Hi guys, F/41/5'1/186.6lbs here. I have been overweight my entire life but have gotten to the 'I feel awful all the time I need to do something about this' stage over the last few years.
Weight loss is hard for the vast majority of people but I have hypopituitarism, which means my pituitary and thyroid glands do not function, which means I have to take a steroid to keep myself alive and also have the metabolism of something 99% deceased. I also have arthritis which means my joints are painful all the time, much worse when I move them over any period of time. All told, weight loss feels like a very big mountain for me.
Knowing I need all the help I can get I have obtained Saxenda and Orlistat on private prescription and have been taking them since Jan 1st. I have been on a very reduced calorie diet (between 800-900 daily) this week too. While I am very pleased with my 2.8lb loss, and while I understand this is a marathon not a sprint, I can't help but feel frustrated with how much effort and denial of food has gone into what feels like a very modest loss. I also worry that this is not sustainable. I feel that I need to reprogram my brain to see 1-2lbs loss a week as the goal, anything above that as a bonus, but I am really struggling to see how I can sustain 800-900 calories a day for over a year.
Am very open to hearing any advice, or any ideas on how I can shift my thinking, I know 2.8lbs is a fantastic loss for a week, I just feel like the input to get it hugely outweighs the output.
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