Good thoughts and prayers needed

LittleMichele's 2 year old grandaughter is in the hospital with what they believe is a spider bite that got infected.

Please send lots of good thoughts and prayers her way.

You didn't say anything about exercise. Do you do it?

Hi Daniel! First of all, you look fabulous! I checked out your profile and wow, you have come a long way! Good for you! As far as ideas, I think your right...getting your labs done may find the culprit that is causing this. My thyroid has been all over the board since my surgery...only thing that has really gone haywire, but they are pinning it down now. But yes, that can cause many problems with losing/gaining weight. That would be my first step. As far as any other advice, just not sure...hope someone else chimes in for you if they have any ideas. I'm at a standstill myself right now...I think it's my carb intake so trying to watch that closely. But it sounds like you are doing everything right. Do you have a nutritionist you can give your diet diary to to check it out? I have one with my surgeon's office. Good luck to you! You've done so well so far and should be very proud of yourself!!!

Hi Theresa, First off, thank you for the complements! I am proud of my accomplishments up to this point. After reading my post I thought it sounded like I wasn't. Even if I didn't lose another pound I would be happy with myself...after all, I did lose 140 lbs!! I do talk with a nutritionist frequently. However, the Barix Clinic has a new one and so far she doesn't seem overly enthused like the others were. If I would have sent a weeks worth of BalanceLog reports to them they would have been jumping up and down with joy that I am interested in not just getting skinny, but getting healthy too. This one doesn't seem quite as energetic. I do need to get my labs done so I can make my 2 year appointment. Hopefully it will show if there is something else going on. When I went to Health South for my RMR test they were stumped too. By the way, I checked out your profile too! You look absolutely terrific!!!! Boy have you done well yourself!! I'll bet you're beating the guys off left and right!! Way to go!!!! Thanks for your comments. I appreciate them greatly. Terri, Yes I exercise 4 days (sometimes 5) per week. On Monday and Wednesday I do one hour of Step aerobics. On Tuesday and Thursdays I do 45 minutes of water aerobics then I swim laps. I usually swim a 500 or better. Sometimes on Saturdays I go for a 2-3 mile walk. My nutritionist thinks maybe since I am exercising that much and not taking in enough calories my body is stressed and trying to hang on to the extra fat. Maybe I'll se something with I have my labs done. I was just hoping someone else experienced this same thing and could shed some light on it for me. Thanks! Dan

Thanks to you too Dan for the nice complement! Hope all goes well for you! Keep us posted!