out with it!

since i'm off the wonder pill now, i'm outing it.

it's ZYTRIM and i took it in 10mg tablets, every morning [when i didn't forget], with or with-out breakfast.  i took it intermittently for about 5 months. Was it effective?  yes, for my purpose, it was.  Let me tell you about my relationship with ZYTRIM.


i was tired of yo-yo dieting.  i finally accepted that i will always love food and that i can't live with out rice, ever. and at that time i had no desire to do anything physical.  i just wanted to lose weight.  being asthmatic and possibly diabetic i was afraid to take pills.  Zytrim was my first.  It was recommended by my diet-pill-aficionado sister and was approved by my pulmonologist.


from the start i knew i was not going to be taking it forever.  i just wanted leverage.  something to jumpstart my 'self-reclamation' project.  and it served the purpose perfectly.  without dieting and exercise i lost 14 lbs. and i was not even taking it religiously, there were weeks when i had to stop because i was on other medications.

and i ate anything anytime.  one thing i noticed in the first month i was taking it was that i did not crave anything, i only ate when i was hungry, had no desire to continue eating when i was full, and i had to drink plenty water, i was always thirsty.

in the first two weeks i also experienced light-headedness and mild head-aches.  all these scary side-effects, which they stated in the pamphlet that comes with the 28-pill box, were gone after the first 2 weeks, just as it said.


so why did i stop?  cause it was getting too expensive already, around P65 per tablet, and i was not losing anymore weight on it.i didn't gain back the weight i lost too, which is very good.


i'm now doing Pilates, i plan to add some walking into my physical activities and am also taking CARNIPURE now.  i will write about it when i've taken it for at least a week already.


p.s.  i also stopped taking my nightly BIOFIT Tea routine.  i just couldn't take the daily rumbly and queasy tummy anymore.