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Weight :-(From: Sally (anonymous@obgyn.net)Tue, 19 Nov 2002 05:49:28 -0600 (CST)
Hi, This is just venting so please ignore me - but I have to get my frustration out before I explode. I just don't know what to do about this weight thing. Have not been able to lose a single pound since April (I can gain a couple and get back down to this plateau) - but can not get off it. I still need to lose about 40 lbs to get down to my 'healthy' weight. I have now been trying reductil for two week and no weight loss. Not even 1 lb. Though I have had plenty of side effects. Then I saw the Dr. at the gym where I attend 5 or so times a week (who is supposedly a specialist in weight loss). (I am dreading seeing my regular dr. in a couple of weeks when she will be sooooo hopeful that the reductil helped me lose weight - she has been practically begging me to try it for months). Anyway, the gym dr. looked at my food diary (I write everything down) and said that I don't appear to eat too much (unless I was lying about what I wrote down - perhaps she thinks I am) and it appears that I am eating 1200 calories or less on most days - then she said I should try eating less fats and try further cutting down on Calories. She recommended that I reduce to about 1000 calories a day as well as continue to exercise as much as I can and do more weight training. Then looking at my food choice recommended that I don't drink beer (I normally drink one can of beer or a glass of wine most nights - included in my calculated calorie allowance), stop eating nuts (I eat nuts instead of other carb foods) and peanut butter (I use a scrape of peanut paste in place of butter on my 2 slices of whole-wheat bread that I usually have for breakfast with tea), stop eating chocolate (last week I ate chocolate - though it was part of the calories that I counted - and though I do go for months without eating chocolate she just looked at my diary on a week that I did eat it) and be very strict about not eating anything with high fat. Also recommended that I try some liquid meal replacements to further reduce calories and recommended one type that is high fibre and even lower calorie that the slow release diabetic one that i am currently trying. Also only eat green leafy veges not anything starchy. Seems like I can't (SHOULDN't) eat anything at all! And if I combine her recommendations with the list from my gastro dr. I would only be eating leafy things and a little protein. What a boring life! I am trying to follow low carb and am reasonably successful. And I am on Glucophage and thyrax. I just feel like crying (in fact I am). I feel like I can never eat normally - it is almost as if I can gain weight just by looking at food. It does not make scientific sense. If I cannot lose weight on 1200 calories with a reasonably active lifestyle and regular exercise (though my job is desk based) - what on earth do I have to eat (or rather not eat) to lose weight. I feel like I should just try not to eat - maybe I would find I can survive on air and be a millionaire overnight - Featuring Oprah talk - the obese woman who got fat on air. I am one of the few people I know who can spend an hour on a treadmill even after hours of not eating and feel just fine. How can I try so hard for no effect? I did a fasting blood glucose once after fasting for 24 hours (accidently - just worked out that way) and it was normal! I would be the fat person in a famine. Don't worry I will get over this..... and just keep on trying. Sorry to blab on like this. Just I am so frustrated. Also the end of a very long work day and I still have not finished everything yet but I only want to go home and cry. I have also started going to the gym in the mornings so that I could have more time at work (or leiure activities, or social life - ha! What is that? - I will never find out if I can have a baby or not the way I am going..) in the evenings - so perhaps I am suffering a tiny little bit from sleep deprivation. Anyway I do feel better for having blabbed. Now I can drive home safely without crying any more (hormones! I will give women a bad name). Thanks a heap and have a nice day guys.
-- Sally
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