Posts by tammy_180

Thanks for all you responses.

angelaimes: My thyroid went out when I was about 11 years old. My sister had taken me in to see the doctor becouse my hips were hurting me so much. THe ball and joint were flat together and not rounded like they were suppose to be. That is when they found out my thyroid was bad. Looking back at pictures I can tell I was around 9 when it first started going but was almost 12 before anyone cought it.

gi-jane I have had my heart tested a couple times before and everything has come back normal. But then they never have tested it at night when I was sleeping. I go in soon again so I will talk to the doc about it.

littleshellys I have had my blood sugar tested just recently. Everything is fine there. I eat supper around 5:30 then maybe a light snack if anything a little latter. I try not to eat becouse of the attacks, I know I will be eating in the middle of the night. I usually try to go to bed around 10:00 so usually by 11:00 the attack comes. I have thought about sleep apnea. I had my husband stay up and watch me sleep. He said he could not tell if i quit breathing for a while or not. I really don't think that is what it is since it only happens within the first hour or so of falling asleep, then I am fine the rest of the night.

Last night I ate way too much before bed but din't have an attack. I will try eating supper latter and see if that helps it any. Then talk to the doc when I go in at the end of this week.

Thank you for your fast reply. I really don't have a thyroid gland anymore. I had an ultrasound done last year and on one side ( don't remember, right or left) you could hardley see the gland and could not on the other side. So I am hypo. My body does not produce much if any T3 T4, I get it all from meds.

I thought about sleeping pills but didn't want to depend on them. I just want to get through this without taking drugs to help me sleep. Maybe i will have to have a light snack around 5ish and then eat supper after I get done coaching my sons soccer games around7:30.

I have noticed too that if I am up late, like midnight that I will start to have them attacks too, with out being alseep. Did they tell you why the thyroid does that? I think maybe if my test this week are still off I will call an endocrinologist. My doctor suggested it but I just have never called one.

Thanks for your responses. It helps knowing others out there go through the same thing. I have been playing around with my diet the last couple days. If I cut the fat down and eat small meals I seem to do a lot better. At least I don't look 6 months pregnant. My doctor never said that my diet would have to change once I had my gall bladder taken out. I wish he would have. I have been eating like I did when my gall bladder was acting up and things seem fine for now. Maybe I'll lose the last 5-7 pounds this way,.

Thanks for the response. I do take a calcuim,mag. zinc supplement with everymeal and I started drinking rice milk which is high in calcium but non dairy and calcium enriched V8. The last thing I want is to to be low in calcium. I do eat a very high fiber diet. Some days would be close to 100 grams. I drink around a gallon or more of water a day too. I was thinking it had to do with dairy becouse i could actually go to the bathroom without trouble after I had stopped. I mean, 2 to 3 times a day! Which is really unheard of for me. That is why I thought it had to do with dairy.Not to mention the daily bloating is gone. I am now thinking I may have 2 triggers for it. The worse being the hormonal one. I have not found anything that helps with the constipation though. Even with all that fiber and water, and I do exercise. Even laxitives do not help. I only take them when I haven't been able to go in like 3 days. But those don't give much if any relief.  This is the main problem with me. I feel so run down and tired and cranky when the constipation is acting up.

Thank you again for your response.

Hopefully I will remember this Thursday to weigh in. Seems like I'm no the only one who has forgotten. Hope everyone is doing well.

Thursday weigh in

Current weight: 150

Progress this week: down 3 from last week

Hooray for me I have not worked out all week and I am down 3 from last week. I have been doing very well with stress eating and hope it stays that way.

Needs Improvment: Need to start working out again.

My husband did end up losing his job and then Saturday at 1:30 in the morning, my husband his brother and their cousin had a roll over accident on their way hunting. Thankfully no one was hurt bad. My sisters tests came back cancer free. They are not real sure what caused the spots but it is not cancer. Then find out they found spots on my sister in laws liver. Thankfully that too came back cancer free. It has been one thing after another this month. I am just going to concentrate on not gaining until after the holidays and then get back into this. I will stay weigh in but not going to push it until after the first on the year.

a_mckh, congrats on the 120's. that has to feel just great.

I was gone last Thursday so I did not weigh in. I will weigh in this Thursday though. I was really bad this weekend. I didn't care what I ate, just ate it. I so enjoyed it while it lasted though. Back to the grind. Hope everyone has a good week.

I love the fat free stuff. I think it taste good, I guess I'm one of the weird ones. I do mix it with berries though and that is soooo good.  I add 1\2 cup berries with 1\2 cup cottage cheese. I eat that everyday, sometimes twice a day.

I have been where you are. My periods the last 6 months go anywhere from 25-40 days. I tend to get cranky around that time, but a lot of people do. I have found a solution for me in the last 2 months. I was looking for a way to change my diet to lose the last unwanted 5-8 pounds. I increased my protein a lot. I now eat like 35%-40% protein. I was really surprised to see that my mood swings and cravings went away,POOF. I was just looking to get to my goal weight but found something so much better.  I really thought I was going out of my mind. I was short with everyone and I felt so bad for my kids. They didn't understand and I didn't understand it either. I don't know if it would help you at all but maybe you would want to try it. I find if I keep my diet around 35-40% protein,40-45% carbs and about 20% fat my mood is leval through out the day and I am just happier overall. I just can't say enough on how much better I feel. I hope you find something that works for you. I know what you are going through and how bad it makes you feel. It is not fun being cranky all the time and not knowing why. Let me know if you find something that works for you.

Barbara, I have thought about the fact that this may be what is healthy for me. But there is the part of me that no longer wants to be considered overweight. I have lost 102 pounds, I have come so far and just want the normal weight so bad.

I am getting there. But would just about cut off my right arm to no longer be considered over weight. I envy you, big time. 

cricketro05, Our bodies must be about the same, weigh loss wise. I do the same thing. I can be stuck for months on end at one weight then all of a sudden,bam, there goes 5 pounds almost overnight. I have been stuck where I am for months now so I am hopeing that the scale will start to move soon. I only have 5-7 pounds to go so hopefully this will be the last time I will have to go through this. But yes, these last 5 pounds are horrible. I will not give up. I will prove to myself that I can fight through anything in my life. This is who I am now, a fighter not a quiter!! That is what we all are. We have come so far already, we just need to fight for it.

You probably don't want to hear this but... it took me about 3 months when I first started to see any results on the scale. I have hypothyroid though and that could explain some of it. I was doing 100 minutes on the treadmill and walking a lot outside and it still took me that long. I was so ready to give up but my husband just kept telling me to stick with it. I am sooooo glad I listened to him. I have lost just over 100 pounds. You can do this just give your body some time. I agree with turquoise67, there are going to be many bumps on your way to your goal. You just need to push through them. Remember slow and steady.

Wow, thanks guys. I will call my doctor and see what he says.   It would be so nice to get this straighted out. i have had ovarian cysts before but they have always gone away. DO they usually stay for PCOS or so they come and go too?

Thank you, I will have to check that out.