Duromine update

Yo blog!

So here’s my second Duromine update:

I think my progress up till now is still great. Could have been better though, will elaborate later.

Started taking Duromine 30mg since 4 May, so that’s almost 4 weeks ago. But I’m only on my 22^nd pill today. I missed it on 4 days cos either I overslept and it’s already after noon when I woke up or I just forgot to take it without realizing.

Since my GP advised me to only take it before noon so I just gave it a miss on days which I forgot to take the pill before 12pm, to prevent myself from feeling wide awake in the middle of the night.

Talking about GP, I haven’t gone back for consultation yet. Should have though, but I’m really busy now so I’m probably going back when I finish my prescription.

The next thing might interest you more..

So how much weight have I lost?

Drum roll pls? >.<

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Lost 8kg as of today!

That’s around 18 pounds.

Sounds a lot, but seriously it’s not, and I don't even look any different. Cos actually I lost only 5kg with the help of Duromine, but I was already dieting the week before I started taking Duromine, and managed to lose the 3kg that I gained from my wisdom tooth surgery.

Yes you didn’t read it wrong, I gained 3kg from a wisdom tooth surgery. FML srsly-.- 

Details below!

(OMG MY FAVOURITE SONG IS ON 987 NOW!! ^^ creep)

The first week I lost 3kg.

I was worried it was a bit too fast so I tried eating slightly more to slow it down.

Cos many sources online say that the maximum one should lose per week is 1kg/2 pounds.

If not, you are probably only losing water weight instead of burning your body fat off.

The second week I lost only 1 kg.

Problem is when I lose weight too fast I worry, too slow I also worry.

I was worried that my metabolism rate was too low because I wasn’t exercising at all.

Really couldn’t afford to go gym during my revision period. If I were to go work out for 1hr plus washing up and time needed to travel to and fro the gym, it would take me more than 3hrs, and I don’t have so much time to spare.

So I started to do some simple yoga and stretching at home.

Haha.. I’m a newbie in yoga so I just search for beginner’s yoga video on Youtube and follow along. Don’t think I’ve lost weight from yoga cos I wasn’t very consistent with doing yoga either, and I doubt such low intensity workout can burn much calories. But it’s still quite fun nonetheless, and as least can tone my muscles and maybe make me taller haha!

Third week I lost another 1 kg.

Wasn’t a lot of weight but I was already grateful enough cos I didn’t exercise a single bit that week. But I promise to get back to gyming again after my exams are over. :D

Anyways, I haven’t eaten a single bit of fast food/chips /soda/ice cream/tidbits since I started Duromine. But I’m guilty of occasionally having a piece of fried stuff over lunch, and a few candies to keep myself awake during lectures. I completely removed junk food from my diet cos I no longer have cravings for it.

packed away 2 bagful of tidbits 

what's inside
don't ask me why there's a can of tuna
idk
throw away half of it, the other half is hidden in a lock n lock under my bed 

Fourth week has not ended yet and if I’m consistent I would be able to lose another 1kg. But I’m abit worried.

Cos this week I’ve already broken my no junk rule, twice. I had a MOS rice burger on Friday for dinner with zw. And I had a whole mcspicy meal ytd for dinner cos I was studying at macs till almost midnight.

Singapore really needs more places opened 24hrs for studying. That way I don’t have to choose to go macs. So many other students (mainly sec sch students) were there, and the others there were watching ball.

One word:

ROWDY

Note to self:

Don’t study at macs on weekends.

Next is regarding side-effects:

I must say I’m gradually experiencing more side-effects.

But side-effects from what I’m not that certain, cos they could be due to mere weight loss alone.

Previously the only issue I had was dry mouth.  

So I could easily just drink more water.

But recently it’s aggravating to dry and chapped lips, and drinking water means I have to go to the washroom more frequently, and it’s really inconvenient when I’m studying in the library all day. But seriously I shouldn’t be complaining about drinking water.. That’s lame.

