Monday, July 02, 2007
Overdose
I think I accidentally overdosed today. You see I've been gaining weight at an alarming rate,(at least to me) and when the pants that were snug 2 months ago wouldn't even come close to zipping yesterday for church, I decided to seriously get down to business. I woke up this morning and had a V-8 and then rushed off to swim practice, when I got home I took one Zantrax? or something like that. I have never ever taken a diet pill, because I have never been on a diet, but I thought this would be a nice way to jumpstart my diet. Well fire and brimestone rained down on me just 30 minutes after I took it. I started feeling like I would have to go to the bathroom, which I had already done that morning. Then I started feeling dizzy and panicky and restless. At this point I started pleading with God for my life, and then I get the bright idea that it would be good to throw up any remaining pill in my stomach. So I head to the boys bathroom and lean over the toilet, where I am sure to get a good wiff of the pee smell that is in constant supply, I soon start gagging and get the desired results. I am still feeling horrible and shaking, so I call my friend Maura to tell her I've overdosed on one diet pill. She tells me I'm buzzing and not to ever do speed, (OK), to which I'm swearing that I will never take a diet pill again. She tells me to drink lots of water, take some vitamin B and eat an egg, which I do. Just then another friend pops over, and she finds me to pacing and holding my heart, I hand her the bottle of pills and say that she can have them. I will never use them again. She assures me that my reaction is somewhat typical and I will get used to them. I never want to get used to that feeling, so I am going to have to lose this poundage the old fashioned way, unless someone knows of some other kind of magic pill that will dissolve fat. (HA!) BTW if you think I am embellishing one ounce of this story, you are mistaken, I have been known to do that on certain occasions, but this is word for word and step by step what happened. And the puking part was super easy for me, I can puke watching myself brush my teeth, or for that matter, watching my kids brush and spit in the same sink I'm using. Sometimes I wonder about all the drama that surrounds just the everyday stuff, is it ME?
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3 comments:
Catrina,
You poor thing! It reminds me of our brothers "overdosing" on the lifesavers with nail polish and our mothers making them throw up. Actually, I was thinking about that last night when I discovered my daughter, whom I thought was in bed (she just got a big girl bed, and we're adjusting to the new freedom) found some medicine I had used back in December and hadn't tightened the cap on, and sucked some out of the container. I thought I was going to have to make her throw up, or worse, go to the emergency room at 11 at night. So, we called the poison control center, and they took down all the details of her age/weight, how much she might have had, what the active ingredients were, and much to my relief, found out that for her age and weight, she would be just fine. Maybe a little hyper, but just fine. All the while, I was thinking how funny you would find this after we just remembered our brothers eating those lifesavers and having to throw up. Little did I know that you were experiencing your own personal drama.
Let me know if you come up with a foolproof plan for losing the weight the old fashioned way, I could use some ideas or better yet, just self control when I see food I like! haha!
Hope you feel better today!
Crista
Diet pills do the same thing to me. My heart races and I run around like a crazy women until the the pill wears off. I can not take them either. Now you know why they are so bad for you and why some people have heart attacks taking them. I am losing weigh by not eating any white sugar or white flour. It really cuts down on your choices :)
Oh... I KNOW you are not embellishing your story... I had the exact symptoms when I took ONE speed in high school! I was not a Christian then, but I pleaded with God that if I got through that day, I would never touch that drug again.... and I held onto my promise! Bad stuff!!!!
and, as for the rocking tag... basically if you want to do a post listing others that you read that inspire you, then tag them as rockers!
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