Have struggled with my weight ever since I had my daughter 7 years ago. In October '04 I found out my husband had been having an affair and for the next year I hardly ate anything through the stress and heartache of getting divorced and I lost 3 stone. In October '05 I met my current partner and began to eat properly again and the weight started to pile back on. Last August we became engaged so I joined Weight Watchers so I could slim down for our wedding this September but nothing really happened. I would lose a couple of pounds one week but put it all back by the next. In the end I stopped going as I felt I was wasting my money and not getting anywhere and just continued to eat healthily. I still continued to put on weight and was at the end of my tether so decided to go to see my Doctor who told me to make see the practise nurse which I did. The nurse wanted me to write down everything I ate and drank for a whole week and assured me that there would be something i was eating that she would be able to pin point as the food which was making me put on weight.
Having gone back to her, she couldn't see anything wrong with what I was eating or drinking but made comments like "oh there are no cakes on here" and it became apparant that she didn't believe me when I told her that I don't eat cakes, crisps, chocolate or fried food etc. I soon stopped going to see the nurse as it just depressed me going to see someone who couldn't help me and didn't even believe me about what I ate but she did give me a test for my thyroid which came back as nothing wrong.
As a last resort as I had been feeling so depressed about this whole situation I went to see a lady who does Kinesiology and after a few minutes with her concluded that I do actually have an under active thyroid which is why I can't lose weight. The appointment was 3 weeks ago and I'm taking the pills that she gave me but I'm still putting on weight. I now think that I'm going to have to cancel my wedding cos I'm never going to lose weight in time abd I feel so down about my appearance that I don't go out anymore and I quite often think about killing myself.
Sorry this is so long winded but I just wondered if there's anyone else out there who's had a similar problem to this and how did they overcome it?
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joselyne · 10/02/2007 12:38
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