Hi there,
I was told my a friend to try this board and THANK GOD I did
I have found some wonderful information here.
I have a long story but I'm sure many of you can relate to me. Every since I had my daughter almost 13 years ago I have had a problem losing weight. When I was pg with her I had toxemia really bad, they ended up taking her and she was so little ( 2 lbs 10 ozs-16ins) I was battling with weight loss and it was goofy. I weighed 185 after I had #1 DD then all out of nowhere I gained weight, nothing changed not eating more not less active.. just gained
I started to watch what I was eating and was walking at least 3 times a week for a half hour to 45 minutes. Then I ended up pg with #2 dd I watched what I ate because they were afraid of me having gestational diabetes. she was a week late but weighed 10 lbs 12ozs 22 ins. No wonder I had back problems
I lost the weight got down to 210 but then all out of nowhere I gained 15-20 pounds again no changed in anything. My husband at the time left and I was devasted and I wasn't eating but once a day every other day and I also would ride my stationary bike to relieve my stress so of course I got down to 200 lbs. Well I was able to stay that way for a little over a year. I met a wonderful man and I ended up pregnant after we were only together 4 1/2 months . TOTAL shock to me, I wasn't on any type of birth control when I was married and my girls are 6 yrs apart, I'm with this man and using bc and got pregnant???Maybe God wanted me to have my son one way or the other. Who knows???
My son ended up being 11 lbs 12 ozs 23 ins. I know forsure I had GD, but after I had him I lost the pg weight and then started all over with the gaining 15-20 pounds out of nowhere. Funny thing is I was always irregular with my periods and now they are regular but I go 35 days.
June 01 I went to see a Dr. because I was sick of not being able to lose weight and gaining every few years or so. He put me on glucophage 500 mg 2x a day, saying, that I was insulin resistant my blood sugar looked good but the insulin was raised a bit. Nothing happened so I went to see a homeopathic Dr. and he didn't have me on the right doses either but what was worse was he didn't do any blood tests nothing was happening again so I started to see another Dr. in Aug 02 they found my t3 to be a little low, but my blood sugar is high and so is my cholesterol the Dr. put me on levoxyl .05 mg. I am feeling so much better but while I was not on the other meds and waiting for this dr. to figure out what was going on I gained 15 pounds. Now I am up to 263. Lord help me is all I keep saying.
I am very aggervated I had a sleep test done and I have to go back to the dr. 12-30 to discuss the results because it came back showing i have moderate sleep apnea. The Dr. made a comment that if I started losing weight a lot of my problems would stop. NO KIDDING that is why I am here. I am mad about that comment. I don't over eat, my DD who will be 13 in 3 weeks eats more than I do. I don't eat sweets, I don't eat junk, I don't eat a lot of carbs, I stopped drinking pop in April 02, so I drink water water water.
I thank God everyday for my husband, he says he loves me no matter what. I told him I love him so much for that but my health isn't good and I'm scared.
I look forward to getting to know you guys and I'm so glad I am here!!
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