This post is part four of a six-part series on my personal experiment taking Topamax for weight loss. Here’s the table of contents for the whole series.
My experiment with Topamax continues. I now live in a world where food is not a factor. For me, that’s a strange world indeed.
We go out to Roadhouse with friends, where I order the obligatory petite fillet. I dilly-dally with my salad. I eat about half the six-ounce steak. I manage two onion rings.
My behavior draws stares. “Your steak bad?” our friends ask.
“No,” I say … and I tell my Topamax tale.
This weekend, we’re in Atlanta. The trip includes visits to all my favorite restaurants, including a few great new places. At Jitlada, the spicy basil chicken lies on my plate, mostly untouched. At Java Jive, the peanut-butter and jelly french toast entices me to eat five bites. For lunch, I down a fifth of a plate of Japanese chicken.
Yesterday was Valentine’s day. Given a box of candy … I managed four pieces.
I am aware when I need food … but, no matter how long I go between meals, I simply do not get hungry. Food is simply not an issue.
Every meal, I look down at my plate and marvel: leftover food. How bizarre.
Want to read more? Here’s part five of six.
Wow…this is fascinating stuff. I had no idea what Topamax was or how it functioned. So I did a google search and now I feel informed. Thank you for sharing your experience…and good luck with it all. (PS if you have individual entries, maybe you could link back to your first entry explaining Topamax for future readers. Your explanation was far better than Topamax’s site).
Mark can you tell me how much weight you have lost and how you have been feeling. Any side effects. I am going to the doctor this week and we are going to start Topamax for weight loss. Thanks CW
What is your dose, I take 125mgs in the am and 125mg in the pm my symptoms are pretty much the same, but some days I could eat a cow, that does not happen very often though. I am down about 10 lbs. I have only been on Topamax for a little over a month just worked up to this dose and these s/e just started, thank goodness I have not experienced any of the other s/e that I have been reading about.