I also realized I get dizzy spells every time I get out of bed, stand up after squatting down or sitting down. I know that’s kind of common even for a healthy person and harmless cos it’s due to the change in blood pressure. But I get it every single morning without fail, a few times I stumbled and almost fell.

I sound so clumsy, reminds me of that Humpty Dumpty from Puss in Boots.. LOL

 So what I do is I try to roll around in bed or fiddle with my phone for a while first before hopping out of bed and it work.

The last problem, also the most troubling and embarrassing I find is… bad breath…

Ok what I saw on the list of possible side effects at first was foul taste in mouth but there was no mention of bad breath.. I mean that’s 2 completely different things right? But when I went to Google about bad breath specifically I realized I wasn’t the only one..

Though I’m not sure if others can really smell it but even if they don’t think it smells bad it can’t be fresh either. And I can’t possibly go around asking everyone to check if I really have bad breath or not right?

*Abashed*

Ok I might have done that once. :P

I used up my tube of toothpaste really fast cos I keep brushing my teeth these few days. But apparently it’s not working well so I just have one fisherman’s friend before tuition. Just in case if I really have bad breath I can spare the poor girls from it. LOL

And that was on side-effects.

Right now I can’t do much about exercising, but I guess I can improve on eating more small meals thorough the day, instead of only eating 2 big meals a day. Trying hard to work on that cos Duromine often makes me forget to eat. Sometimes I might only realize when I’m already having gastric pain cos I haven’t eaten a thing since breakfast.

It sounds crazy but I’m not lying I swear. That just happened again today. Cos my mum is not at home now so I don’t have anyone to prepare meals for me or nag at me to get out of my rooms to eat. I had breakfast at 9am today; only rmb to have dinner at 10pm. I initially thought that it was my ribs hurting, but realize it was gastric pain. >.<

And worse still I’m on pain killer now cos it’s that time of the month again. No food plus pain killer! Must change that!

I’m gonna update again another day soon, probably after my first 2 papers.

Muahh! Bye!

we coincidentally wore really similar outfits last friday
and she wore a black cardigan too

1 wisdom tooth = 3kg

If there’s one thing that I could choose not to have, that will be wisdom tooth.

Going to the dentist is never fun. Never gonna understand why would anyone aspire to be a dentist either.

 What’s so interesting to look into other people’s mouth to dig here drill there?? Imagine seeing so many rotten cavities, bloody mouths every day, still got appetite to eat??

Omg..

If you say it’s because of the money then I can understand la haha…

Dentist easily earned $800 from my recent extraction surgery which lasted 30mins max, and he attended to 3 other patients during that 30mins.. That’s crazily productive right? (:

So I had 2 bottom wisdom teeth that grew inside the gum, couldn’t be seen without X-ray. So it was a lot harder to clean them and hence prone to infections.  And both of them were apparently lazy bums cos they both chose to grow lying down (as in horizontally).

Luckily I only got 2 bottom ones, not a whole set of 4 haha..

I got the left one extracted in JC cos that one kept getting infected.

So traumatized from that surgery omg..

You thinking I’m saying that only because I’m a wussy right?

I AM a wussy.. LOL

But you just see the process:

1)      Local anesthesia jabs first

Then the doctor covered my eyes with a mask lol.

2)      Cut my gum open

3)      Removing (drilling/buffing) part of my jaw bone, to make space for the tooth to come out

4)      Drilling the tooth into half

5)      Extraction

All those while I could hear my bone/ tooth being moved/dug at, cos it was actually very close to the ear. So I was still chatting with the dentist happily, telling him I could hear crack crack crack, asking him what he was doing. My mum who was watching beside me kept asking me shut up. HAHA. But there was nothing scary yet cos I could only hear but couldn’t feel a thing.

Then he asked me to SIT UP AND REST after he got the tooth out finally.

But my mum was asking wouldn’t the anesthesia wear off if I waited for too long.

But dentist said it didn’t matter…

Come to think of it now, the dentist could have meant HE wanted to rest his hands from so much drilling.

So I sat up for probably 2 or 3 mins and was told to lie down again for the last part (horror began).

