Your point is taken and certainly a Doctor should know what's best but after
dealing with the medical profession I know that is not always
true...Certainly there is a place for meds as well as the many forms of
surgical answers but I'm fairly sure that most of us do best with less in
and more exercise...Certainly your mileage may vary... It's seems easier and
easier to find studies backing up these concepts...In the late 70's I used
a product called Slender Now...Meal replacement twice a day and one meal of
whatever...It worked...In fact I lost probably 75 lbs...But as with many of
these things it was not something I could live with...In less than a year I
had gained it all back and then some...It took almost 25 years more for me
to make the changes needed...Many issues are at work for each of us...The
important thing in my mind is to enjoy the journey...GG
"Caleb" wrote in message
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On Feb 12, 3:34 pm, "Gary G" wrote:
Seems to me that a diet as they describe it is not something you can live
with...Anecdotally for me every significant weight loss and there have
been
many in my 55 years was followed by a bigger gain than the time
before...Why?...Well because very goofy diet I tried was not something I
could live with...I now feel it's not what you eat but how much and how
much
exercise I do daily...3 meal replacements some starchy vegetables and a
spoon of vegetable oil is not my idea of eating...I enjoy food and have
now
learned to eat portions which sustain me...I have no science to back up
what
I'm saying but for me it works...And if their only answer to failure is
to
take a pill I find this not an acceptable answer...GG


Gary -- one more point

If people require an appetite suppressant to maintain their weight
loss, I would not necessarily be against it. People with diabetes,
with seizures, hypertension, etc., etc. (heck! I have dermatitis)
require medication to reduce negative effects. I think an appetite
suppressant may be very effective in saving lives. Whatever is
required is required! No atheists in foxholes. etc. etc.

I've never taken such an appetite suppressant after I lost weight and
I don't expect to have to do so in the future. FenPhen didn't work for
me at all, in the several months I tried it.

But certainly you would not presume to come between patients and their
doctors. If a physician who knows a patient well and who is following
the literature closely feels that her/his patient needs such
medication, who the heck are we to look over their shoulder?

Yours truly,

Caleb