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