6)      Stitching the gum back

Omg.. The instant he poked into my gums I almost yelled.

LOL.. Cos my mum was right, the anesthesia was wearing off.. Cos by then it could have been almost 1 hr since the jab.. Either that, if not then he was too stingy on the jab dosage.

That bloody dentist still continue stitching as I started to start weep. He still so mean, said “aiyo it’s almost over already then you rmb to cry ahh…”

I THOUGHT THAT’S HIS FAULT

Who ask me TO SIT UP AND REST??

WHERE GOT PEOPLE SIT UP AND REST IN SURGERY ONE???!!

knn...

I swear I would have fly kicked him if there wasn’t thread and needle in my mouth then.

My mum stopped him and requested he gave me another jab.

7)      So more local anesthesia jabs

8)      Then continue stitching

If you think that was all, nightmare was over?

Wrong! Haha.. Cos it has just began! >.<

Bleeding lasted for 3 days,

Swelling, bruising, lasted for more than a week.

Swelled so bad I looked like a got K.O by a professional boxer.. 

My entire left cheek extending down my neck was literally purple and I rmb the pain was really bad I had to spam pain killers like crazy. Couldn’t even open my mouth and had a hard time during meal time.

And did I mention? One of the stitching came off the very next day!!!

WTF..

I went through so much pain to have it drop out the next day.

Took 4 or 5 days off from school and I returned when the bruising became lighter, less purple.

Just when I thought the bruise was fading away, one of my classmates told me ‘ehh you’ve got something on your face’ so I went to the washroom to check.. Hahaha.. It was so funny…

The bruise decided to turn into a bright orangy-yellow.. LOL

So embarrassed I had to walk around covering my yellow and swollen face all day.

So because of that horrible experience, I was really reluctant to get the other right side one extracted. So that meant I had to endure with more infections.

And don’t be mistaken that I keep getting infections cos I don’t brush my teeth.. I do! It’s just really hard to reach in between your furthest gum and the tooth in front. If I managed to reach it with my toothbrush I would have gagged already.

Sometimes when the tooth is perfectly fine but I try too hard and clean it will those toothpick with a brush on one end, I end up with an infection the very next day.

AIYA ALL IN ALL, THAT TOOTH WAS LIKE AN ATTENTION SEEKING SPOILED BRAT LA.

As the tooth grew more over the years it started pushing against the molar in front of it, since it was growing horizontally.

At first I couldn’t see the wisdom tooth but the molar in front got more and more crooked as it got squeezed against.

Then when there was no more space to grow, it decided to burst my gum open, so my gum ‘CRACKED OPEN HALFWAY’.

Had to bear with the pain every single day and worse still, the cracked open gum was even more prone to trapping food and of cos infection la.

So it was then the time I had to decide:

Go through that similar traumatizing surgery again or continue to deal with the increasing pain/ infection.

I chose the latter after I got yet another infection.

NIGHTMARE AGAIN.            

               

I got antibiotics first to help reduce the swelling, and then arranged for surgery on 19 march.

But this time it was a different dentist, though I went to the same Dental clinic. It’s the NTUC Denticare, Choa Chu Kang branch.

This time, it was an Indian dentist (the previous time was Chinese, he only worked there on Sundays) and I could just tell he was so much more skilled and experienced than the previous one lo…

He gave me jabs first, this time it was far more number of jabs in different areas around the tooth, I think I even got one under my tongue. Then he took my X-ray and then I was asked to wait outside, while he attended to other patients.

My mum was freaking out again.. Actually I was too.. What if the  anesthesia wears off again??

ALAMAK.

But it was finally my turn. This time there was an intern beside him so throughout the surgery I could hear him explain what he was doing to the intern. So good, I didn’t have to ask.

This tooth was much more complex than the previous one cos it’s very close to some inferior something nerve. If that nerve gets damaged, can lead to loss of sensation to half of the jaw and lip so he had to be careful and slow with extraction.

