Today is Friday and I've been having a difficult week...and overall a difficul time losing weight. First of all, I ate half of a Carrot Cake....but was on plan prior to that eating Whitecastle Pie...but that seemed to be a lot of calories...and cheese!When I was on Atkins I stuck to it but I was tired all of the time and I was eating a lot of fat, but especially a lost of cheese.... I've been reading a lot of diets on this forum trying to figure out just what is right for me... I like CAD and lost initially 5 pounds, but nothing after that. Then I started cycling and kept gaining and losing the same 5 pounds... Then went to South Beach and lost that 5 pounds in a two week period and nothing since....that was around August 9th...
Based on what I know for sure, I know that when I switch diets I lose weight initially that week but afterwards nothing. So that is telling me that I need to switch things up to continue losing, however, that could simply mean adding in some good carbs and not switching plans...
Plans that I am considering are Eat Fat Get Thin, Barry Groves, and Suzanne Sommers, Sommercize Program....
Today Fawn suggested that following these guidelines would result in a good weight loss program....
[COLOR=red]A solid weight loss plan that most will not have any problems losing on would include:[/COLOR]
[COLOR=red]animal proteins including eggs and fish[/COLOR]
[COLOR=red]coconut oil[/COLOR]
[COLOR=red]olive oil[/COLOR]
[COLOR=red]butter[/COLOR]
[COLOR=red]vegetables all other than root veggies and corn[/COLOR]
[COLOR=red]avocado[/COLOR]
[COLOR=red]Now that's pretty boring but it's a guaranteed weight loss plan.[/COLOR]
Bioidentical Hormone Help....
I've been down this path before. Researching doctors in my area that will provide Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy only to get to the doctors office and not find them so open minded. Only to find out that they are rigid in their thinking that if ones tests fall with the "normal" range then one has to be normal. However, without a baseline, how on earth can they determine what is "normal" for that particular person, everyone is different. Each one of us has a different finger print than the other! All or nothing thinking in doctors pisses me off, especially in my neighborhood.
I remember how distraught I was four or five years ago when I was trying to find the answers that I need and felt that those answers existed in my hormonal profile... After reading Dr. Vliet's books, "Screaming to be Heard," and "It's My Ovaries Stupid," I just felt that my hormones were the reason for all of these mood swings, this thing called depression that I cannot shake to save my life. I remember going to see 5 different doctors, only to get there and find out that the doctor couldn't and didn't want to think outside the box, in some cases after waiting 7 months to see her! Unfortunately, she specialized in synthetic hormones and wanted to put me on HORSE URINE!
Yes, of course, the doctors think that I am a hypochondriac but I don't care at this point. I am going to find someone to listen to me. Someone to do the testing that I need done. First things first is to get ahold of Wendyoh and find out who she is seeing and if they are in my area. Second thing I did was find a Compounding Pharmacy in my area. I found two in my area and the third thing I will do is call them on Monday and find out if they can refer me to doctors who are ordering BHRT for their patients. This has been long overdue, and when you are dealing with life as difficult as mine, you lose hope, you give up and just focus on surviving from day to day. Yes with a great deal of prayer...
What an existence, merely surviving! The tears flowed as I read the BHRT thread and some of Nonstickpam's postings of being thrown out of offices here in Ohio when she knew in her heart that something was deeply wrong, but they again thought that she was over thinking things and was a hypochondriac... Ultraconservative, closed minded thinkers, doing things by the book only, never looking to the left or to the right but merely staring straight ahead with the knowledge that they acquired in college. Instead buying into the many Pharmaceutical Company's thinking and prescribing that crap!
It is a shame and I am appalled that we as women have to suffer with illnesses that are a direct result of our hormonal imbalances but dismissed as hypochondria!
It's been hard, oh so hard, medications with many, many side effects including the ever lasting seizures that I now take meds to control all because I believed that the meds would make me better, but in fact they only made me worse!
I find it sad that there are those on these boards who snicker, those who say that depression and happiness is a choice for some people. Is that right? Well try walking in the shoes of someone suffering from the illness... Try living with someone with the illness.
I am hoping that bioidenticals will help me and that a doctor can tell me whether my thyroid is in fact within a normal range FOR ME!
I need some sort of relief, even if I have to pay out of pocket, it will be worth it to get my life back on track. Yes, I will have to try to find a way to pay for it, cut back on something, but I have to do NOW what is best for me and my dd... She has been without her mother for too long!
Unfortunately, after writing this I had my levels checked again... Again, they were at the lower end of normal and outside the range for some hormones... However, because of my mothers blood clots on hormones, they are not recommending them for my use... According to the doctor that I spoke with, with my history nooone will prescribe any type of hormone therapy...
They are bascially telling me that I have to live with the challenges that I face every day... Regardless I will keep on doing the best that I can in this situation!
TJ
I remember how distraught I was four or five years ago when I was trying to find the answers that I need and felt that those answers existed in my hormonal profile... After reading Dr. Vliet's books, "Screaming to be Heard," and "It's My Ovaries Stupid," I just felt that my hormones were the reason for all of these mood swings, this thing called depression that I cannot shake to save my life. I remember going to see 5 different doctors, only to get there and find out that the doctor couldn't and didn't want to think outside the box, in some cases after waiting 7 months to see her! Unfortunately, she specialized in synthetic hormones and wanted to put me on HORSE URINE!
Yes, of course, the doctors think that I am a hypochondriac but I don't care at this point. I am going to find someone to listen to me. Someone to do the testing that I need done. First things first is to get ahold of Wendyoh and find out who she is seeing and if they are in my area. Second thing I did was find a Compounding Pharmacy in my area. I found two in my area and the third thing I will do is call them on Monday and find out if they can refer me to doctors who are ordering BHRT for their patients. This has been long overdue, and when you are dealing with life as difficult as mine, you lose hope, you give up and just focus on surviving from day to day. Yes with a great deal of prayer...
What an existence, merely surviving! The tears flowed as I read the BHRT thread and some of Nonstickpam's postings of being thrown out of offices here in Ohio when she knew in her heart that something was deeply wrong, but they again thought that she was over thinking things and was a hypochondriac... Ultraconservative, closed minded thinkers, doing things by the book only, never looking to the left or to the right but merely staring straight ahead with the knowledge that they acquired in college. Instead buying into the many Pharmaceutical Company's thinking and prescribing that crap!
It is a shame and I am appalled that we as women have to suffer with illnesses that are a direct result of our hormonal imbalances but dismissed as hypochondria!
It's been hard, oh so hard, medications with many, many side effects including the ever lasting seizures that I now take meds to control all because I believed that the meds would make me better, but in fact they only made me worse!
I find it sad that there are those on these boards who snicker, those who say that depression and happiness is a choice for some people. Is that right? Well try walking in the shoes of someone suffering from the illness... Try living with someone with the illness.
I am hoping that bioidenticals will help me and that a doctor can tell me whether my thyroid is in fact within a normal range FOR ME!
I need some sort of relief, even if I have to pay out of pocket, it will be worth it to get my life back on track. Yes, I will have to try to find a way to pay for it, cut back on something, but I have to do NOW what is best for me and my dd... She has been without her mother for too long!
Unfortunately, after writing this I had my levels checked again... Again, they were at the lower end of normal and outside the range for some hormones... However, because of my mothers blood clots on hormones, they are not recommending them for my use... According to the doctor that I spoke with, with my history nooone will prescribe any type of hormone therapy...
They are bascially telling me that I have to live with the challenges that I face every day... Regardless I will keep on doing the best that I can in this situation!
TJ
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