heidrun
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I am still here despite fate trying to put me down. Losing weight has become so much more difficult the last weeks and months. First I havent lost any weight since midth june, despite following my food-plan as I did before. Well I thought it was a plateau thing, but it sure was a stubborn plateau thing. Then I started to feel that I had always less energy then I was used to, and in the end I felt like I was sick with the flu except no sore throat. I went to the doctor, and they checked my blood and found out that I had hypothyroidism, that basically means that my thyroid doesnt produce enough hormones, and therefore the metabolism slows down, making it virtually impossible to lose weight. So if I had only ate one slice of cucumber a day, I would stay in the same weight.
I was put on a medicine to replace the missing thyroid hormones, and I was made to quit on two kinds of medications (sedatives and anti-depressants) and to start on a brand new one instead of those two. I started taking this medication week ago, and first I felt fine, but then I started to feel more and more tired, but I blamed it on that I was getting the flu because I started having sore throat. On Monday I got really sick, and in fact this whole week I have felt so bad. I blamed all the symptoms on the flu I was catching. I was very groggy, dosed off constantly, had no energy, broke into cold sweat when I did something physical, couldnt think clearly and was very depressed.
When the cold started to go away I felt as groggy and tired as before, so I started to wonder if it could me anything more then the flu. Then yesterday I took the decision to stop taking this medication, and this morning I woke up not tired at all, not groggy, went to work (first time this week) and feel marvelous. It was the medication making me feel so bad, and it really angers me that doctors prescribe such a medication without having a follow up plan on me (I was supposed to talk to a regular doctor after 2-3 weeks). Why they prescribe medication that doesnt have a sure effect on you, that has bunch of dangereous side-affects, that basically makes me so sick that I cant work. Where is the cure in that!?? I am for sure not taking any medication prescribed to me, unless I check for myself what effects this medication has on you. If I wouldnt have stopped taking this medication I probably wouldnt be writing these words. No, I would probably be dosing off in the sofa, not even having the mental ability to go online or do anything else then to stare at the TV.
During this groggy week my food-plan went down the toilet. I simply couldnt eat right having this groggy depressed mind, because it made crave all the wrong food. That teaches me that if I am in a depressed state then I will not follow my weight loss plan. The most important thing to do, so I can succeed in the weight loss, is to keep my mind positive and not fall into depression. Its all in my mind how I will keep on going on the road to success, I am the only one that can sabotage my success, simple as that.
Today I followed my food-plan and it was in fact very easy, because I had a positive mind, I was full of energy and not in the sofa-slug-mode that I just got out of. My mind made it easy, so I know I am again on the right path, determined not using this slip to poison my mind, or to think any less of my ability to fullfill my goal.
I was put on a medicine to replace the missing thyroid hormones, and I was made to quit on two kinds of medications (sedatives and anti-depressants) and to start on a brand new one instead of those two. I started taking this medication week ago, and first I felt fine, but then I started to feel more and more tired, but I blamed it on that I was getting the flu because I started having sore throat. On Monday I got really sick, and in fact this whole week I have felt so bad. I blamed all the symptoms on the flu I was catching. I was very groggy, dosed off constantly, had no energy, broke into cold sweat when I did something physical, couldnt think clearly and was very depressed.
When the cold started to go away I felt as groggy and tired as before, so I started to wonder if it could me anything more then the flu. Then yesterday I took the decision to stop taking this medication, and this morning I woke up not tired at all, not groggy, went to work (first time this week) and feel marvelous. It was the medication making me feel so bad, and it really angers me that doctors prescribe such a medication without having a follow up plan on me (I was supposed to talk to a regular doctor after 2-3 weeks). Why they prescribe medication that doesnt have a sure effect on you, that has bunch of dangereous side-affects, that basically makes me so sick that I cant work. Where is the cure in that!?? I am for sure not taking any medication prescribed to me, unless I check for myself what effects this medication has on you. If I wouldnt have stopped taking this medication I probably wouldnt be writing these words. No, I would probably be dosing off in the sofa, not even having the mental ability to go online or do anything else then to stare at the TV.
During this groggy week my food-plan went down the toilet. I simply couldnt eat right having this groggy depressed mind, because it made crave all the wrong food. That teaches me that if I am in a depressed state then I will not follow my weight loss plan. The most important thing to do, so I can succeed in the weight loss, is to keep my mind positive and not fall into depression. Its all in my mind how I will keep on going on the road to success, I am the only one that can sabotage my success, simple as that.
Today I followed my food-plan and it was in fact very easy, because I had a positive mind, I was full of energy and not in the sofa-slug-mode that I just got out of. My mind made it easy, so I know I am again on the right path, determined not using this slip to poison my mind, or to think any less of my ability to fullfill my goal.