This time round, the dentist didn’t drill away any of my jaw bone and he didn’t cut the tooth into half like the previous time. He just cut open my gum along the crack that was already there and took the top part of the tooth out first. I couldn’t see but my mum said he took it out really fast. Then the rest of the time he was digging for other remaining pieces near the root.

I must admit, this time, I was very tense and nervous compared to the other time, cos I could feel the pain and pressure, I kept saying ouhhh thorough.. But wasn’t as bad as the stitching pain from the previous time.

He said I could be feeling some pain, DUH obviously? He was digging so damn hard!!

Then he asked if I was still alright. I nodded while continuing with my ahhs and ouchhs.. >.<

IRONY HAHA.

So he told me to raise my hand if I wanted him to stop, and otherwise not to move cos he was very close to that something nerve.

I was super uncomfortable and super tensed cos he was putting a lot of pressure on both my tooth and MY EYE.

His wrist was pressing against my eyeball, but he kept reminding me not to move so I stayed very very still.

I rather have a temporary bruise on my eye than to have half a lip with no sensation.

But overall, this second time was SOOOO much better than the first, cos another 10mins later, I was done. 

I was still in disbelief when it was done, the previous time it took soooo damn long..

I kept asking ‘really?’ and I was trying to explain to him that the other time I took almost an hour long. But I doubt he could understand me cos I was talking while he stitched my gum up.

He said ‘ya really, see your extraction was so complex but I did it so quickly. Must treat me to dinner ok?

And must be expensive dinner.’ LOL?

What? Cost another $800? Haha.. Just joking.

This time I only experienced just a little bit of swelling, but absolutely no bruising and no pain thereafter, could have been because there was nothing done to my jaw bone.

But I had more bleeding this time. I had my bed sheet, pillow, blanket all stained with blood. I had to bite on gauze while sleeping for the first few nights so I couldn’t close my mouth and could only sleep on one side cos the other side of my face was swollen.

So I drooled blood..

EWWW..

Ok so this time I had a hard time eating too. I was on a fluid and semi-solid diet for more than a week. I ate porridge for almost every meal. If it wasn’t porridge then it was either soggy hor fun or kway teow soup that’s soaked in soup for very long.

At first I thought I could lose some weight from my fluid diet but FAT HOPE.

Not only didn’t I lose any weight, I packed on 3kg.

I swear I wasn’t eating much!!!

But when I did eat, it was all carbs, only carbs. And those things I ate are all blend and tasteless by its own so they must have been very high in sodium, seasoning too to taste good.

So don’t think that it’s not sensible to reduce carbs intake when you want to lose weight.

Cos carbs make you fat REALLY REALLY FAST, and carbs itself causes water retention too.

Because I was overweight even before that, my legs tend to swell but only after intense running or sitting down for too long eg. if I sit in the library for the entire day.

So my high in carbs and sodium diet for that one week plus made my legs swell really bad.

I had to return to school for revision lectures that lasted 6hrs and had to go to the toilet to raise and rub on my poor legs during breaktime cos they hurt badly and was probably harder than preserved meat. It felt like my skin was being stretched really hard and was gonna burst/tear soon.

So after lecture that day I went to BPP Watsons ASAP and got a pair of the Scholl compression stocking.

And did the stockings work?

Of cause it did! I wore it on for 2hrs and swelling reduced significantly.

Very pleased with it indeed.

So since it worked so well, I thought why not just sleep in them then? So I did, and the next day my legs felt really good, back to normal again.

But then when I went to brush my teeth, I realize I couldn’t grip my toothbrush.

CAUSE MY HANDS WERE SWOLLEN.

So the water retention travelled from my legs to my hands..

FML BIG TIME RIGHT?

So did I get some compression gloves?

HELL NO LA!

Later the water travel to my brain how.. I don’t want waterlogged brain.

So what I did was started to cut down a bit on carbs on sodium, and it wasn’t difficult cos I recovered from the tooth things already then. I started to replace some of my snacks with tomatoes, but still had a bit of my daily potato chips fix.

I was a sucker for chips. I could down a big pack of cheddar ruffles in one day, if I wanted to, and that’s probably only my afternoon tea time snack.

