Food Issues

[walkingtheridge]

I am gaining weight again. I'm not sure how much but I can feel it. I feel uncomfortable and heavy and self-conscious. Maybe I'm just freaking out. Who knows. I don't own a scale because I get really obsessive when I have one

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[walkingtheridge]

It is so hard because I don't have a freezer, a regular fridge or a kitchen.

I know that I theoretically can use Kurt & Michelle's but the inconvenience that it would cause to them (especially with Allistair running around) is just not an acceptable thing to me. ESPECIALLY because I don't have my own cooking equipment.

[walkingtheridge]

Also, luckily all I ever drink when I go out is vodka & soda already (or, erm, whiskey), so that's pretty good.

[heartsease]

When I quit smoking, I had to find stuff that satisfied the munchies without adding the calories. I ate a lot of raw veggies and that did help a lot. Just plain raw veggies, and I made it my only choice to have around the house, I think I just forced myself to eat them, it wasnt very enjoyable, but better than the alternative. It at least slowed the weight gain done a bit. You mileage will prolly vary.

I hope you find something that works. Stress or anxious eating is awful to deal with. : ( I'm sorry you have to.

[walkingtheridge]

It really is bad. The meds help with my anxiety and depression but are just killing me otherwise. I seriously cannot stop eating. All I ever want to eat is cheese and olives and pizza.

[theblackdeer]

It sounds like your meds are causing it. Can you switch? Are they actually working?

I'm having the same problem with barely being able to get out of bed. It's bad. Only when I'm dealing with mental health issues I stop eating. Even my roommate noticed and is always trying to get me to eat. I haven't lost a pound though.

[00goddess]

You don't know me, but I found this via the friendsfriends feature. I'm a friend of ashbet.

I just want to say that it really, really could be your medication and that's something to look into. If it is your medication, I hope you can find another that won't cause this same problem. But another thing I would like to suggest is that you see an endocrinologist for a full metabolic workup. Get EVERYTHING checked.

I say this because I gained about 70 pounds in 6 months a few years ago and it turned out that I had hypothyroid disease and it was treatable. It's taking a long time to get the weight back off but with treatment it's happening. It's not so much the weight as it was the discomfort- I am only 5'3" and I reached a point where I couldn't tie my shoes or shave my legs comfortably, and my body felt tight and stiff all the time. I felt like my body was a stranger.

I hope I've not offended you in any way... I just had an experience that I thought might be helpful and if it is, I am glad.

[walkingtheridge]

No offense at all! You are welcome here, that's why I don't make my journal friends-only. I figure if I'm going to tell my story to the Internet anybody who is interested in reading it can :)

Thank you for the advice - I've been wondering if something else is wrong, but the timing just seems too coincidental with the new medication. I have to see an endocrinologist at some point soon anyhow, because the last time I saw a doctor they did find that my thyroid activity is less than optimal but not worryingly so (at that point).

(You might know me by my "main" journal sayaka, but this is where I journal about more "personal" stuff)

[00goddess]

Oh, thanks for the welcome :)

What you just said definitely rang an alarm bell and here is why: because I was hypo for a LONG time before anyone figured it out. Short form: my internist sent labs and they always said "normal", because lab values of "normal" are set by the labs and not changed very often- the labs don't base their "normal" stat on the most current research. So my internist would see those labs and say, "Thyroid is normal."

She eventually sent me to an endocrinologist who, because he had more specific and more current knowledge, looked at the same labs and said, "Hypothyroid, it's right here." So what your regular doctor might think is normal and merely suboptimal, an endocrinologist might see entirely differently. if I had known to go to an endo before, I could have been diagnosed years before my "big thyroid crash".

Not to say that the new medication isn't playing a part- it certainly sounds like it is! And I hope you can get some relief very soon.

[walkingtheridge]

Yikes, scary. I've had to deal with that sort of thing in the past, but thankfully not anything severe.

I hope to get this figured out and under control while I am still dealing with weight gain/loss of 10 or so pounds rather than 40-50. :\

this is just a check list, like tech support.

[staxxy]

are you getting enough of the nutrients Kristins need to be healthy each day? Maybe the constant hunger is your body craving something it isn't getting. Are you getting enough protein? Carbs? C? D? Potassium? Electrolytes? Salt?

If you are getting all of the things Kristins need to be healthy each day, then perhaps something else is the issue. Maybe it is time to talk to a doctor about it? (and if he tells you to "just get up and do it" punch him in the nose.) If your meds are causing you to gain weight, which leads to depression and anxiety then they are *not* the right meds for you, at all. (again, if the doctor tries to blow you off, punch him in the nose and get a new one)