I won’t give day by day updates all the time (I promise!) but I wanted to put this out there for anyone who has considered Meridia, and wondered what it would be like. It doesn’t work the same on everyone, but I’ve never talked with someone whose been on the medication before and wish someone would have talked about it!

So I’ve been on Meridia for two days. I really thought that it would take a few days to start feeling any effect, but I was wrong!

Day One: I had a yogurt for breakfast and took my pills (Meridia, multivitamin, vitamin D, and calcium) and went to work. Had a bowl of cut fruit and a pastry at a class, and by lunch I wasn’t hungry but didn’t have a full feeling. For lunch, I had a salad. I got about 1/3 of the way through and all of a sudden had a feeling of being way full. Being the smart one that I am, I ate another third of the salad and then realized that I was full to the point of nausea. Good move there Honey! So in an afternoon class (can you tell it was class day? why do they always serve snacks?!) I had a small bag of Doritos. I ate them fast because we only had a five minute break- but then spent the rest of the class feeling like I was going to be sick. I was dealing with throw-up burps (you know the kind) and really was thinking I might see the chips again. Gross! So when I got home, Marmot announced that he wanted sushi to celebrate his new job. I had just gotten rid of the nausea, but I love sushi! So I ate sushi. And I paid for it, by sweating, feeling incredibly nauseated, and having throw-up burps for the rest of the night. Thus why I’ve termed it the pharmaceutical gastric bypass, because I eat a (relatively) small amount and feel gaggy.

Day Two: I started out at 6am with a yogurt and my pills. Still felt a little burpy. Ok, but just not going to eat. Around 10:30 I realized I was hungry- slight heartburn, and empty growly stomach- so I ate a single serve of Green Giant Niblets corn. For lunch, Marmot wanted McDonald’s so I got a Happy Meal. I ate my four pieces of McNuggets and half of the small fry, and felt full but not sick. An hour later I finished the fry. Two hours later, I had a 1/4 cup of vanilla ice cream. I had dinner (stir-fry with rice) and a glass of milk, so I’m sitting at 1,173 calories according to SparkPeople. Not bad! I’m going to have something for dessert later tonight, and if all goes well, I’ll end the night under 1500 calories. Right on target!

I’ll be weighing once a week (on Thursdays) and doing monthly measurements. Fingers crossed that it pays off!