wildmonkeylass
Full Member
Hi Folks
I've just been down to Boots and weighed myself as I have done on the last 2 Thursdays and it said I had gained 0.1kg!!
I'm gobsmacked as I've eaten 5% or lower all the time, doubled my exercise to AT LEAST 10,000 steps a day - usually more. I've followed all the instructions on taking Xenical, and although I didn't expect a massive loss, I certainly didnt think I'd gain, I'm so dissappointed. This is only week three of my taking Xenical, and I have my first weigh in on Tuesday with the Doctor.
The only thing I can think of is that when my Doc gave me Xenical he also gave me an antidepressant called Mirtazipine. One of the reasons he gave me Xenical was that a very common side effect of Mirtazipine is increased appetite and weight gain. But I haven't had an increased appetite, and am eating about 50% less than I was 3 weeks ago, and I'm keeping my calories down to 1,000 a day at highest.
An anti -depressant can't just make you gain weight regardless of what you eat can it? Surely, I'd only gain weight if I resonded to the increased appetite (which I don't have)
Any advice?
BTW, while I was waiting to go on the scales in Boots, I met a girl who had just come off the scale, she'd lost 13lb in a week and her jeans were hanging off her. She said she had done the Cambridge Diet to lose the initial weight and then was going to go on a maintenance diet. After seeing her loss, followed by my gain, I'm tempted to look into this, any advice on this too?
I've just been down to Boots and weighed myself as I have done on the last 2 Thursdays and it said I had gained 0.1kg!!
I'm gobsmacked as I've eaten 5% or lower all the time, doubled my exercise to AT LEAST 10,000 steps a day - usually more. I've followed all the instructions on taking Xenical, and although I didn't expect a massive loss, I certainly didnt think I'd gain, I'm so dissappointed. This is only week three of my taking Xenical, and I have my first weigh in on Tuesday with the Doctor.
The only thing I can think of is that when my Doc gave me Xenical he also gave me an antidepressant called Mirtazipine. One of the reasons he gave me Xenical was that a very common side effect of Mirtazipine is increased appetite and weight gain. But I haven't had an increased appetite, and am eating about 50% less than I was 3 weeks ago, and I'm keeping my calories down to 1,000 a day at highest.
An anti -depressant can't just make you gain weight regardless of what you eat can it? Surely, I'd only gain weight if I resonded to the increased appetite (which I don't have)
Any advice?
BTW, while I was waiting to go on the scales in Boots, I met a girl who had just come off the scale, she'd lost 13lb in a week and her jeans were hanging off her. She said she had done the Cambridge Diet to lose the initial weight and then was going to go on a maintenance diet. After seeing her loss, followed by my gain, I'm tempted to look into this, any advice on this too?