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Ok... so i was reading on another thread about feeling ugly and I just had to share as well.
Today has been the worse day I have had in a long time in regards to feeling not just fat and ugly, but soooooooo tired of the battle!
I have spent the last 4 years following (very on target) weight watchers or just counting calories... to end up heavier today than when I started. And also while working out 5 to 7 days a week, an hour or more at a time. Why? Well,part of it has to do with my thyroid issues, but I don't know what else. Even when thyroid #"s are good I cannot lose more than a pound or two, then the #'s go crazy again. Even my docs and NUT i saw for help are unsure why I could not shed pounds...
My endo wanted me to cut back to 800 calories a day (with supervision) but I just could not do it. It was just too little for me to eat. I was starving (truly hungry!) all the time and had no energy.
So, I ended up here. Wanting GPS in hopes it will be the tool I need to get the pounds to come off... But I am scared it won't work either.
And today (I won't go into details) I ended up feeling helpless, and tired, and just wanting to give up... If this surgery don't work I just don't know how to keep trying. My enough-o-meter has gone off and I'm trying hard to hang on.
But I am afraid I am putting all my hopes into this surgery... and if it too does not work, I will just implode!
Sigh..... I think I feel better for venting.
Today has been the worse day I have had in a long time in regards to feeling not just fat and ugly, but soooooooo tired of the battle!
I have spent the last 4 years following (very on target) weight watchers or just counting calories... to end up heavier today than when I started. And also while working out 5 to 7 days a week, an hour or more at a time. Why? Well,part of it has to do with my thyroid issues, but I don't know what else. Even when thyroid #"s are good I cannot lose more than a pound or two, then the #'s go crazy again. Even my docs and NUT i saw for help are unsure why I could not shed pounds...
My endo wanted me to cut back to 800 calories a day (with supervision) but I just could not do it. It was just too little for me to eat. I was starving (truly hungry!) all the time and had no energy.
So, I ended up here. Wanting GPS in hopes it will be the tool I need to get the pounds to come off... But I am scared it won't work either.
And today (I won't go into details) I ended up feeling helpless, and tired, and just wanting to give up... If this surgery don't work I just don't know how to keep trying. My enough-o-meter has gone off and I'm trying hard to hang on.
But I am afraid I am putting all my hopes into this surgery... and if it too does not work, I will just implode!
Sigh..... I think I feel better for venting.
Thank goodness for the support on this site. For the first time in many years I know that someone understands me, and it helps.
I posted a "head" issue today also, and got an encouraging response, so hope you will get some too.
Hang in there, we will get better!
Good luck,
Michael
You will be successful! Just hang on a little longer!!
And Michael, I hear you loud and clear! I understand that I will have to make more/different changes than what I've done to date, I get that...
I am/have made life style choices that would equal weight loss for most people, I track and count and measure EVERYTHING I eat, have for years. I exercise regularly, have for years. I am on thyroid meds and keep on top of my #'s and still no loss...
Now here I am going to have this surgery.... hoping it will work. Having people tell me if you 'follow the plan' it will work... And following the plan does not bother me, cause if I could do what I did for the last (follow the plan!) 4 years without losing weight, I know I can follow this one, especially if I am losing weight!
Sometimes I feel like no one gets how hard I've worked at losing weight over the last 4 years! Thank god I had a doctor who believed me when I said I WAS doing the stuff I was suppose to be doing! I think she was convinced when she saw my cholesterol numbers go from ugly to beautiful over about a 4 month period, and stayed there...
I'm not saying you guys don't get it... Really I am not! I am just so tired of working so hard just to end up having to have surgery to see if it will work and worrying that it won't work any better!
I'm babbling... in a bad place right now. Tomorrow I go see the surgeon for the first time. It will be a better day!
I guess I just hope this time it's true and that this time it will work. And if not, well...guess i cross that bridge when I get to it.
Sorry for all of this.... ummmm.... junk I just spilled all over this page! :)
Though my BMI was not high enough, medical conditions were enough for insurance.
I'm 13 days post -op
Down 30 lbs since per-op diet.
It's working, but it is a mind set
You will succeed beyond your dreams
This site has been my heartbeat;)
You will I believe have great success post op because you have been so diligent with the past few years and sticking to a diet program and exercising. You've already got the tools in place to help make you successful. I hope your appt goes well and you get a surgery date quickly. Hang in there, relief is right around the corner!