Just that simple change gave amazing results lei. I hadn’t returned back to gyming yet then so I couldn’t lose water through perspiration.

But I managed to pee all that water out.

I’m not exaggerating I peed more than 10 times on the first day and I’m not talking about a wee wee, it was waterfall wee each time.

So you get the point la.. And I managed to wee all that water out within a few days.

I know I’m really gross. I’m sorry! >.<

So from that wisdom tooth I actually learnt quite a lot right..

Haha.. TTYL muack!

I'm back!

Hello again blog!

So sorry I abandoned my blog for so long and this post should have been up 10 days ago -.-

But exams are coming up, first paper will be on the coming Thursday and my revision is still very behind schedule. Not studying hard enough but I’ve been forcing myself to go to the library more often since I can’t really concentrate at home. Always get drawn to watching HK dramas instead.

Laughing gor got new show again!!

 See? There I go again.. Orz

What can you say? A leopard will never change its spots..

The same thing translated from Chinese ‘dog will never stop eating shit’

HAHAHAHAHAHA

As I told you the previous time, my mummy is still in Beijing now (till 6 may), enjoying her annual trip there to visit grandma and relatives. Poor me, I’m stuck at home to revise. I first thought that it was going to be easy, just lonely..

But I totally forgot that mum being away for 2 weeks plus means I have to do household chores like laundry and watering plants!! Mopping and sweeping still can wait but laundry can’t cos if not I will run out of clothes to wear and hello!! Watering 20 odd pots of plants big and small EVERYDAY?! Still not that bad if I have nothing else to do but DURING MY EXAM PERIOD? -.-

And last year when I insisted on not watering the plants, my mum quite upset la cos most of her plants withering by the time she got back.. She didn’t scold me or what but could she was like mourning over her flowers’ dead.. 

But I actually dried out one of her orange tree so bad that it started to flower again after she came back from her trip.. Sounds so ridiculous right? I actually saved it cos that tree was 2 or 3 years old already then and had already stopped flowering..

My mum said could have been that the tree was so dried out it thought it went through winter (which is impossible in Singapore) and started to flower and bear fruits after its self-imagined winter ended.. LOL

Back to my chores rant:

On top of that, as if it’s not bad enough, my laoba (dad) just fell ill.. -.- Down with cold..  So that means cooking and I’m not a very good cook as you might know. *hides under pillow* But I think my dad fell ill cos he ate his own cookings.. I’m so gonna rant on what happened when he attempted to cook every single meal during the first few when my mum flew off. And that shall be another long and angry post next time!!! 

Omg just thinking of it makes me  wanna puke already.. *rushes to toilet*

Kk.. So here’s my update on duromine..

(Intro too long.. updated in another post ^^)

busy busy bee!

Hey my dear blog!!!

It’s been around 10 days already since my previous entry! I’m so sorry for neglecting my dear blog you! 

Lol! Sorry but I’ve been quiet busy with going to school and revising for my exams so ps!

Not that I’m constantly in school or constantly studying like a crazy muggy ok? I’m definitely not a mugger, never been one my entire life. Haha..  But when I’m not studying I would be watching Funshion, Youtube videos etc.. Wouldn’t even think of blogging lei OPPS >.<

Come to think of it, I haven’t been stalking my usual blog list that often lately also. Probably just trying to avoid reading or typing anything other than school work? Haha..

I don’t  see all those as chores but school stuff is already enough to keep to v occupied and annoyed, so I really cannot be bothered with other things haha..

And besides, I’m already VERY VERY VERY behind time for revision. My prelims basically ALL FAIL, unless if I were to count in stats. Exams starting on 3 May, exactly in 2 weeks’ time and basically my knowledge for most subjects I basically ZERO la…

*TUGS ON OWN HAIR REALLY HARD*

OK I KNOW LA! I’M A BAD/ INCOMPETENT/LAZY STUDENT!! Lol.. But I’m doing what I can to compensate now ok? T.T

The fact that my Mum is leaving for Beijing this Friday is not helping too!! ARGHHH!! Tsk.. She will be returning on 6 may, that’s after 2 of my papers.

