"i started belviq on the 17th of june. within 2 days i felt a huge reduction in my appetite. i started losing weight almost immediately, lost 8. lbs in the following 2 weeks. i was still drinking a lot of wine, and noticed my weight loss slow dramatically. i was still losing, but only 2 lbs were lost the next two weeks. i cut out wine completely july 20th, started losing rapidly again. as of today  i am down a total of 25 lbs. i started at 180 lbs. (eek!) and today i am a 155. my blood pressure is way down and i don&#039;t crave wine at all. the only side effect is bladder pressure, very uncomfortable, feels like a urinary tract infection coming on, but isn&#039;t. i felt it when i first started and any time i take a few days break and restart. it goes away in a day."