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Re: Question about weightloss on Metformin
From: Char (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 30 May 2003 18:32:24 -0500 (CDT)
When I started met, my appetite decreased, my diet became more normal
and balanced, and cravings slowed down. I only lost a little weight,
and am now maintaining, but I sure feel a whole lot better and
healthier, and my quality of life is where I want it to be, and that is
what is most important to me.
At Thu, 29 May 2003, Anomaly wrote:
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>I know many people here take Metformin (glucophage) and have lost a lot
>of weight on it. I just had a question for those of you: When you
>started losing weight on it, was it because you started having a
>decreased appetite (or got fuller on less food than usual, as if having
>a shrunken stomach?) or were you just eating the same amount of food as
>you had before taking it, and it simply caused you to lose weight
>anyway?
>I'm just wondering, because I was just diagnosed and just starting
>taking it, and it feels like I can go a while without eating and not be
>as hungry as I used to, and I get fuller on less food, so I'm just
>wondering what other people's reactions are. (I don't know if I'm
>losing any weight yet, as I'm too afraid to weigh myself because I know
>I'll freak out--i've gained quite a bit of weight recently!)
>Thanks, gals!
>(And thanks to sonnet and thee for your skin tag responses!)
>-rebecca
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