BMI 44. I need to lost about 7 stone!
I’ve just been put on medication for high blood pressure (although there’s an element of white coat syndrome there and it’s actually gone too low now which I’m waiting to follow up on.)
I have a job where I’m on my feet most of the day and work very long hours. We also have a dog who I walk. I hit a minimum of 11,000 steps every day.
I was a fat child and have always been fat. I did have one of the list of adverse childhood experiences that they say can give you long lasting trauma, but as it was when I was about 8 weeks old and since then I’ve had an absolutely charmed life, I kind of dispute that it could have made me fat!
I’ve done weightwatchers a few times but I lose about a stone and then nothing more. I can’t get my head around eating piles and piles of pasta on Slimming World, and hate the ways you can ‘game’ these diets and not actually eat healthy. I don’t want to do a faddy diet - I just want to eat normally like I see normal non obese people eating normally!
I love cooking, love food, love cooking for other people. I do not have time to calorie count and log everything I eat. We eat quite healthily - I would describe it as low carb ish because my partner is type 2 diabetic as a result of covid (weird thing to be left with but there you go).
I asked the GP for help and they referred me to the tier 3 weight loss service which I’ve now been waiting a year and 4 months for. Despite this I don’t really know what they can do because I don’t want surgery.
I had a scan a few weeks ago because I’d had some stomach pain, suspected gallstones, and the only thing it showed was an unsurprisingly fatty liver. The GP phoned and told me it was really simple; I just needed to be in calorie deficit, and he doesn’t believe in ‘all these weight loss jabs’ because he said you just put it all on again when you stop.
Blood tests have been done multiple times and they’re all normal apart from cholesterol being a tiny bit raised. I do have some issues with hormones due to ovarian cysts/removal. I don’t drink. I also don’t have loads of crap like sugary drinks, crisps and sweets, so it’s not as if I can cut these out. I don’t think I’m delusional but clearly something isn’t working.
I feel like weight loss jabs are so common these days that people are looking at me thinking why don’t I just get some. But I can’t really afford it, and truth be told I’m scared of the side effects.
I don’t even know what I’m asking but clearly I need to do something. Thank you for reading and for any advice!