It has cut down on the food noise, SO SO SO much. I no longer think about what I'm going to eat every freaking minute of the day like I did when I was on diets before. I'm also doing weight watchers again, and the two combined I've lost 62 pounds so far. I'm actually about to up my dose from 5mg to 7.5mg because I've only lost a little more than 2 pounds the past 30 days.
This really has been a godsend, I do feel a lot better. Right now I'm the lowest weight I've been in over 7 years (which is as far back as my WW app goes, lol, even though I was a member off and on for the past 25 years). I've already decided that once I get under 200 I'm going back to Europe, because I won't worry as much about fitting in the seats! I'm 20 pounds lighter than I was last time we went. Mr. Kris has been losing too, though mainly by cutting out chips and soda. My intermediate goal is to weigh less than him, LOL. I think I have about 12 pounds to go for that!
I haven't had many side effects, so far I occasionally get lightheaded but that's about it. And boy howdy did I regret the overeating I did on Thanksgiving - it was my favorite food holiday AND it was my birthday so I overindulged and generally felt like crap all night. Since then I've been better about not overeating.
Good luck!!!!
