HELP!!!!!

Considering most days you barely eat 1200 calories, i suspect you have some malnutrition occurring. Since you dont have much weight to lose, you should be increasing your intake, especially foods that are high in fats and nutrients. It's very common to have skin or hair issues when you arent getting adequate fatty acids. So bump up your intake by another 300 calories and make it come from fats, veggies and fruits.

I think you need to loo at my logs a little closer. I'm usually alot closer to my goal than that.

I did look, i am suggesting your goal is low. As you become smaller, you need to have a smaller goal. If you exercise, you need to eat more calories. If you want, post your height, weight, age, workout routine and if you have medical issues and we can help evaluate your goal.

If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 15 -25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal, and
If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal.


Also, I see your edits, how much education has your dr. had in nutrition? I have had several friends that are doctors and none of them have the knowledge i do.

Sorry dearie, but until you have an MD after your name, I'm going to keep trusting my Dr... Actually, I have been seeing a team of Dr's over the past few years over some health issues (now almost completley resolved) and they all say I'm doing exactly what I should. My primary care physician DOES have plenty of education in nutrition. Thats part of the reason I see him. My oldest sister also saw him before she had gastric bypass surgery, and she chose him based partly on his education in nutrition. She had heard all kinds of horror stories about Drs that were not well versed in nutrition attempting to treat GB patients post surgery and they had no clue about the pre and post op requirements of said patients. So yeah, I'm on that.

As for your request for more info... I'm 5'6", 176.8 (as of this morning), active (I golf, shoot archery competitively, hike, canoe, and am generally quite active, but I LOATHE going to the gym. Too many lunks), I do have PCOS (a mild case) and endometriosos (both of which are managed quite nicely with an IUD). Anything else I missed?

So if you are not willing to take advice from others on a forum, especially who are experienced, why even ask a question. This type of response suggest you are not willing to take that advice, especially since I am not a doctor? In fact, I barely know anyone on here who is a doctor. But hey, I am only providing you with my experience through thousands of threads.

Also, since you have PCOS, I am rather surprised you don't follow a LCHF diet. Generally, that is one of the first things OBGYNS/Endocrinologist suggest, even if you don't have

I have tried the LCHF diet before, and the side effects were, to put it mildly, unpleasant. It was NOT a good option for me. I would have ended up in prison if I had stayedon it because I was probly going to hurt someone... lol just kidding, but it was not a good diet for me, and was far too restrictive for me to maintain long term. I never said I wouldn't take advice from folks here, Heck if I weren't open to at least a little advice, I would never have posted this thread in the first place.

I guess I just get tired of people telling me to eat more, eat more, eat more, when eating more is what made me FAT to begin with. I don't want to go back to that. EVER. I'm still seeing good results, and my Dr's all say that I'm going about it the right way for someone of my age, weight, build, etc. In fact, I had originally wanted to lose 100 pounds but my Dr told me that he thinks 85 would be a healthier goal for me based on my level of muscle, activity, etc.

The hair loss is a product of my weight loss. I know that. I stressed my body out by losing 70+ pounds. I get that. It will take time for my body to readjust. I am cool with that. I just wanted to know if there was something I could do to help the process.... Besides shoveling more food in my face hole.

I do appreciate your input, but reserve the right to choose what advice to follow, based on what is workign for me, what my Dr says, and what I feel is right for me. It's no offense meant towards you.

in fact he did bloodwork to rule out thyroid or other health issues.

Do you know what tests he ran? Did he do a full panel (including antibodies) or did he just look at TSH?

Stress can cause this, or poor diet as well. Are you getting enough fat, all the vitamins and minerals you need?

EDIT: I've read a little more and it seems you think "MD" means God.

My TSH came back more than double what it should have been at my physical last month. My doctor re-ran it twice and it was normal both times. He says "that's impossible." However, my friends who have had thyroid issues for decades and my friend who is a lab tech all said it's common and normal. I had to demand a referral to an endocrinologist. I'm almost certain this issue began at least five years ago and my DOCTOR (who has an MD) didn't catch it because most know very little about endocrinology.

