Gah where have all of you been??? I've been here waiting for like 6 months!
I think it's time for me to come back from my yearly lurking spell. :) So hopefully, this will be my first post of many. If you're happy for my return then you can thank Christa. :) I read her update post. She's had so much success and I'm so proud of her! I'm also jealous! Got me to thinking about why I'm sitting here wasting my time just existing. It's time to get my streak back.
Life's been good. I've managed to maintain fairly decently since I've been gone. Atkins got traded for a bicycle that gets ridden pretty often. Karate got kicked for carbs. Needless to say I've gained but not so much. I'm at just around 280 pounds right now. I think I was around 272 when I last posted so all is definitely not lost. How long have I been gone/lurking?? It seems like eons!
My endocrinologist has gotten my thyroid under control finally. Perhaps that can account for my weight stabilty. However, I don't feel any better. He's now thinking I have some issues with cortisol over production. (I believe you guys talked about this a while back.. Fast oxidizer ring a bell?) I go in for tests later this month. He wants to give the thyroid meds a little longer.
I went to see a therapist. I went for several sessions and just felt it wasn't helping me at all so I quit. It was worth a shot, eh? I think I may go see a psychiatrist sooner or later if my endo doesn't figure out why I always feel either "Blah" or irritated with the world.
I'm still pursuing WLS though at a much less accelerated rate. I'm slowly paying the fees associated with it. This in turn is giving me much more time to think about my decision on the DS and WLS in general. No sense in rushing into it, right? I'm relatively healthy.
Anyways, I'm gonna keep this one short as I want to get to bed early for once. It feels good to post again! :D I've missed you all!
Life's been good. I've managed to maintain fairly decently since I've been gone. Atkins got traded for a bicycle that gets ridden pretty often. Karate got kicked for carbs. Needless to say I've gained but not so much. I'm at just around 280 pounds right now. I think I was around 272 when I last posted so all is definitely not lost. How long have I been gone/lurking?? It seems like eons!
My endocrinologist has gotten my thyroid under control finally. Perhaps that can account for my weight stabilty. However, I don't feel any better. He's now thinking I have some issues with cortisol over production. (I believe you guys talked about this a while back.. Fast oxidizer ring a bell?) I go in for tests later this month. He wants to give the thyroid meds a little longer.
I went to see a therapist. I went for several sessions and just felt it wasn't helping me at all so I quit. It was worth a shot, eh? I think I may go see a psychiatrist sooner or later if my endo doesn't figure out why I always feel either "Blah" or irritated with the world.
I'm still pursuing WLS though at a much less accelerated rate. I'm slowly paying the fees associated with it. This in turn is giving me much more time to think about my decision on the DS and WLS in general. No sense in rushing into it, right? I'm relatively healthy.
Anyways, I'm gonna keep this one short as I want to get to bed early for once. It feels good to post again! :D I've missed you all!
CHRIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHH I am so happy you're back I was thinking about you today Im like aw I miss Chris where is he :(
THERE you are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woot. lol. Lets dance and party hhahahaha. Im so excited im all giddy, you're my buddy. lol. HUGS!
THERE you are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woot. lol. Lets dance and party hhahahaha. Im so excited im all giddy, you're my buddy. lol. HUGS!
Good to see you, Chris. The bike sounds cool. As for carbs, hopefully they're just not the crappy ones. If you're doing what your nutritionist advised, I wish you success. But if you're a fast oxidizer, you really will ultimately need to be careful of those carbs.
I've heard the cortisol argument, which can be present--for me it was just another theory that when tested proved not a problem for me.
Hope to see you posting more often.
I've heard the cortisol argument, which can be present--for me it was just another theory that when tested proved not a problem for me.
Hope to see you posting more often.
There's some good carbs and bad carbs mixed in the bunch. I haven't really been a good boy but luckily my body has been compensating. I feel icky and bloated most of the time. It's prolly time I spend 2 weeks or so in ketosis.
At this point I've given up on something being wrong with me that has caused me to be obese. Instead I just want to find out what makes me feel blah, tired or overall bad most of the time, regardless of what I eat. Hopefully the cortisol will show something.
At this point I've given up on something being wrong with me that has caused me to be obese. Instead I just want to find out what makes me feel blah, tired or overall bad most of the time, regardless of what I eat. Hopefully the cortisol will show something.
Good to SEE U!!!!!!! I must admit I was inclined to first ask you to place your haid upon the monitor so I could SLAP it for staying away too long you don't call you don't write, but it's more like I wanna HUG U!!!!!!
I am glad you are taking your time...that's the other thing...could not help but wonder if you had just decided to go get a DS and come back all skinny.
yeah the whole endrocine thing is very irritating but worth hanging in there to see how it all shakes out. I think that fast oxidizer thing is kind of fascinating; i plan to go some reading about it at the library and also check out UC Davis studies about it.
I miss you...wait til you see we have nekkid girls now up in here!
I am glad you are taking your time...that's the other thing...could not help but wonder if you had just decided to go get a DS and come back all skinny.
yeah the whole endrocine thing is very irritating but worth hanging in there to see how it all shakes out. I think that fast oxidizer thing is kind of fascinating; i plan to go some reading about it at the library and also check out UC Davis studies about it.
I miss you...wait til you see we have nekkid girls now up in here!
"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not." ~Mark Twain
I thought you slapping my head was how you hugged?? 
:P
If it didn't cost so much, I probably would have had the DS already. I suppose it has worked out for the best. There's still a part of me that scared of getting the surgery and dying or becoming worse off than I am now. Additionally, I've been trying to figure out why in the hell I'm so obsessed with being thin and fit. Why can't we just be content with who we are? Still haven't gotten to the bottom of that one and therapy hasn't helped either.
So what's this about these nekkid girlz???
:PIf it didn't cost so much, I probably would have had the DS already. I suppose it has worked out for the best. There's still a part of me that scared of getting the surgery and dying or becoming worse off than I am now. Additionally, I've been trying to figure out why in the hell I'm so obsessed with being thin and fit. Why can't we just be content with who we are? Still haven't gotten to the bottom of that one and therapy hasn't helped either.
So what's this about these nekkid girlz???
If you're asking, of COURSE u R hawt just like this. You got a smokin hot woman, not a one of us here is without our form of Kriz-crush!
I can tell without ever seeing you in 3D that you are MY kinda guy - fun horizontal and vertical and even crossways!
......of course the fact that I am your mama's age is not without its issues.
Having said that...there is likewise nothing wrong with wanting to make this life, the one before us, for real, the very best it might be. If I did not think that, I'd never wear make up or brush my hairs.
I can tell without ever seeing you in 3D that you are MY kinda guy - fun horizontal and vertical and even crossways!
......of course the fact that I am your mama's age is not without its issues.
Having said that...there is likewise nothing wrong with wanting to make this life, the one before us, for real, the very best it might be. If I did not think that, I'd never wear make up or brush my hairs.
"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not." ~Mark Twain
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