I’M REALLY HOPING I CAN WAKE UP FOR THOSE 2 PAPERS. BIGGEST WORRY.

As you may already know or not know, I SLEEP LIKE A LOG. If alarm clocks are not invented, I probably wouldn’t ever wake up once I fall asleep. Even with alarm clocks, sometimes I just cannot hear them. So I really need someone to physically wake me up. Just hope that my Dad can wake up first to wake me up on those 2 days.

I can't exactly do this
given that I can't even hear it ring

I DON’T WANT TO MISS MY PAPERS!

I guess I should sleep at 8pm before the 2 papers. LOL!

Omg.. I’ve got so much things to ramble on.. Oya my update on Duromine.. But I think that might be a very long post.. Probably should write it in a separate entry.

Back to complaining!

So I’ve been in school quiet a lot.. Ytd I went back at around 10am though I’ve no lessons and I spent the next 10 freaking hours in the library, best, ALONE. I’m kinda alright with being alone but when you sit alone all day, and have to go eat lunch alone it’s kinda sad right.. Haha..

But despite sitting there for 10 whole hours till the library was preparing to close, I still didn’t manage to do much things. I basically just finished one chapter on stats.

MAN IT’S HARD OK?! And given the fact that I didn’t attend any lectures.. omg I felt like ripping my brain apart every 5 minutes srsly!!! So damn irritated.

Just when I thought maybe I got a gist of what’s going on, and proceed on to trying some practice questions:

See question,

Stuck.

Dig out solutions,

Stare at it for 10 minutes,

Brain goes:

WTF IS THE ANSWER SAYING???

Many many more ????  forms above my bird brain.

Haiyooo..

CAN YOU NOT SAY THAT I’M SO SEERIOUSSLYY FUCKED UP?

I always thought that Uni life should be really care free, half the time chillaxing with friends have tea and gossip after class… no homework, no exams, everyday see see chat chat then go home.

REALITY?

So not true.

Uni life is nothing much better than JC life. In fact JC life might even be slightly better. School now is no fun, long ass lectures back to back are dry as hell and I cannot feel any sense of belonging in the campus lei.. At least back in JC time, no doubt my school is old and ugly as hell (that we can rank 1^st in Singapore) but you got friends, support and there’s fun, laughter and crazy funny things happening all time. And these are the things that will keep you going right?

But now, it’s like I don’t know you, you don’t know me, you do your own work, I do my own. Sometimes if you have to go for certain lectures alone, Omg..

 AWKWARD

What if you’re late and you don’t know which page of the handout the lecturer is on, do you ask that girl whose sitting beside you but is busy kissing and touching with her boyfriend? 

What if you forgot to bring your pencil case, do you borrow a pen from the guy sitting beside you when he’s so engaged in digging his nose nonstop?

Maybe it will help if you join some clubs or some CCA la.. might meet more friends and have more fun.  I didn’t join any (though I might consider next sem) cos being the biggest MONEY FACE I know of, I rather spend my time making money.

Few months back, I was juggling with school, working twice a week and was also giving tuitions on weekends. MONEY FACE or what?! But you must think! I have to finance my big appetite ma! I needed at least $15/day to spend on food alone lei.. You think food will just fall from the sky for you to binge on meh?! Lol.. >.<

And besides, I admit that I’m a MONEY ABOVE ALL person. If my parents were to approve, I would have started working already. Chinese parents are very conservative, they think that having a degree is like buying the best insurance in the market. If you have it, you won’t fail, if not, then you won’t have to worry even if you fail.

I do think it’s rather true in Singapore’s context la.. If not I won’t be still studying at this age right? Super old already still have to bring school bag, go to school. Haizz.. But then again I don’t think I’m quite enjoying what I’m learning now.

I really can’t see myself being an OL for the rest of my life doing a monotonous deskbound job from 9-5. 

literally flooded with work O.O

That would suck man.. I want challenge and I like to explore.. Then again (again) if you were to ask me what I really want to study/ work as, I would tell you I also dono..

