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Novezero- When I drink too much crystal light I get ulcers. They suck.

I'm petrified to get on the scale! In the past 3 years it has ONLY gone up. So it is hard for me to set weight goals, but I am going to go by the way my clothes feel. Although, I'll admit that even that is hard because I still haven't bought new clothes so I wear a lot of running shorts/yoga pants to avoid having to face…

I have completely changed the times in which I eat. I used to not eat breakfast and sometimes didn't eat lunch. I now don't need a nighttime snack and I used to binge from dinner until bedtime. Although I FEEL so much better now, I haven't lost an ounce. Frustrating. I have also cut back on diet soda. I used to drink 1 can…

Thanks so much! I appreciate your response!

Fasting blood glucose (is that glucose, serum?) was 76 with lab ranges 65-99 My A1C was 6.2 My creatinine, Serum was high at 1.13 (.57-1.0 are lab values) I have been going to an RD because of my difficulty losing the weight I gained from the thyroid issue, but I didn't know about this until today.

Thank you all so much for your responses! I really appreciate them!

I am pretty shocked by all of this. When I went to the doctor- because of strange weight gain (low calorie, healthy diet with a lot of exercise) they discovered I was hypothyroid. I returned after I started synthroid to get follow up blood work. The doctor said she wanted to test my A1C although she was quite sure nothing…

I just talked with the medical assistant because the doctor is busy (frustrating, but understandable). She said that my a1c is 6.2. She really didn't say anything else other than "take a diabetes education class". Um, thanks, I am not sure I can modify my lifestyle much to be healthier. It is already really healthy. Should…

I will be doing that. However, I just got a message from the dr. on my phone and won't be able to meet with her until next week so I am kind of worried and wanted ideas until then.

I want to, but I haven't lost anything in 3 months so realistically I don't think it will happen. I'd love to know how people are doing this because what I am doing is not working. Errr. So frustrated. Depite working so hard I have seen no changes to my body shape or my weight.

Me! No loss at all. My dietitian is confused as well. I saw someone say to eat to your rmr. Does that mean net your bmr or just eat to that. Mine is 1100 so should I eat that?

The event is my wedding and I don't have much time for alterations to the dress. I realize that isn't more important than my health, but at the moment I really don't want to feel like crap about myself on my wedding day. Honestly, if this was the weight I always was it would be ok. But being that it is so much higher than…

I'm fatter. Much. I don't have any clothes that fit. It is a lot of exercise, but it is what I've done for a long time. I have always been involved in athletics and I just love running. Although, lately I don't love it as much because running with 16-17 extra pounds is much harder. Why doesn't eating more increase your…

Thank you all so much! Yes, it is ridiculously low. I am 5'10" and 156. I've always been 140 and then suddenly gained weight due to - thyroid and not eating enough. I exercise a lot. I gained that weight while running 50-60 miles a week, crosstraining, walking, yoga, etc. I will increase my calories soon because no way do…

But I still don't know how many calories I should eat. Does anyone know how to figure that out?

Yes, I got it tested with the machine that measure oxygen output. I am at a healthy BMI, but very high for me. I've never been at such a high weight and it is not comfortable.

I have been lifting. But how many calories would you eat? Building muscle will take a while

Peanut butter! Cereal use to be realllly hard for me. I'd eat a box in a day, but now I'm able to resist because I allow myself a bowl a day so the desire to eat the whole box has diminished a bit. Ice cream. I do buy it, but I know it will be gone in a few days so I don't buy it often. Crackers- I just mindlessly snack on…

Yes, it doesn't sound like you get much sleep. And you work so late! Do you snack after work? I know I would wind up adding an extra meal in there which would add more calories.

No problem! google New Leaf or Med Gem. They can test it for you. Most dietiticans will do it as well as health clubs. I am going to a RD.

But in this case the person is eating less than their tested metabolic rate, not just what their metabolic rate "should" be, so shouldn't they lose

But if it was starvation mode wouldn't the BMR indicate that by being lower?

Did anyone find the results helpful?

Sengratt and Izzy: When you got the information did it help you? Did you adjust anything and figure out if it was accurate? I just want to make sure it is worth it and not just an average number I could find by a chart.

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Mycatkitchen....me too :(

Add me, too! I'm 5'10" and 156. I'm trying to get to 140, but I haven't had any luck so far :( Not happy about it and not sure what else i can do at this point.

Debby- Can you tell me more about what you did? When you increased your calories did you gain weight initially?

Right, but I mean the smaller amount of calories caused the plateau. She had to increase to see a difference.

Why do you think you plateaued by a 125 calorie decrease? That's amazing to me that such a minimal difference made such a difference!