New -looking for hope - Obesity Message Board

biobits · 06-10-2008, 01:04 PM

Hi,
Well i don't really know how to start. I have tried everything i know to sort myself out but i just get bigger. I really could do with someone to chat to who understands how bad being this big really is - I so want to be able to lead a normal life again - play with my kids and help my hubby. Any friends will be truly welcome.
Heres hoping

Vanessa

whit3 · 06-10-2008, 06:08 PM

I know how you feel. Nothing I do works, or just makes things worse. I -ran- with my dog, ate salad and drank nothing but water for a whole week and still gained.

I've been big all my life though. I got to the point i was content with how big I was. I had someone who loved me even though I was big, I didn't really have any weight related health problems. But i'm now trying to lose so I can start a family.

But I know how you feel, being big isn't nice

biobits · 06-12-2008, 11:07 AM

Hi Thanks for your letter - maybe we can keep in touch with each other
Vanessa

Valentine0214 · 06-26-2008, 04:30 PM

Hello,

I think the first thing I would do is schedule an appt with my doctor. He can tell you if there is an underlying cause to your weight problem, maybe thyroid, sleep apnea, diabetes, emotional eater, etc.

Some of these things can make it difficult to lose weight no matter what you try. Once you get treated for these issues, it might be easier to lose weight. I have all of these conditions. People know little about sleep apnea, but it can really mess up your system. The brain is deprived of oxygen at night, which makes things almost impossible to do during the day and it can also throw the metabolism out of whack. I sleep with a CPAP machine and it changed my life.

So please, don't give up, there is help out there and hope out there!

biobits · 06-27-2008, 12:41 PM

Hi
thanks for your advice, i have been to my doctor many times but more resently i have been attending an obesity clinic - the dr there has help me a bit but at 25-27 stone (not really sure how much i weigh) it is not making much difference. I snore very badly and last January i had pluracy - i was in agony and my mum came to help me out - in the early hours of the morning i was sat in a chair trying to rest - mum was sat watching me and said i scared her because i kept stopping breathing. I told my dr how i felt drained all the time and that i fell asleep in the daytime at the drop of a hat and i told him what my mum had observed , He has refered me to a sleep clinic and i have 2 appointments in the next few weeks to see if they will diagnose sleep apnia - i have heard of this cpac machine and i am hoping they will let me try one. I have have got to do something soon or i will have no life left - things are so hard at the moment. But until then i need to find a way to keep positive because i am just so low right now.