Hello great people of this sub!
2 years ago I made a post here filled with hopelessness and desperation and then never wrote again. This thread is getting started with a different vibe and a better mindset.
As of today I weigh 250,4 kg/552 lb.
I have a genetic metabolic defect (heterozygotic MC4R defect) that affects the way my body handles food cravings and fat storage and I spent the last years learning more about it and even finding a doctor that had a study successfully treating this defect with medication. Short version of that adventure: After many months and visits we figured out that my version of the defect was one he never saw before, both information ways from stomach to brain dysfunctional, medication wouldn't work. So that hope flew out the window. Other doctors suggested a bypass surgery, he said he had patients with the defect and the surgery didn't have the desired effect. Doctor opinion vs doctor opinion. I tried to take the old-fashioned way and visited a nutritionist. After looking at my detailed food diary and seeing I ate between 1700 and 2500 kcal a day, she suggested eating about 2300 and more carbs. Welp. Wouldn't my average 2100 be better with all the CICO talk? I don't know. I can't get the information I need about my specific case. I will try another nutritionist but tbh I don't want to make other meal plans myself in the meantime. They just never worked. And this brings me to this post and this promise to myself.
Instead of messing with my diet again (and getting disappointed again), I will add positive things!
- At least 2 liters of water a day (My mouth is constantly dry and I sometimes drink only 500 ml)
- No more alcohol, no more soda (I self medicate with alcohol to cloud my brain and manage pain)
- 10 minutes of exercise a day (Be it my physical therapy or just an arm workout)
Pain keeps me from doing a lot of things, I want to change that. My doctor said I could take 8 pills of pain medication every day, I take about 6 a week because I don't want to overdo it. But at the same time I drink alcohol to manage it? Makes no sense. I need to cut it off.
I'm scared of hurting myself with exercise. Knees are bad since birth, back is fucked, hip is fucked, feet are fucked. I broke a bone in my foot in the past from walking an hour every day and only went to the doctor about 2 months after when it was already healing because I was just so used to being in pain. That's why I want to start small. 10 minutes. If I feel like doing more, great. If not, then not. I want to build a habit and make it a daily routine so I keep up with it instead of overdoing it one day and then having to pause.
And that's pretty much my strategy. Add good things. Be proud of myself. I want to lose weight, I want to lose pain but I just know I can't touch diet by myself again. I need some help from the nutritionist or doctors, I can't do this all again and then being disappointed nothing changed. I just don't want to fail again...
I will keep this up and maybe add other things later. But this is the start. This is the minimum. I need to manage this and trust myself and be proud of myself before I can do anything else. I can't wait to participate in this sub. You all are amazing. I read your stories every time before bed for the last weeks and after I couldn't sleep tonight it gave me the final push I needed. Thank you.
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