September 16th surgeries

K-Indy · 09-02-2009, 09:54 PM

I am beginning to think I am insulin resistant. I want to know more about Metformin. Is it working for you? I am at such a loss as to what to do. My weight is stuck. I did not go through surgery to lose this little amount of weight. Somebody help me! I go to see my surgeon on September 14 and want to have something to tell her. I am hypothyroid and been taking Synthroid since 1980. This is really frustrating. With exercise and only eating 3 small meals a day, I should be losing and I am not. I can't get below 206. My weight stays between 206 and 210. My goal is to get to around 155 and I can't seem to get under 200. No sliming incidents lately. I am eating a scrambled egg for breakfast with a strip of bacon. Lunch is a small salad with grilled chicken and low calorie dressing. Dinner is grilled fish or chicken and vegetables. I am drinking between 60 to 80 ounces of water a day. What am I doing wrong? I also have thinning hair in my temples, which may be because of my thyroid issues but also may be because of not eating enough protein. I really want to make it to my goal by next Summer.

*slim* · 09-03-2009, 04:30 AM

Hi. I am sorry that you are having troubles. Could it be that you aren't taking in enough calories? I know that when I start to stall, when I look at what I am eating for my activity level, I find that I am not eating enough. You may want to try to shake things up some for a few days. Hopefully that will help you get over that hump. Also, be proud of what you have done. Just think, the scale would have probably moved in the other direction had you not gotten your band.

terilynn112 · 09-10-2009, 07:51 AM

The metformin is really helping with the urge to snack, so it's not such a struggle. It had been! I have lost 4 pounds since starting it. But I'm still hungry all the time. Probably an emotional hungry, as two of my 3 sons have started school, the other in 2 weeks. It has also brought my sugars back into the proper zones. They'd been inching up. I wasn't significantly high.

A long time ago they tested my sugar by doing a glucose challenge test. I had to fast for more than 8 hours. Then they took a blood test. They then gave me a huge amount of sugar drink. (Like when you're pregnant). Then every hour on the hour they took blood to test how my body was metabolizing sugar. My body holds on to it. So I'm insulin resistant type two diabetic. When I was pregnant with the twins (which was a year after my diabetes diagnosis), they had an incredibly difficult job keeping my sugars under control. Towards the end I was on 50 units of combination long and short acting insulins. Without the insulin, my sugars were only 170's ranges. Why? Because my body fought it because of the insulin resistance. It sure made life interesting, because I'd have to check in every 3 or 4 days MAXIMUM. I had to go every two weeks for blood pressure checks, and weight checks, because it increased my risk of Toxemia. Thank God that never happened.

So to be back in this boat isn't a huge surprise for me.

Teri