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Originally Posted by coreconcepts
First off, I'm sorry you are going through this - doesn't sound like a good place to be.
A couple of quick hits as I'm pressed for time.
Questions:
How do you sleep at night?
Do you feel hungry much of the day?
How are you sleeping?
Leigh touched on this, but getting thyroid and testosterone levels checked wouldn't be a bad thing. Have you ever been tested?
Quick observations:
Diet looks very deficient in calories AND protein. Normally, "low-fat" rings alarm bells but after gallbladder surgery, low fat is actually warranted as far as I know.
Are you open to including more whole, unprocessed foods in your diet? This may make a difference.
Keep us posted on how you're doing!
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Sleep questions:
I sleep as much as I can usually 8 hours a night on the weekend 8-10 and if i had a real bad 'apnea' night i'll sleep until i have to wake up and hopefully not feel even worse when i do eventually arise from my grave.
I sleep anywhere from disasterously bad to fair. I have been diagnosed with sleep apnea but it seems to go away the lighter I get. The treatments for sleep apnea don't really help. They want you to wear a mask which blows air through your nose, I found i had a 'funky' septum so i actually had surgery to get my septum corrected, that didn't help either. So I try to live with it, some days its tough to get out of bed.
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Hunger:
Not really that hungry, my mind is very active all the time so if i'm bored sometimes i'll think about eating but im not really hungry. I dont keep poorly nutritioned (in my opinion) foods around so it doesnt really get me in trouble much. When I first started losing weight in 2006 my doctor prescribed this drug called Topamax to keep me from losing my mind from hunger. It works great except its completely scary if you read the various documentation so I don't touch that anymore.
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Medical:
I have no problem getting checked out, i have had my sugar and thyroid tested many times by my doctor I do not believe we have ever done hormone tests though and not even sure how that is done. My doctor is kind of one of those Xenical or Bariatric surgery guys. He believes that people cant really do it themselves ( i guess i'm a good example of that since i gained the weight back ) but Im pretty sure he'd give me a lab script for anything i wanted.
Diet:
I wouldn't go to a place which makes me feel inheritly uncomfortable with myself 5 days a week and be posting on this board if i wasnt ready to make changes :-) So sure, i'll try anything once.
Thanks for your thoughts.
-Drew