Re: Weight :-(
From: Lakefever2 (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 19 Nov 2002 07:14:46 -0800 (PST)
I"m sorry you're so frustrated. We're all here for
ya!
Try cutting out the beer. That's REALLY fattening....
--- Sally <anonymous@obgyn.net> wrote:
> 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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