Posted by headachequeen on November 8, 2004, at 15:44:20
In reply to Re: Merry, Happy you're back, posted by merry on November 7, 2004, at 14:51:00
> > Seven pounds is wonderful, and having you back makes it twice as nice!!! I sound like my grandma! Sooooo, did the topamax make you lose the weight? I'm still picking everyone's brains over this blasted drug, because I always think I need an answer to every problem emmediatly. No patience here.....Just waiting for it to kick in for my daughter. Larry is great huh? -L
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> The topomax is making me feel less hungry so I eat less. But at times I feel real hunger I tend to eat too much then I get sick and can't keep it down. That part I don't like. So I have to be careful and just watch out and don't overdo it. Before the Topomax I used to overeat but now I don't feel like eating as much because food doesn't appeal to me right now. I feel more thirsty than hungry. merryMerry, it seems to me that the Topomax is doing its thing for you...
making you feel less hungry so that you eat less, that is one of the things that happens with it...
when you feel really hungry, ask yourself what you really want to eat...
something spicy? crunchy? meat? etc? decide what would really suit the moment... then prepare that particular meal...
sometimes we eat because we are hungry, but the meal or snack or whatever that we choose is simply food and serves no purpose, we eat more of it than we really want simply because it does not fulfill the desire that we want to have met...
and before you eat, have some of those valuable nuts... not peanuts, they are a legume and serve no purpose... but cashews, pecans, walnuts, or almonds; they are healthy and they curb appetite...
then sit down to enjoy that carefully chosen meal that is going to meet your hungry moment...
and be sure to focus on the food... do not do anything else when eating it -- no television, no reading, nothing else...
when we eat while doing something else we tend to eat more...
oh I have learned so much about wrong eating habits over the years...
mainly because I have had so many of the wrong eating habits....
feeling thirsty is good... drink lots of water as it is really good for you and will make you feel less hungry or so they tell me...
so glad to hear from you and to know that you are alive and kickin' as they say...
kat
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