I thought I would take a moment and address some of the concerns my dear friends have had.
I know you all love me and are only looking out for my best interest. But please realize I know my limitations and I only push myself as far as my body allows me to. I want to reiterate this to you in my blog and tell you more specifically what has been going on since I have been on this new medication-metformin.
1. I want to reassure everyone that I do not, nor is it a concern that I have diabetes. I have Polycystic Ovaries and took medicine back when I lived in Wyoming for it, but due to how it made me feel stopped. Now that I am married and we would like to extend our family in the near future so I have decided to go back on the medicine which does make me feel crappy most of the time, but I am still able to eat :) And trust me I have. This past week from Thursday's weigh in to today I have lost 9lbs. But I do have to admit I ate some junk food over the weekend. However, two weeks prior and just starting out with the medication I was working out for about an hour in a half to two hours in the morning and then in the evenings 1 hour and I lost only 1lb. Plus, I didn't even touch anything bad for me. So, I was at a loss for words and pretty discouraged. The doctor has up'd my dose from 1 tablet to 2. And I believe this is helping me with my progress.
2. Working out- I love it! I love to sweat! Even if I was not overweight, I would still be in the gym most likely everyday sweating. Why? Because I want to get healthy and when I am at a good weight, I want to maintain being healthy. I will even workout when I am pregnant. I want to have a healthy body in general. Also, EVERYBODY should be working out EVERYDAY for a minimum of 30 minutes a day to make sure your body is healthy and functions properly-It could even be walking briskly for a half hour. Even my grandmother did this her whole life for more than a half hour sometimes and she lived with cancer for 7 years! No radiation, just iron infusions and she was still able to get excerise in. Right now, my body is screaming out for attention, it wants to get better. My body is sick and I need to do all that I can to make sure it gets better. As much as I hate admitting that my body is not functioning correctly, it is something I have come to terms with. Especially when I had lost almost all of my weight that I needed to lose and packed it all on rather quickly with many personal circumstances back in 2008 some due to the PCOS-which I was denying I still had. Go me.
3. Everybodys body is different. If you see a lot of posts of me working out, or bragging about how awesome I feel it is only to really motivate myself to continue the lifestyle I want. I know not to push myself into injury and I mostly do cardio and weight lifting workouts. I am working my tail off, and my body is okay with it. The last 4 days, I have not worked out and I can feel it, although regarding the weight loss- I have had a magnificent weight loss miracle. Mostly because my body is different and the hard work I had done prior needed a boost.(thank you metformin)
I always thought with just hard work and no medications I could overcome the weight, but because of my health issues, this time around, I needed help. Some of my friends have opted for surgery which scares me so I personally would not do it, especially since I know the reasons of why I have issues losing weight and what can fix it. No knives for me! :) Like I said everybody has a different body and requires other options to fix things for them, for me it wasn't surgery, just a magic pill lol.
I know I complain about the pills making my tummy feel upset, but, I just want to assure you that I have just started taking them and i've had the dosage up'd as well per dr. orders within the 2 weeks that I started taking them in the first place and I think my body is just trying to get used to it. So I will be fine. They are aiding in something that has to be done and at this time, I have no alternatives. Trust me, I have tried everything since I was first diagnosed to get it under control.
In closing, I really do appreciate your concerns and I love you all, but I am not a fanatic, I am just choosing to get my body on the right track so I can have a long healthy fun filled future. When you are too heavy to play your Wii Fit at some point then you will know the pain I have had to go through. It's not fun. Now I can play it. Yay me! But there was a time when I couldn't. There was a time where I couldn't even buckle the seat belt on a plane and that is serious my friends! I never want to be there again. I want to have children, I want to be active with my children and make sure they never have to go thru what I went thru. I don't want them looking in the mirror and seeing a monster like I have before and causing self esteem issues in the future like I had. I used to think I was so ugly that I couldnt pursue my music career no matter how good my voice was naturally, I was even too afraid to take voice lessons-one day in the near future I will. ♫♪♫♪
I believe I can accomplish all my goals and so far I am on the right path to achieving those goals. It is no longer a dream, it is a reality and I am proud that I have taken the right steps to fix my body and I am proud of all my friends and family members who have done the same regardless of having to have surgery, take medicine or just getting to the gym more. I love you all!
♥ Elle
I know you all love me and are only looking out for my best interest. But please realize I know my limitations and I only push myself as far as my body allows me to. I want to reiterate this to you in my blog and tell you more specifically what has been going on since I have been on this new medication-metformin.