So if I can’t even decide what I want for myself, then might as well just let fate decide and I just go with the flow??? Am I making any sense?

Aiya this is getting nowhere. Should stop complaining liao! No point grumbling also.. I bet not everyone is enjoying what they are studying right? I should just put up with it and try my best. Get it over and done with. No point dragging and hating on it. Not that it’s 100% dreadful and unenjoyable. And besides, it’s not like I cannot do something totally irrelevant in the near future.

I should get going! Continue with my revision.. Just that I have to finish my Duromine update first. >.<

Tata!

Xoxo!

  

Duromine

Heyo blog!

Haven’t updated for nearly a week now so I’m here to show some TLC to my dear blog you <3 haha.

Have been super busy this week. Had 5 x 3hrs of lectures and 2 other  6.5hrs of lectures. To top it off, 2 tuitions on sat and another 1 more on Sunday, which is today la zzz…

School life sucks ikr… L

So I have something that I really want to pen down, but idk if this is the best place to mention it. After some days of consideration I have decided to just write it down. Obviously, if not I wouldn’t have typed all this lol.

So I’m kind of a local blogger stalker, have been reading xiaxue and a few other sg blogs probably since secondary school, and that’s 4 or 5 year already? Idk. I would basically stalk all of their blogs for updates at least on every other day.

Opps.  Maybe it sounds CREEPY, but that’s become my hobby already. HEHE. I guess I really got nothing better to do.  And that was also the main reason why I got inspired to start my own blog. Not that anyone would read you (blog) but for my own sake and entertainment la haha.

So you CANNOT deny in any way that xiaxue is one of the MOST influential blogger, at least in Singapore I suppose, if not then at least to ME! Haha. I really enjoy reading her blog and watching her videos but to be honest I didn’t think that she was a big deal to me or what in the past.

Until I read one of her recent blog entry on how she lose weight and I got SOOOO interested to find out what exactly she took. So I googled and the majority of the answers is Duromine and I was like WTH IS DUROMINE??!!

So being the KPO I am, and so obsessed to know, I went on to do more research on Duromine. And if you ask me why I’m so interested, then my answer is simple. HAHA. Because I want to try it too!

And here’s the explanation  from wiki:

“It is approved as an appetite suppressant to help reduce weight in obese patients when used short-term and combined with exercise, diet, and behavioural modification. It is typically prescribed for individuals who are at increased medical risk because of their weight and works by helping to release certain chemicals in the brain that control appetite.”

So basically what it does to you is that it kind of screws with your brain and make you think that you are not hungry. And once you are not feeling hungry, you wouldn’t eat as much. And if you are eating less, you will lose weight! Mission accomplished! Winks ;)

But like every diet pill, it has downsides to it and side effects. And trust me, when I first saw the list of possible side effects, IT SCARED THE HELL OUT OF ME.

The most common few being:

Dry mouth

Irregular or fast heart beat

Insomnia

Anxiety, nervousness, restlessness

Diarrhea, vomiting

Blurred vision

High blood pressure

I probably spent my next 10 odd days researching on all sorts of things about Duromine. Its side effects, recommended dosage, how well it works, whether the weight lost can be kept off, what BMI to reach before it can be prescribed, you know la yadayadayada…

I think there might be a lot of many others just like me who went through this vicious cycle:

Feels fat,

Tries to lose weight,

Diet a bit,

Lose determination,

Postpone diet,

Goes back to eating all sorts of junk,

Gains more than what was lost,

Damn annoyed (@$^%*#),

Tries to tell yourself you are gorgeous just the way you are,

Happiness is your greatest asset,

Binge eat again,

Gain even more weight.

So I’ve kind of given up trying to diet and lose weight since very long ago. I don’t have much determination and discipline to eat right and exercise and most importantly is that:

I’M ADDICTED TO FOOD

I’m a self-confessed food addict, I binge eat on a regular basis. You should look at the amount of food I eat every single meal, I assure you will be amazed (more like disgusted). And it usually happens when I’m eating alone.

