so my metabolism was at a crawl. But I was losing. 

One night I was watching TV. flipping through Netflix when I came across the documentary "Forks over Knives". I watched it out of curiosity and literally sat there with my mouth open thinking,"it can't be this easy". The next night I got DH to watch it with me and we agreed to give this way of eating-a whole foods plant based (vegan) diet (not diet as in temporary, but diet as in style of food) a try for 28 days. We did and we felt so amazing and loved the food so much we just kept going. It's been 2 years this past February. In January I hit my goal weight of 124 pounds. In total I have lost 62 pounds and it was so easy. I didn't exercise at all because well, 1. I'm lazy and 2. I need surgery this past year on my shoulder and it's taken a long time to heal. I do realize the importance of exercise though and hope to start as soon as I get clearance on my shoulder. 

This style of eating (whole foods, plant based diet) is incredibly easy and the weight literally fell off my body. I feel amazing-full of energy and it feels incredible to fit back into all of my size S clothes again. I will eat this way for the rest of my life and I think that is what is key. Restrictive diets fail because one can't stay on them for the long run. Once you go back to eating the typical American diet you gain weight again. Counting calories doesn't work unless you want to do that the rest of your life, and really who wants to live that way? By eating this way I never count a calorie. I eat until I am full because whole plant foods fill up my stomach much faster than the empty calories of the typical American diet. It's all explained extremely well in the film "Forks over Knives" which is still available on Netflix. 

Debbie in MD.

Is this same as Qsymia?

I wouldn't think that you need medication to lose weight, but you'll need patience and the attitude that it's all about self love. You will lose slowly, but if you practice good habits and exercise you'll keep it off, which is much harder. Patience is a lot more natural and healthy than drugs. Though, patience means suffering through the changes. You could lose it on your own, but you'll have to commit to it and be willing to feel deprived until you get used to healthier changes. As for vegan meals, you can be a low fat vegan, but a lot of vegans gain weight because of high fat meals, too. You can do this. It's all about mindful eating and willingness to suffer a bit for the greater good. If you have emotional eating issues then working out your feelings, dealing w/past trauma is often the best way to lose weight. Just food for thought. I wish you the best.