So that same cycle of on-again/off-again has continued over the last 4 years. At my highest, I was floating around 229, one meal would sent it into the 230s, which was just awful for me and my depression. I'd gotten down to 208 at one point and then it went stagnant and it all came back again back up to 225. I made promise after promise that I wouldn't get back to that and it happened anyway. I started seeing a therapist regularly again. Food was such a nasty habit for me. However, just now, I have finally gotten a few key pieces of information to help me out and it ALL makes sense.
Let me explain. So awhile back, when I had my first kidney stone, circa 2008ish, I found out I also had a condition called PCOS - Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. Basically, I make eggs. But they don't grow to be very big due to a hormone imbalance (far too much testosterone) so instead of releasing during a normal cycle, they just kinda stick around and become a cyst on my ovaries. Scary shit, right? Especially at first when it was possibly cancer. Well flash forward to this year. Patrick and I decided in 2013, after recovering well from my ACL replacement surgery and partial meniscectomy that it's time to start making babies. I knew that PCOS would make it difficult and brought that to my doc and asked what we could do. She basically said all the same stuff we knew already - lose some weight, eat better, take multivitamin, etc - and said to try things naturally for a year and after that we'll see what other course of action we can take. So we did that. Patrick ended up losing close to 50 pounds. It was a little frustrating, even knowing that it's easier for guys to lose weight than girls. I worked my ass off in the gym, he just cut some food out and walked the dog a few more times. (Oh yeah, we got a dog. And a cat. But that's a story for a different time). I lost about 15, but struggled to get out of a rut around the 212/215 mark. I took my multivitamins regularly (a great step for me). And of course, no babies. So, this year's physical, I talked to the doc again.
Well it's time for a work call... to be continued, but until then, an update on my measurements.
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