My husband takes these Venom Hyperdrive weight loss supplements/appetite suppressants (which he calls "vitamins"). He uses them before he has a physical assessment to lose weight quickly, and he once lost 25 pounds in 2 weeks.
I've been trying to exercise in spurts while the baby is sleeping--some sit-ups here, some Wii Fit there, but I haven't had time for a real workout, and now I'm starting to gain back some of that pregnancy weight! UGH. So I thought that maybe I would try his pills for awhile, to give myself a little boost.
I took ONE yesterday. ONE. And I will never take one again. I felt like I was going to die. Apparently it suppresses your appetite by making you feel like you are going to puke all day. Besides that I felt dehydrated, no matter how much water I drank. And later in the day, my chest started to hurt a little.
"I feel like I'm having a heart attack." A bit over dramatic, but still. He replied that, "That's just how you feel the first few days while you're taking them."
Umm NO. Nothing that makes you feel like you're having a heart attack is healthy. Or worth it. Maybe he should have warned me of this little side effect. It made me feel like I was having a bad hangover. And trust me, if I feel like I'm hungover, I at least want to have had the pleasure of a martini or two.
So I definitely will not be taking those again. My husband sometimes takes 3 or 4 a day! So someone needs to help me come up with a plan to get him to stop taking them. And no, telling him how unhealthy they are does NOT work. I've tried. Throwing them away doesn't work either, I know he'll just buy more.
So how do I keep my husband from having a real heart attack before the age of 30?
Sunday, August 3, 2008
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Posted by Cassie at 9:12 AM
Labels: Mama said there'll be days like this, why I am getting gray hair
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That's scary. I always think of taking those pills, but I guess I'll stick with the fatness rather than have a heart attack.
(But I haven't eaten crap all week! It's a miracle!)
Maybe tell him that there are worse things in the world than being a little heavier than you would like. Like your son being fatherless.
I've been thinking about taking a diet pill or two, but you just talked me out of it. Scary!!!
I've never heard of those pills and I am hoping my husband hasn't either, cuz that man will take anything and not give it a second thought!
I'm with you about the hangover feeling, I better have had the pleasure of the drinks before feeling like that!!
You need to join, Operation Skinny Bitch and commiserate and motivate with all the rest of sufferers!
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