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Struggling.
I am feeling tonight like I will never lose weight. I thought I had found the answer when my doctor diagnosed me with insulin resistance, but even taking medicine, I'm still hungry and have cravings all the time. I've logged my meals for a month and a half and haven't been under goal but once or twice. My whole body hurts,…
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Maybe finally ready.
I'm 25 years old, 252 lbs, and recently diagnosed with PCOS. My doctor has me on Metformin, an insulin pill (as I understand it). I'm worried about my health, but also relieved; the diagnosis and explanation of insulin resistance made total sense to me and I'm happy to know exactly where my weight loss issues come from and…
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Back in the saddle...
It feels like I've been dieting my whole life. I'm sure most of the people here know what I mean. I'm not the girl who put on twenty lbs in college or has a stubborn extra 15 to lose after having a baby. I have been overweight, climbing steadily into obese, since I was 6 years old. I put on 65 lbs when I moved away to…