I am 37 years old, wearing a size 14, would love to see even a 9. My mom works for Walmart, and called me a few weeks ago with the Alli news. I am SOOOO excited. I have been trying to go to reduced fat, and watching what i eat to get a little head start on this big change. I am married and have 2 children, 17 and 7. My daughter graduates next year, and would love for her to see me in something fashionable on her special day. I am so depressed in the way i look. Plain out miserable!! My husband never has complained about my weight, but i complain. I work in a school cafeteria, and i have been bringing my own meals. Its so hard when the rest of your family can eat anything, and you have nobody to share your feelings with on this matter. I wish EVERYONE of you the best in this journey.

 

                                                               Tracy in Virginia

Tracy, I do feel your pain. I completely understand your situation--I too have a family, a skinny family.  Everyone always tells me I am beautiful even overweight, and that is nice, but I do not like the way I look.  Best of luck to you and everyone.

Hi Tracy!

I know your pain so well.  I am also 37, wearing a 16W, and live in VA.  I can't wait to start this program.  Our church is doing Vacation Bible School next week and I help out with it.  I will be waiting to start the following week.  I don't want any Alli-oops or poops at church.  :)

 Good luck on this wonderful new journey!

I feel your pain too, Tracy. lol  It's hard to cook for your family, and then cook for your self too, without nibbling here and there. Yes, I could cook healthier meals for the whole family, but financially it's just not feasible. I have a big family and I have to cook in bulk. Mostly box stuff or frozen. I know it's not the best, but it's the cheapest when you have alot of mouths to feed. Best of luck to you.

Doris

Thank you everyone for your response. It would be nice also if we could share recipes and stuff. I will start it as soon as my mom sends me my pills out. I will be out of work next week because school ends here this Thursday. So, i will be home realllly close to my bathroom,lol. I am getting more and more excited. I have been planning out my meals everyday for the entire day, and it seems to help bunches. I seem to be staying pretty full too. Cant believe i turned down rice pudding this morning,lol. We'll have to let each other know how our first day is of taking it.

Hi all! To answer Tracy's question: YES, I feel your pain. It is similar to mine.

I'm a 37 year old mother of 4, kids ages 17, 15, 10.5 and 3.5, and I am a full time college student studying music. My husband is a civilian working on a military base in Iraq, so for most of the last 18 months I have been a single mom in some ways. Add in that I am surrounded by nubile, skinny little 18-21 year olds on a daily basis in class who eat every piece of garbage they want without gaining and you can probably feel my frustration :)

Before I married and had kids, I was skinny, 5'7" and 115 lbs.  Now I weigh 178lbs, and I am mad as hell at myself. I lost 30 lbs last year and have put 10 back on, so I am looking to get back on track. I wear a 10-12 pants size but a 14-16 shirt because of my large chest. I know that will decrease as I lose more, but that's something I'm willing to deal with!

Ideally, I would like to lose 50 lbs. I don't think I need to be 115lbs again- I was hardly eating anything to be that little. But I'd love to be around 125-130. I think I would look good and more importantly, FEEL good. I am hoping that along with my increased level of exercise and more commitment to a healthy diet, Alli can help me reach that goal.

I look forward to chatting with and supporting everyone I can along the way. Doing this alone is not a recipe for success- having those around you (even if it is only in cyberspace) makes a big difference.

Kerry

 

Hi Tracy,

My name is Karen and when I read your message you sounded just like me. I to am married for almost 29 years and have 2 sons. My husband is great about the weight that I had gained over the last 29 years but he never says anything to hurt me about it, but I feel so FAT !!!!!  I never would of believed that I would be weairng sweat pants as much as I am. I do wear jeans but,, they are so uncomfortable. I would love for one day to be down to 125 and wear jeans that fit. My current weight is 157 so I  really have a lot to lose and it would be GREAT to have you for support..  I started my Alli diet today..  Did you ??  If you did how did it go today ? For my first day being today I think I did pretty good..

 KEEP IN TOUCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Karen in Wisconsin

GOOD LUCK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm another on who misses her jeans!  I'm about 20 pounds over where I was when I spent way too much money on too many pairs of jeans.  Not only do I want to feel and look good, I want my old clothes back!  I purchased Alli TODAY at Walgreens in FL.  Apparently they started selling it last night.  I'm 32 and my husband and I are getting ready to start trying for kids, so I really don't want to start off a pregnancy overweight!

Beth in Florida.

Hi everyone...I am 38 yrs old from ME and am a size 18.  I jumped from a 10-18 in less then 2 years.  I just lost my father to diabetes 2 months ago and he was extremely obese.  I have been waiting for something like this to come out.  Something to work with me not against me.  I have tried many diets in the past and am really excited about this.  I only started it today and I have to say, I DO NOT plan on having any "treatment effects" if something can deter me from eating more than 15g of fat per meal this is it.

Good luck everybody!!!!

TD in ME

Bump . . . This thread is worth bumping to the front for all of the new users out there now.  We all need encouragement and I think this thread shows that many of us are in the same proverbial boat.