I'm writing this up in case other people need to hear it as much as I did.
I sell my plasma for a living. I went in March 13 and found I'd hit my highest ever weight- 287 pounds. No one in my family weighs that much. I calculated what a healthy weight for me would be- almost half of what I weighed then. I'm literally morbidly obese. I started going on walks, joined this subreddit and r/WeightLossAdvice , and started planning calorie deficits and better meals.
I dropped ten pounds by April 13, then I hit a plateau for two, almost three weeks. I was still exercising, still eating at a calorie deficit. I didn't know what was wrong and got discouraged and almost gave up. Then my roommate mentioned her anti-depressants had made her gain weight and she was joining a swimming class to lose it. And I thought to look at my medicine.
The allergy medicine I was taking on a daily basis was causing weight gain. I stopped taking it and, even though the hay fever is annoying, I'm glad. I almost immediately started dropping weight again.
Last Friday I went into my first doctor's appointment in over a year to get on ADHD medicine. I told him that I knew I was obese and was working hard to lose weight. I told him I knew I needed ADHD medicine and antidepressants, but I was scared of medicine that would cause weight gain. He was kind enough to prescribe adderall (an ADHD med that also suppresses appetite) and the one anti depressant that doesn't cause weight gain.
He also wanted me to do labs for thyroid and diabetes, since I have a huge family history of both. I went in the next day and got my labs done. Monday, he called me into his office. I found out I have prediabetes and had to start taking metformin.
For a few hours, I was devastated. I thought that I had started my weight loss plan too little, too late. I thought I had ruined my body. I called up my father to talk to him, since he was diagnosed with diabetes around the time I was five. I thought he would understand.
And he did! He reminded me that 22 is still young. That at this time in my life, I can lose weight easier than he can. He told me that diabetes can be cured as long as I'm careful, and that I could have been straight up diabetic before I started working so hard on my health. That as long as I continue working on this, he's sure that I'll be healthy someday.
So, for anyone out there like me, who's thinking it's too late for them, that they've already wrecked their body- it's not! You can start working on your health in whatever ways you need to, no matter how big or how small- and you will get there. I know I will. It's going to be a long road, but it'll be worth it in the end. Even the smallest changes will improve your health so much. Please don't get discouraged. These are reachable goals, and I believe you can do it.
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