1. I want to reassure everyone that I do not, nor is it a concern that I have diabetes. I have Polycystic Ovaries and took medicine back when I lived in Wyoming for it, but due to how it made me feel stopped. Now that I am married and we would like to extend our family in the near future so I have decided to go back on the medicine which does make me feel crappy most of the time, but I am still able to eat :) And trust me I have. This past week from Thursday's weigh in to today I have lost 9lbs. But I do have to admit I ate some junk food over the weekend. However, two weeks prior and just starting out with the medication I was working out for about an hour in a half to two hours in the morning and then in the evenings 1 hour and I lost only 1lb. Plus, I didn't even touch anything bad for me. So, I was at a loss for words and pretty discouraged. The doctor has up'd my dose from 1 tablet to 2. And I believe this is helping me with my progress.
2. Working out- I love it! I love to sweat! Even if I was not overweight, I would still be in the gym most likely everyday sweating. Why? Because I want to get healthy and when I am at a good weight, I want to maintain being healthy. I will even workout when I am pregnant. I want to have a healthy body in general. Also, EVERYBODY should be working out EVERYDAY for a minimum of 30 minutes a day to make sure your body is healthy and functions properly-It could even be walking briskly for a half hour. Even my grandmother did this her whole life for more than a half hour sometimes and she lived with cancer for 7 years! No radiation, just iron infusions and she was still able to get excerise in. Right now, my body is screaming out for attention, it wants to get better. My body is sick and I need to do all that I can to make sure it gets better. As much as I hate admitting that my body is not functioning correctly, it is something I have come to terms with. Especially when I had lost almost all of my weight that I needed to lose and packed it all on rather quickly with many personal circumstances back in 2008 some due to the PCOS-which I was denying I still had. Go me.
3. Everybodys body is different. If you see a lot of posts of me working out, or bragging about how awesome I feel it is only to really motivate myself to continue the lifestyle I want. I know not to push myself into injury and I mostly do cardio and weight lifting workouts. I am working my tail off, and my body is okay with it. The last 4 days, I have not worked out and I can feel it, although regarding the weight loss- I have had a magnificent weight loss miracle. Mostly because my body is different and the hard work I had done prior needed a boost.(thank you metformin)
I always thought with just hard work and no medications I could overcome the weight, but because of my health issues, this time around, I needed help. Some of my friends have opted for surgery which scares me so I personally would not do it, especially since I know the reasons of why I have issues losing weight and what can fix it. No knives for me! :) Like I said everybody has a different body and requires other options to fix things for them, for me it wasn't surgery, just a magic pill lol.
I know I complain about the pills making my tummy feel upset, but, I just want to assure you that I have just started taking them and i've had the dosage up'd as well per dr. orders within the 2 weeks that I started taking them in the first place and I think my body is just trying to get used to it. So I will be fine. They are aiding in something that has to be done and at this time, I have no alternatives. Trust me, I have tried everything since I was first diagnosed to get it under control.
In closing, I really do appreciate your concerns and I love you all, but I am not a fanatic, I am just choosing to get my body on the right track so I can have a long healthy fun filled future. When you are too heavy to play your Wii Fit at some point then you will know the pain I have had to go through. It's not fun. Now I can play it. Yay me! But there was a time when I couldn't. There was a time where I couldn't even buckle the seat belt on a plane and that is serious my friends! I never want to be there again. I want to have children, I want to be active with my children and make sure they never have to go thru what I went thru. I don't want them looking in the mirror and seeing a monster like I have before and causing self esteem issues in the future like I had. I used to think I was so ugly that I couldnt pursue my music career no matter how good my voice was naturally, I was even too afraid to take voice lessons-one day in the near future I will. ♫♪♫♪
I believe I can accomplish all my goals and so far I am on the right path to achieving those goals. It is no longer a dream, it is a reality and I am proud that I have taken the right steps to fix my body and I am proud of all my friends and family members who have done the same regardless of having to have surgery, take medicine or just getting to the gym more. I love you all!
♥ Elle
I know you are doing what you can, and I am proud of you. The only reason I sent you that article earlier today is I just want you to be careful and not overdo it. Because you work out A LOT. I just want to make sure you are ok and not hurt. I don't like my friends hurting :)
ReplyDeleteAnd as for your meds, meds suck but you are listening to your Doc. Nothing more you can do there.
Hang in there and keep it up.
Thanks Amber! I appreciate you a lot! I really do. I only posted this b/c I was getting a lot of concerns. Not just from you, and I haven't even seen the message you left today lol. My husband has my phone haha. :)
ReplyDeleteKeep up the great work! Metformin does not bother me (and I do take it for diabetes) but it does say on the bottle to take it with food but I bet you have already tried that.
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