About Those Pills, Powders & Potions…
by Shantanee White
I’ve given it tremendous thought, and after much consideration, have written a blog about all my stupid, desperate, obviously not-well-thought-out attempts to lose weight. These are a few things I did, but have put past me…
Phentermine, Hydroxycut, Slim Quick, Whey Protein…
I’m sure there are others, but my memory for these stands out.
Phentermine
This one was prescribed by my doctor. He also gave my Mum the same pills and she’d lose weight rapidly. I watch her drop nearly 40 lbs. in less than two months. That was the appeal of them…I had to be 19 or 20 when I first took them.
The process…I’d first have to beg my doctor for them, convince him, have my blood pressure tested (Apparently, the pills escalated your blood pressure when you take them, all according to my doctor). Stilll, I’m not deterred from taking these. On the day of my doctor visit, I’m given a B-12 shot, a prescription, and sent on my way. I’m sure everyone is affected differently, but immediately I noticed my heart rate was a tiny bit accelerated. I couldn’t nap on it. Strangely enough, when it was quiet I’d focus on the pulsating in my chest. Still I continued to take them.
The other thing I realized: I’d forget to eat. I was hardly ever hungry. I was going to the gym and losing weight rapidly. There was a week in which I lost 10 lbs. in 6 days. It got to the point where I couldn’t afford them and gained the weight back every time.
I became dependent on these pills, because I was under the impression I couldn’t lose weight without. May as well have been on crack the way I was scratching my wrists…Okay not really, but I loved those things! Ultimately I would stop taking them, as the side effects became too much, and I became dependent on something to make me feel better that has health risks, to control something I was dependent on to make me feel better that resulted in health risks. It was a vicious cycle. In conclusion, Foosball is the devil, Vicki Vallencourt is the devil, Phentermine is definitely the devil. Not sure what it is? Google it.
Hydroxycut
The commercials got to me. It sucked. Stop using it after half a bottle was gone.
Slim Quick
Again, those commercials. “I only shrunk one size, he shrunk SIX!” Yeah those f*****g commercials. They help deal with water weight and whatever nonsense. I blame the cute cartoon. Nothing water couldn’t fix. I didn’t finish these because someone stole them from my bag at beauty school (I could blog about that experience separately for hours)..At this point I’d vowed to stop taking diet pills altogether. I had experienced a month or so in the past, where I’d lost weight naturally. Of course before going back to the pills, powders, and potions.
Whey Protein
The powder portion of this long-winded blog. I absolutely f*****g hate it. I’d buy it, and struggled to drink it. I felt bad that I couldn’t drink it regularly. I knew very little about ways to fully get protein, especially since at the time I gave up all meat with the exception of fish. At this point, I became committed to adapting a healthier lifestyle, and I wound up losing a significant amount of weight, before The Dolce Diet came along.
Throughout this diet pill, powder trial-and-error, even with the weight-loss, I NEVER felt good. I looked better, was working out, but I didn’t feel my best until I adapted the Earth-Grown Nutrients ideology. Not only did I not need those pills or powders, I cleaned up my eating and learned (still learning), to look at what I was putting in my body, their uses, and how to get what I needed daily to feel my absolute best.
There are negative comments, but I’m not being sold any bullshit. It’s just well-packaged common sense, and I truly trust the source. I didn’t need diet pills, just Dolce. I was very young, no serious health problems, all I needed was a strong belief in myself, and some food from the earth….
You can take them, eat less, and still not be performing at your absolute best. You do learn the hard way, but this journey to be the best me I can, has been trying, interesting, fun and absolutely worth it. I write this hoping someone could skip a few steps and go straight to Earth-Grown Nutrients. You’re welcome. 😉
About the Author
Part time UPS employee, part time weirdo aimless wanderer, on an incredible life journey, looking for fulfillment and happiness in life. I’ve discovered new things about myself I didn’t even know were true. Makeup enthusiast with a passion for writing, and a newfound obsession for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I’m just like you. I’m learning to live, not just exist.
