Christina's side effects

So our Healthe Trim finally came in. Maye and I split a bottle so 1 pill a day for 30 days. We decided that a 30 day trial would be ideal before we both spend $60 each on something we might not like.
The point of this blog is to be honest about what we are going through while trying to lose the weight. Brutally honest is our policy. Before we started HT, we were on a weight loss doctor prescribed pill. We call them "The Yellow's". Probably later I will describe what they are but I can't find the bottle right now. So What I'm going to do is tell you my side effects of HT vs. Yellow.
Remember, I'm going to be brutally and sometimes disgustingly honest here...

Breakfast:
Yellow: you had to eat at least a 300 calorie breakfast BEFORE you could take the pill. This was something I had to learn the hard way. The doctor told us we needed to and there is always that one day where you either don't have time to eat or you think "well what's the worst that can happen?" Well, the worst that can happen is severe anxiety. That whole day I didn't eat something first, I had that feeling like my house was burning down or something terrible was happening to someone. I think I called my mom 10 times asking her to drive to my house and make sure it wasn't on fire or my dog wasn't being eaten by a coyote or something. I called my husband every hour making sure he was still alive. I was panic stricken all day and I was miserable. Ever since then, I made sure I ate plenty.
HT: You take your pill, wait 2 to 3 hours, and then eat something. I can't make it past 2 hours before my stomach starts screaming at me to eat something. The first day I took it, I took it late, like around 8am or something. By 10 I was so hungry I was getting grumpy. I can eat a smaller breakfast now. A bowl of cereal will last me a few more hours longer than it would have normally. I don't think my stomach is used to it though because I do feel a little queasy up until the point where I can eat. So now I have to wake up at 7am and take it so I can eat around 9 which is when I normally eat breakfast.

Prenatal vitamins:
Yellow: I could take my prenatal vitamin (which my doctor told me to start taking 1 year before I'm trying to get pregnant) at the same time I took my yellow. This made it easy for me to remember to take them. I felt fine all day.
HT: I most certainly CAN NOT take a prenatal at the same time as a HT. Because the HT already makes me just a little upset to my stomach, the prenatal is too intense. Also because I can't eat breakfast and you need to eat something before you take a vitamin, I was so sick to my stomach that I thought I might hurl all day. It was like having a horrible stomach flu. So I have to wait until lunch to take my vitamin which makes it a little harder to remember to take it.

Bathroom breaks:
Yellow: I couldn't poop. I was miserable. I felt like if I could just do a #2 I would lose so much more weight! I would cramp bad sometimes because I would go a whole 7 days without being able to go to the bathroom. When I could go, it was way less than 7 days worth and it actually hurt to go because it felt like I was crapping rocks. (I told you brutally and disgustingly honest.) No amount of fiber supplements would help me here. I would have to stop taking the yellows for a week and drink endless amounts of black coffee in order for me to feel relieved.
HT: I am in the bathroom 30 minutes after taking this pill and I'm in there for about 20 minutes. I am not able to take a pill and immediately take Murray (my corgi) for a walk because by the time we get around the block I have to run home and to the bathroom. This is where waking up early helps though. If I have to be somewhere in the morning, I know to wake up 2 hours early so that I can have crap time and not run late because of it.

Appetite
Yellow: I ate breakfast and that was all I needed all day to feel full. I would have to force myself to eat because the only way I could tell I should be hungry is that I would turn into a super bitch. I think once I snapped and started yelling at file folder. In order for me not to murder my husband or him to murder me, I needed to remember to at least eat something small so that I would go back to normal.
HT: I'm still hungry but not as much. I can still eat a Healthy Choice meal and be fine. My stomach will growl and let me know it's time to have lunch or dinner.

Sleep
Yellow: I couldn't.
HT: not a problem.