Gain 70lbs since my hysterectomy last year..

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AprilTram
AprilTram Posts: 50 Member
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I'm looking for friends in a similar boat to help motivate each other to lose the weight..
I was 240 and got down to 160.. Then had to have an sudden total hysterectomy..
Now I'm back to 231 and have been having the hardest time to get back on track..
I'll be super good for two weeks straight and get so flustered cause I don't lose 1 single pound..
So I give up... :((

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  • phluffmuffin
    phluffmuffin Posts: 5
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    Don't give up! 8 years ago I was up to 290, 4 years ago I was 211 and now I'm 220something. I don't know how long you've been trying to loose but if it's really being stubborn you might need your hormone levels checked
  • alliej
    alliej Posts: 76 Member
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    I had dropped a lot of weight then told I had to have a total hysterectomy no if and or butts. I bounced back pretty fast but I can not lose weight ever since. I got the gaining weight down pat!!!! Help
  • mmreed
    mmreed Posts: 436 Member
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  • hendrijm
    hendrijm Posts: 27 Member
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    I haven't had a hysterectomy, but I can relate to the hormone issues. I have endometriosis and thyroid disease. My doc put me on depo lupron (mimics menopause) and I gained 40 lbs in two months! I was suposed to be on it for six months, but I didn't continue due to side effects. The problem is, I can't lose that weight and it has been years. I am always on hormones and think that in combination with crap I was on in the past has a lot to do with it. I exercise, I eat my veggies and drink water. My diet is significantly better than before I had health problems when I wasn't fat. I have had my RMR measured using different methods and it is in the 2500s! I can eat 1500 cals a day and nothing happens! Going off hormones would mean pain and more surgeries and end in a hysterectomy which is just different hormone issues. I feel trapped. I can eat good for months and not see any results and it makes it very difficult to limit my cals if all it does is just make me more miserable, besides I should be able to eat 2000 calories a day with no exercise and loose weight.

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