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hello all you fellow orlistaters :wink: christmas is not far off, im quite excited to see what my final weigh-in will be in december. when i started to finally tackle my weight issues i was size 24 :oops: that was in june this year and i am now down to size 18 so should be able to get myself i nice dress for the first time in years intsead of big coveralls. i would love to drop another size but struggling a little bit at the minute. love to hear your experiences. good luck to everybody. :D
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trying_hard
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I saw a male Dr who I made a great show of myself :oops: by blubbering on about my inability to lose weight. He referred me to a Nurse practitioner to discuss HRT. After a discussion with her which again I again made a real show of myself :oops: but resulting in her offering me Orlistat. That was mid April 2010 . It took me a year to lose 4 1/2 stone. I was a size 22. I'm now between a 14 & 16 and weigh 12 1/2 stone. My nurse cut my orlistat down gradually from 3 a day to 1. I hardly remembered to take them once I was on 1 a day and have not taken any for about 5-6 weeks. I've not lost any more weight but think I have lost inches instead as people still think I'm losing weight and have bought several items of clothing in a size 14! I'm still 2 stone over weight but agree with some my colleagues and friends that I don't 2 stone over weight- One friend/colleague said it's your breast bet they weigh a stone each - I'm lucky to still have decent sized breast :D I still stick to a low fat diet most of the time as I don't want to undo all my hard work. So that's my story I am much happier and healthier :D :D
P.S. sorry it is so long but hope this will help some of you newbies :D
Rockey
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annemarieX
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trying_hard
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Regarding how long you're allowedon the tablets differs from one practise to another. I was allowed to stay on them for a year while I was still losing and then the nurse I see got me to drop down to two tablets a day then one tablet. She was very supportive and said that maybe I wouldn't lose any more but I might start losing again but I don't get how when she cut down my tablets. I said I'd go back once a month for a weigh but I couldn't make the next appointment because of a meeting at work and I decided there wasn't much point going back as she wasn't going to prescribe any more of the tablets so I weigh myself approx once a month and am trying to be good.
I think the book the dr's and nurses look at says you can stay on them up to 2 years as long as you are losing- sorry I don't know what the book is called but I know it is updated regularly. I do know that it used to state that people can stay on them til their bmi is 30 or 28 if there are other health issues such as diabetes, high cholestral or something else - think it can't remember what it was(as long as you are losing weight).
Hope every body is having a good week- I'm missing the light mornings and evenings
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