I went to the Dr yesterday. I think I have found the Dr that will help me lose weight and is working to make sure that no health issues are hindering it. I came prepared with a list of things I wanted him to check into. He sat and listened to me and asked questions for almost a half hour. We agreed that I need to up my exercise to at least 5 times a week, working up to an hour each time. Hopefully I can do 5 times a week at 30 minutes each before I see him again in 3 weeks.
Tomorrow morning I go for a lot of labwork. He is doing a full diabetes screening, a metabolic screening, testosterone testing and several other tests on hormone levels and whatnot. I’m also to see a dietician once before I go back to see the Dr so starting today I began my food log again so that I have something to bring with me when I go. All in all I felt like he really listened to me and didn’t make me feel like it was useless.
I explained that my depression really doesn’t have a starting point, it gets worse around my period and that my sex drive is almost non-existant. He prescribed some antidepressant and we will see if that lifts my mood any.
He also seemed to think I might develop or are a good candidate for sleep apnea and I came home to ask Master if I had ever stopped breathing momentarily while sleeping since my snoring has just recently developed. Nope, I don’t stop breathing as far as he knows.
I only have the one month so that he evaluate any bad side effects by then (possible weight gain, as if I need it). He said that if the tests show something serious he will contact me by phone, but if I don’t hear from him to assume that things will be evaluated when I come back and we can talk about everything that resulted from the tests.
I weighed in there at 331 lbs. He said to not worry about that scale since he knows that it’s off as much as 5% on days and to continue to use the scale I have at home since I can trust it to be more accurate each time I stand on it. I’ll weigh in on Sunday. I didn’t last week because it was my period.
Tonight I start working out everyday and I asked Master if he’d be willing to work out with me at least half of the time. He said he would so I’m excited about that. Now I’m just in a holding pattern as far as the tests and things. I will definitely be posting about the results.
Here’s to progress.
–luna
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Sounds like a great plan with all the testing and seeing the dietician… I bet soon you’ll have some much needed answers and some sense of better and more positive things to come too! Crossing my fingers for you that you find out what you need to – and get the treatment and help you feel better – physically and emotionally!
Good luck with the doctor and the new exercise regime! I hope it can get you on track and feeling better.
I know you’ve mentioned that you’ve had an on-and-off problem with depression, so I’m probably not telling you anything you don’t know, but just a reminder that one of the unfortunate side-effects of anti-depressants can be that they kill the sex drive. I think Wellbutrin is one of the few that is less likely to cause that problem. I’ve taken anti-depressants before, so I faced this, too. As my doctor put it, “Would you rather have no sex drive *and* be depressed, or have no sex drive and *not* be depressed?” I went for the no depressed option!
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luna, i can understand how you feel..in 12/07 i weighted 350lbs…have weight that for over ten yrs. today at my doctor’s appt…i weighted in at 309…my goal is 299 by the end of july. i work at three times a week at a place just for women, 30 minutes each time. i have lost a total of 9 inches thougt out my body…and iam 50 yrs old…dont give up..do it for yourself…
Okay, I know from experience that the “five-days-a-week-for-one-hour-a-day” goal can be intimidating. Keep it as a goal but please remember: *Any* exercise is better than no exercise, regardless of the duration or intensity. Even if you’re not seeing visible results, you’re still increasing your level of health and getting in the habit. So please don’t give up if you can’t get to the top of the mountain right away.
I know from personal experience that you can see tremendous results very quickly if you just stick with it. In only three weeks and seven rides I’ve gone from riding four miles with great difficulty and several stops to, today, riding over six miles with only a single brief stop. I’m feeling it in my thighs, but Master tells me it’s a good pain. I’d rather have the pain of flogging, but I guess this is good! LOL
how is the workout going? Are you still on Sparkpeople?
I feel the same way. I keep losing and gaining, losing and gaining. My bennies from the new job kick in and I am going to talk to a doctor about finding a medically supervised plan.
The workout is a struggle everyday to actually do, I’m hoping that will change soon.
I’m still on Sparkpeople, I co run the Alternative Lifestylers group on there. I am not as active on it as I’d like to be and have made it a goal to get back to doing that.
Good luck with your plan to get with a Dr. I’ll know more about my results in mid July.
I think that you asking your Master to exercise with you is a great idea, as I know for me when I go to the gym I usually go with a friend and we help motivate each other.
I do hope that the test results will come out good.