Guest guest Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 nne, Boy can I ever relate to what you wrote in this email. Last January I literally changed everything about the way I ate. I mean 180 degrees. My calories were down to 1500 to 1600 a day and I was using the treadmill 4 or 5 days a week. I lost about 15 pounds and then just stopped. It made me completely nuts. It all changed when I started rehab and my exercise increased drastically. For me it wasn't about reducing the calories under 1500 it was about increasing my exercise. I think your plan is a good one. Sometimes it takes an increase in activity to kick start our metabolisms and the weight starts to come off. I'll be thinking of you. I want you to be able to accomplish this so you can move forward on the transplant process. Fingers crossed!!! Hugs, Beth Moderator Fibrotic NSIP 06/06 Dermatomyositis 11/08 To: Breathe-Support Sent: Sun, January 31, 2010 12:29:44 AMSubject: Re: re:Weight Hi Dyane,You know the funny thing about the OBESE word is that for the past 20 years my husband has been morbidly obese. The most a doctor told him was that he needs to lose weight-when I told him about the conversation with the nurse he said "Boy, sometimes women are so nasty to each other" and he reminded me that the nurse was skinny. She was the first one I spoke to at NY Presbyterian. She probably never had a weight problem. The really weird thing that has been happening is that I think my body is having a war between prednisone (side effect weight gain) and Methotrexate (side effect weight loss and anorexia). I have been eating strangely for the past 3 months. VERY healthy, but I can eat 5 or 6 servings of fruit in a day. I LOVE plain cottage cheese (which I always hated) and peanuts and I don't want to eat red meat at all(probably a good thing). There's other strange things, too, but all in all when I wrote down what I ate for the last couple of days it was less than 1500 calories. I really think there is a war going on in me between the 2 drugs. I am weaning off the prednisone and increasing Methotrexate and I hope the latter wins the war!!!nne >> Hi anne,> > I do know how you feel as I have fought my weight since I was 18. Obese just is one of those words that just sound ugly. Morbidly Obese even more so but yet it is the "medical" term used. 20 lbs overweight, ya maybe a little too many candy bars or beer, but do they really think we want to be 5 feet and 200+ lbs!!!!! I have had so many Doctors say you need to lose weight. Well DUH! I do look in the mirror everyday. I really have got to think up a snappy comeback to that stupid stupid statement. I am doing Medifast and I have lost 30 lbs but I have been stuck since November and have been losing and gaining the same 10 lbs over and over. I want to excercise more but am having a BIG problem with coughing. I hope you can convince them that calling you Obese over and over and telling you not to show up if you haven't hit a certain weight is absolutely counterproductive.> > Dyane, 54, Phoenix, IIP 02 now NSIP 09, Breast Cancer, Psoriasis, Lipodermatosclerosi s, Diabetes, and now a RA like autoimmune component, yadda yadda yadda.> > > "Life is not a journey to the grave with intentions of arriving is a pretty, well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, chocolate in one hand, Margaritas in the other, loudly proclaiming "Holy **** What a ride!"."> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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