Hormonal Imbalance!!!

Hello everyone! First of all I want to thank everyone who keeps coming back to this web page. It sure helps us that rely on it for help and suggestions. I had my surgery last April 30th and have lost 108lbs up untill last Nov. Thank God!!! However, the holidays have kicked my butt! or I should say I have! December I began having some mild premenopauseal symptoms and one of my symptoms was "hunger". By March my body was literally starving and I had no clue what I was going through. I finally went to the doctor because I started to slip into a deep depression so I got going on estrogen cream which has taken away the hunger and cravings (thank God!!!) During this 3 month bout of stretching my pouch out I managed to gain about 12 lbs which now I have lost. (thank God again!!!) I just can not believe that it took me so long to see. I also am seeing a therapist/counsler now. Through all this I have realized that I have alot of "stuff" from my past that I have stayed fat at. I just wanted to know if anybody else has experiance the overeating, mental masterbation and the feeling of hopelessness. (Thank God feelings arent facts!!!) : ) God's Blessings to you and Happy Easter! Bege (this picture does not do justice for my teeth!)

I totally understand. My hormones are whacked too but I have PCOS and my ability to eat sugar does not help. My mental hunger is such a problem that I am seeing a therapist tomorrow. Surgery does not change the mind, that's for sure. Somedays I feel the same way I felt when I was fat

Hi Shauneen, This is really something hu? I have a few questions if you dont mind. How old are u and what is PCOS? I just read your profile. You did great keeping up with it and have done wonderful with the weight loss!!! Good for you! I have hit a platue for the past .....4 months now. Sometimes I feel I am not going to go any further. Actually, I just started a change last week, I ran for the first time ever! It was on my treadmill and it was for about 1/3 of a mile! I have done it 3 times now and it feels so good! I thought I would never be able to do that! I am seeing a therapist too. Got some pretty scarry stuff coming up! But I know I am not alone! God Bless!

Well, PCOS is polycystic ovarian syndrome. Basically it has to to do with insulin which in turn effects everything else. I have acne, hair on the face, weird periods, and I'm insulin resistant. The IR is really the driving force behind all of it and unless I can kick my sugar addiction then the cycle of high and low blood sugar and out of whack hormones will continue. I have also hit a plateau. I only lost 10-12 pounds in 5 months

I am really late at responding to this post but I dont come to the reunion pages.. I guess I need to start. I have been on a "5" month platue and counting... ok, not really a platue.. a gain, a loose, a gain, a loose.. uuugggghhhhhhh I have been fighting with the same 5 to 7 pounds since jan. it's total insanity. as soon as I get down to 151 I will go right back up to 155/158. My ultimate goal is 135'ish.. I don't think that is unrealistic as I am 5'5 and 36 yrs old. now I too have/had? PCOS.. I havn't been treated for it since before surgery so I am not quite sure if this is a problem or not. my treatment before surgery was to be on insulin pills and that was the extent of it. my blood sugars are fine now so I think that this is a real option. (nor do I want it to be an option) *the real problem is* I "graze"... I do this for several reasons/problems.. 1. I am lonely, 2. I am board, 3. I let myself get too hungry and then pig out. 4. I hate to cook or plan meals and 5. I am an emtional eater. if I could stop all of this behavior I could actually loose these pounds. "but" I am an addict.. pure and simple. I need serious therapy to help me with all this. especially with the sabatoging myself. like my mind won't let me get under 151. I don't gain "alot" becuase my grazing choices are always good choices. but as we all know too much of anything becomes "bad choices"... do i feel hopeless? no, just stupid and guilty as hell.. How dare I do this to myself when so many other people have to fight so hard to have this surgery. not sure what you mean by mental masterbation.. but I do beat myself up pretty bad over this and everything else wrong in my life. and I have a very unrealistic view of what "happiness" is. I honestly thought that once I was thin, divorced, moved back to the area I am from, had an income ect..ect..ect.. I would be "HAPPY" that sure was a slap in the face when all this happend and I am no happier now vs then.. I had to face the fact that "I" am responsible for my own unhappiness.. "WHAT"???? you mean it was me, myself and I this whole time??? OMG.. ok, enough rambling.. it's been a while since you posted this.. please write me back and let me know how your doing and what your doing... maybe you can help me out with some tips and what not???? theresa