NOPE. MD does NOT =GOD to me or to any other rational human being.

Yes, he ran a FULL panel, not just TSH. I have a copy of it at home, but have not commited it to memory as yet... He wanted to rule out other hormonal issues as well nutritional problems as well. Everything came back clean.

I have thinning hair from thyroid issues and just found this product by Rusk called Thick. You spray it all over your hair after shampoo/conditioning and style as normal. I have long hair and actually had to reduce the amount I was using b/c it made my hair seem too thick. Maybe that will help along with what you already do. Also, there are products for womens thinning hair. The brand name is Nioxin. Check Amazon or salons. Hope they help!

I'm going to see if I can find some of that to help plump up my hair until it starts to regrow again... Thanks!

In all honesty, I understand the fear of increasing your calories.... and if your MD is telling you what he see's is fine then maybe the diet is ok.

But wait.... when I actually stop and look at your diet (at least the days you have completely filled out - and yes, I'm guilty of this too, busy schedule and all) I see a lot of extra carbs that you could cut out, and add additional protein to help with your hair issues (btw, take a peak at your nails as well, do they look healthy? good pink color, no grooves, etc).

I honestly do not think you are sticking to less than 1200 calories a day (and I'm not saying that to be mean), looking at today alone, the bacon entry is incorrect today, but a few days ago it was correct (and I went to the actual product website to get the information, not the MFP listing).

Another thing I noticed, your sodium level is through the roof most days, and I think part of that could be a lot of processed foods (egg beaters are great as Low Cal, but sodium count, not so much).... that much extra sodium could actually be causing your body to fight injestion of the nutrients since you are on a LCD. The fruits and veggies are lacking, some days you have a bit, then other days not so much. This will also help with nutrients as well as helping to keep you satiated.

these are just a few suggestions I have.... Cause lets be honest here for a moment, I get that you are really only looking to find a product to help your hair, but you can spend thousands of $$'s, but if there is an underlying issue not corrected, that money is just going to be flushed down the toilet!

Please stop and consider that maybe some of the advice here is not meant to be hurtful, or even meant to be insulting your Dr. It is coming (often times) from experience.

Yes, I stick to the 1200 calorie a day pretty faithfully. No, I don't fudge the numbers. If I did Iwouldn't have lost the weight I have because I would have slipped back into my old crappy eating habit s and just fudged the numbers. And actually that bacon entry WAS correct as I only ate part of a peice that was left over when I fixed my hubby's breakfast. I'm VERY careful to weigh and measure and log food correctly. I didn't finish logging yesterday because I had some stomach problems and my food was just shooting through my system. I could go into more detail but don't want to gross anyone out.

A quick fix, hmm. maybe there is some truth to that, but ultimatley I know that it's not a situation where a quick fix is a realistic option. I'll admit, it would be nice to find something that I could use, a vitamin supplement, a scalp treatment, etc that would help slow the hairloss down until my body adjusts to my new "normal", but I know that it may or may not work. Also if you knew me at all, you'd know htat the chances of me throwing away lots of $$$ on products that don't work is a bit laughable. I'm the biggest tightwad on the planet. Seriously. No... I mean SERIOUSLY.

The sodium idea is intriguing to me. I hadn't thoguht about that. To be honest I just recenlty began payig any attention to it and I was appalled by how much sodium I was consuming. Thankfully I drink LOTS of water throughout the day and even though I don't log it, I am meeting that goal. BUT, lowering my sodium intake is a good idea that I will start tracking more closely. Thank you for that.

As for cutting out carbs... see my post about the LCHF diet. I have cut WAY back on the carbs I eat since I started using MFP. do I still eat carbs? Heck yeah. I'm mennonite. But I've also adjusted the kind of carbs I'm eating too. I eat alot more whole grains than I used to and alot less processed crap. But realistically I need to be able to live and have a healthy relationship with food. If I start cutting out entire food groups I will fail at this. How do I know? Because I've done it before. I need t have a diet that is sustainable. And for me, that has to include carbs.

Thanks for your post.