Confessions and Topamax

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You may have noticed that I was food journaling for a brief time, and I quit. I told you before, I hate food journaling with an undying passion. It makes me want to eat more calories and play games with my calories, and I truly do not enjoy putting myself in diet-brain. When I am food journaling and see 1000 calories on the board, I may unconsciously just go to the kitchen and get a snack, because I've got room to spare, and so on and so forth.

It fails me.

Well, it worked at first. I lost weight. I lost a few of my regained pounds. I did. But. It stopped working. I stopped working. I am now maintaining without changing a damned thing, and it is frustrating to say the least.

So -- what's the difference?

I was taking Topamax previously. And? I was easily maintaining my (lower) weight. I stopped taking it, oh... just about the time I GAINED WEIGHT!

DOH.

Apparently that shit works. Why did I stop taking it? I ran out of my prescription -- and my appointment for the my neurologist wasn't until March -- now it's bumped to April. I called and begged for a refill. I take Topamax as it's an anti-convulsant, but it's also known for it's anti-appetite components. I didn't know if it helped me maintain my weight at all -- but I think that's my clue.

I got a refill today, took half my daily dose and it kicked in immediately. I am in a brain cloud at the moment, please do not ask me anything important at this time, or maybe you should.