I despair

[Petgirl2]

Feeling frustrated.

I'm just venting, but just need people with the same experience to share.

Yet another doctor telling me it should be easy for me 2 lose weight. This was tge cardiologist I saw last night. Long story short, had tests after stroke like symptoms in January, chronic condition for 3 months, after many consultations, (and despite my asking, not one thyroid test, as had none for 2 years as clinic closed) bad knee, whole leg blows up, so exercise little, slow moving for nearly a year pool closed, I went the day it reopened, I got myself tested for selenium, which had very high level, so this was the cause of stroke like symptoms, this is almost gone now.

I lost 22 kilos in 2019 , this was after stopping my contraception injection.

Going through menopause, so weight crept back on a little over ast 2 years, (6/7 kilos)

I'm gluten and dairy free, bread intake is so small, no worth counting

Don't tell me, it's easy to lose weight, gun in a clock tower time!!

Thanks for the vent, anyone else tired of being told how easy this is?

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Petgirl2

Did you get your increase in Levo that was discussed in your previous post here:

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

You need optimal thyroid levels and, in particular, optimal Free T3 to achieve weight loss. Low T3 makes weight loss difficult. Couldn't see a Free T3 result in last post.

[Petgirl2 in reply to SeasideSusie]

She wouldn't test t3, doc keeping me on level for now. I've lost enough weight that I'm comfortable, I'm swimming again now so can get my fitness good again. It's actually not bad considering what I've been through this past year. Heart is good, so I can step up the swimming to cardio. It just angers me that everyone says it's so easy, make the effort. I'm on the go from 6am to 9pm. Physically. My diet is good, people talk at me like I'm some layabout eating crap.

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to Petgirl2]

As FT3 is the most important test - it's the test that tells us if we are over or undermedicated - then you really need to get this done.

[Sparklingsunshine in reply to Petgirl2]

Hi There was a report in the press today that most adults are going to be obese by 2040, as you say if it was that easy we'd all be thin. I see plenty of NHS doctors and nurses who are obese and yet they will lecture patients when they see them about weight loss. Weight loss is a lot more complex than eat less and move more.

[Petgirl2 in reply to Sparklingsunshine]

Absolutely, they NEVER look at tge whole picture, I realise they don't have time for individuality, but when I try to explain my circumstances, they don't want to hear. I'll get over it , sometimes you just need to hear back up, or a downward spiral can occur.

Thanks people xx

[Comorbidity]

You're right, it's not necessarily simple and easy, just by eating less or even eating differently, and people shouldn't have such unhelpful comments flung at them. Maybe have a look at this - theguardian.com/environment...

If nothing else, it affirms what more people should realise - that fatness has as much to do with other physiological and metabolic factors as with the amount someone eats. Some enlightening concepts in that article, I think.

[SlowDragon Administrator]

I got myself tested for selenium, which had very high level, so this was the cause of stroke like symptoms, this is almost gone now.

What was selenium result

So presumably you were supplementing selenium?