"47 y.o., 6 ft and 282lbs. i sit at a computer all day. despite hitting the treadmill daily and only eating 1800 calories a day or so, i was still putting on a few pounds a month - every month for a decade. when the 2010s started i was about 215. its been miserable. diets just made everything worse. we tried the mediterranean diet. nothing helped. blood pressure sky high. sleep apnea.  i was slowly dying and i could feel it. dr. said i could try contrave. i&#039;d taken wellbutrin before so was skeptical, but why not. that was 10 weeks ago. this morning i was 258. i am eating healthy but normal portions. i&#039;m not on the treadmill all the time. weight is just slipping off at a steady 2-3 lbs a week. i haven&#039;t had the nausea people talk about."