Hello

Dreamtime407

New to this. I am in my mid fifties. I am a cancer survivor. My weight has been a struggle for years, started after a car accident. I have tried for years with little success. My physician put me in a weight lose study for a weight loss drug years ago. My body made antibodies to the medicine and didn’t work for me. I fell in the 30% of people it didn’t work for because I made antibodies to the protein in the medicine. My physician feels that I need to accept that this is just my body type. I felt like he gave up on me. I have tried Weight Watchers, private dietitian, trainer, and numerous diets with barely a dent in my weight. After my cancer treatment I lost 50 pounds. I was determined to keep it off. I have been very careful about most everything I eat for the last year. But for the last year my weight went up despite keeping my calories around 1,000. I have been working with a dietician this past year and no real results. She told me this is just where my body wants to be. I felt she gave up on me too. For a month I have been seeing a nutritionist at the local hospital. She is giving me hope. She asked me to log on MFP. One month in and I have lost 3.5 pounds. The first drop in a year. I am keeping hope that I can break the weight issue. I am so blessed to have survived the cancer and now I am ready to live more fully. I have tried for years to be a healthy weight without much to show for all the effort. I haven’t lost hope.

kdgdeg

Never lose hope. Stay positive and look within yourself. Happy to know you are finding something that helps.

dejavuohlala

Never lose hope you can do this and are doing great. Stick with it. Good luck and good health