I would probably buy 3 different packs of meal from the coffee shop and eat all of it when I reach home. As for food choices, the oilier the better, I LOVEEE deep fried food, oily stuff and the more salt the tastier.

And I have absolutely no control over my cravings. OMG I’m I too honest already…  Aarghh…

After so much of reading up on Duromine, I really wanted to give it a try despite the horrible side effects that they claimed. That being the only reason that made me hesitate so freaking long.

Tuesday I plucked up my courage to call up a clinic to ask if they had the pill. The first didn’t carry it but the second that I called did, and that clinic was the one that I always went to, so it was great cos they had all of my past health records.

The doctor basically just took my height and weight measurements and told me about the drug, which I already have a lot of knowledge on by then lol. She actually prescribed it to me rather easily, not like what some said online, that some doctors would refuse prescribing it to patients that is below a certain BMI, due to the nasty side effects involved.

She just asked me a few questions:

“Whether I’m prone to mood swings”

I said no except when I’m having PMS I get very easily annoyed.

“If I have sleeping problems so she could prescribe sleeping pills along for the first wk”

I said no again and I seriously sleep like a pig. Since I’m quiet sensitive to caffeine I can’t really drink coffee so it will be an added bonus for me if it’s gonna make me more awake. Doctor LOLed for very long. Funny meh..

She was very nice, took quite long to address all of my concerns. Haha. I asked a few crazy but sensible questions like:

“Will I get liver or kidney failure, or even die from it”

Not if you do not have health problems like diabetes, high bp, etc. And since Duromine cannot be used for more than 3 months, such issues should not be of a concern.

“If I’m not gonna feel hungry then should I still eat”

Her answer was to just let it be. If possible try to eat at fixed times during the day if not you will experience gastric pain too. But the pill will make you full really quickly so it’s gonna prevent you from over eating.

Exercise regularly and eat healthily:

Reduce carbs intake,

Eat more greens and fruits,

No sweet or carbonated drinks,

Drink lots of water,

Try to eat some fruits before meals.

I became hesitant to start taking the pill the next morning after telling friend about it that night. So I wanted to KIV first and wait till my exams in May is over before starting. Meanwhile I try to diet on my own.

But the next morning I find myself downing the pill first thing in the morning already. Idk why la but I guess I really wanted to try it very badly? Or I’m just a hypocrite. Booo~

So today is my 5^th day on the pill and I have lost ard 3kg. I think I might be losing weight a bit too fast, cos my research online tells me that it’s best to lose no more than 1.0kg per week, to ensure that it’s fats that’s burned, and not muscles, and that the weight loss is permanent.

I hope it’s just a fast drop in the beginning and will slow down next week. After all I try so hard to shed the weight off, the last thing I want is to gain back the weight immediately once I off the pill.

Now, let me tell you my take on Duromine.

It’s effective as hell, thus far.

The first day you take it, you see effect.

I feel 0% hunger.

Absolutely feel no hunger and 0% cravings.

When you don’t remind yourself to eat, you will totally forget.

It’s a really weird feeling when your stomach is growling but your brain/mouth doesn’t feel like eating at all.

When you tell yourself you have to eat, you tend to choose the healthiest option available. It’s kinda like you’re craving for healthy food.

I took almost half an hour buying my lunch on Thursday (second day on pill) cos I felt that nothing was “healthy enough”.

You get full really fast, so your portions are halved.

Leftovers.
Super wasteful but I asked for less rice already. 

Up till now I’m only experiencing one major side effect that is dry mouth.

You feel thirsty very quickly. But come to think of it, it’s not bad after all cos that means you are always reminded to drink water, which is really good!  Haha.. See? Added bonus again. ;)

But my breath smells damn bad!! I hope others cant smell it.

I’m not as sleepy at night but if I decide to sleep, I fall right into sleep just like how I would normally.

So absolutely no insomnia for me.

Will update again on my progress cos I’m too sleep to continue rambling.

Bye bye!! Muack blog <3