Sensa Update from Ruth
I have completed two months on Sensa and it feels a whole lot like nothing. According to my Wii fit, I’ve lost another couple of pounds. The problem with really slow systems is that you don’t get the consistent reinforcement of significant weight loss, so you begin to wonder if it works at all.
I’m going to keep with it, since the scale is going in the right direction and I currently have a six month supply bought and paid for.
I’ve been wondering though, because I went from eating all kinds of crap to very little crap and you’d think there would be more of a dramatic weight loss by now.
What I find is that I don’t have cravings. I don’t sit around obsessing about what to eat next. Yes, I just had a small bag of chips with my sandwich, but I didn’t slaver about them before eating them, they were just a nice accompaniment to my turkey on wheat.
Twice now I have left Sensa shakers in restaurants. One was a shaker that had only salty tastants in it, it was shipped to me with no sweet tastants. I let that one go. As for the other, I called the restaurant, but they had already thrown it away. D’oh! No biggie. My plan is to use up the other canister (two weeks supply) and move on to month four. I can’t be bothered with freaking out about it.
Also, big news. I stopped taking my Micardis/HCT. This has a diuretic in it, but for some reason, I seemed to be retaining massive amounts of water. Also, my metabolism ground to a halt. When I stopped the medication, I started drinking and peeing like crazy. I also feel a mite better. I think that this has helped weight loss tremendously.
For a few years now I have had a very dopey feeling. I don’t feel as sharp as I remember being, I have no energy and I feel muffled emotionally. Also, while I normally am very good about writing, I’ve had no inspiration to do so.
Interestingly enough this seems to have coincided with taking anti-anxiety/depressants. I know you’ll be shocked, but I’ve discovered that anti-depressants cause weight gain! I wanted the drugs to help me stop obsessing about food, and that’s all good, but now getting the weight off is SUPER-HARD. I will be discussing a plan with my doctor to wean off the Celexa. Apparently this is not something one does cold turkey.
I started taking sub-lingual B-complex. It’s not great tasting, but I’ve had worse things in my mouth.
As summer arrives I find that I’m not working out at all. I need to change that.
I don’t have any real revelations about weight loss, but with another 6 months of Sensa I think you can say that I’ve given it a fair shake. (Pun intended.)
Note/Reminder:
While Fat Chic is in no way a diet blog, I am aware that many readers do look into these, and since Ruth is someone I know and respect in real life, I felt her experience might in some way inform the experiences of those who do have multiple diet/health issues to consider. While I personally favor HAES I know women in real life who are regular readers of this blog who have or are pursuing diet programs including Weight Watchers, LA Weight loss when that was still around and in general mad workouts. While I do not and will not take part in these diet systems, I absolutely support women I care about doing whatever it takes to make peace with their bodies.
as someone who quit celexa cold turkey… do NOT quit celexa cold turkey. it was awful.