crying out of frustration please HELP

That what I don't get. I really watch what I eat. No sugar at my house at all never fry things only whole grains no soda or juice mostly what I eat I make I even cut out tortillas that I love to eat I don't eat rice because I don't like the brown one if I eat eggs I eat only the whites my liquids are only water and skim milk and tastes like water to me. I read labels the fats I eat at least I try come from nuts avocados or olive oil. I trim every visible fat and I buy lean cuts and lately I stick to eat beef once a week its mostly turkey and chicken. I eat tuna in water. I wish I could afford a personal trainer and how do I open my diary

Eating red meat will probably help with anemia. I have had anemia many times since my first pregnancy. Lean red meats are a good thing. Cooking in cast iron might help too. Be perfectly honest with yourself and have a nutritionist or your doctor go over your food with you. My doctor told me before to eat less and excersize more but not always the case. I couldn't cut my calories any more just needed to find the right doc. Maybe consider switching doctors too. The best advise I got from my nutritionist was to increase protein and eat veggies until you feel like you're going to sprout broccoli from your ears lol. Never told me to cut carbs or anything else. Also.. Have your vitamin d checked. Seriously, look it up, if it's low it very much hinders weight loss along with a whole bunch of other issues. Good luck!

Sounds like your testosterone is high if you're getting facial hair and acne. I had, according to my doctor, "through the roof" testosterone levels. I have only gained weight and my thyroid doesn't seem to be an issue, so he ordered an ultrasound and sure enough PCOS.

Hi.

Did your doctor recommend you to a nutritionist? I think that someone with the appropriate education and experience may be able to help you. Have you done your own research as well? There must be others out there with the same issue.

I am hoping the best for you.

Brittany

This -- also you may have some muscle there? I do JumpstartMD and every Fri they let me do a biometric thing where I can see what is fat/what is water etc.

It really sounds like Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome to me .. ( PCOS).. I have it and it is terribly diificult to lose weight. I gained about 40 pounds in 3 months a few years back and my weight just kept going up from there. For me, being active is the key.. I did have success in the past by being very active. I am not a terrible eater either.. Hang in there, it will get better.. and definitely see another Dr..

2 things to keep in mind: First: Rome wasn't built in a day. Two: You didn't get this way over-night; therefor, you're not going to change everything overnight & be sucessful in keeping it off safely. Also, your doctor's a man, so really, what does HE know @ these things?! (With female problems.) Don't be so hard on yourself...tomorrow's another day. You can add me if you wish.
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Doctors are often proof that even very smart people can be stupid sometimes. I had a stomach condition that completely destroyed my life for four years (vomiting upwards of 15 times a day, at the end was going to the bathroom at the same rate, constant debilitating abdominal pain, dehydration that put me in the ER over and over again). I very nearly failed out of law school. My doctors told me over and over that I was basically fine. It's a stomach bug, you're eating the wrong foods, lose some weight. No one listened so I gave up. Finally, when it got to the point that I was essentially non-functional, my boyfriend begged me to try one more doctor, just one more time. So I went, expecting nothing, and guess what? This one LISTENED. She sent me to a gastroenterologist in her practice, and he said, "That's the problem with being young; no one believes anything could really be wrong with you. I will find out what it is, and I will help you however I can."

I almost gave up after the first round of tests came up negative, including a colonoscopy. But he said he wanted to try an upper endoscopy just in case. And he found it. Apparently a medication had relaxed the sphincter below my stomach and acid had eroded my intestines almost completely through. And he could fix it: one pill a day for 3 months. I'm cured.

My point is this: if one doctor isn't being helpful, see someone else. See as many as it takes until someone listens. I'm not saying a doctor has to fix your problem to be worth your time, but they should investigate and see where the problem is coming from. They're too expensive for you not to be getting anything out of it.

A few tips: write down a timeline of your symptoms and take a copy to put in your chart. It seems important (to me anyway) that you had this sudden episode of anemia followed by such a rapid weight gain which doesn't seem to be coming off. Write down everything you can think of to the best of your ability. I find doctors don't always listen to what I say, but they always read what's on the paper. Be totally honest about everything and ask any question you think of (even if you think it's stupid).