Thursday, May 17, 2012

Screaming and No One Can Hear Me!!!

I have been struggling with weightloss for 3 years now.  I one point I broke down and went to a weightloss clinic, where all they do is prescribe you weightloss pills(phentermine-which just is an appetite suppressant) and hcg shots(which just reduce belly fat) I opted out of the shots because they can cause ovarian cyst which I had at the time.  A few months went by and the weight was finally coming off, after all the struggle.  I got down to a good weight and decided to stop taking the pills and thought I would be able to lose the last 15lbs with out them.  The pills had lost there effect and I know its not "healthy" to be on them for to long so I stopped and continue doing everything I was doing while on the pills with out them.  I continued Crossfitting, running and eating Paleo(with the occational "cheat day") but slowly but surely the weight came back, I regained 29lbs of the 50lbs I had lost.  I was so depressed and while dealing with other struggles of daily life.  My husband was away for training, my Mother was in and out of the hospital and I was having to take care of her as well as trying to understand why the weight just wouldn't stop packing back on.  So I set up doctor appointment after doctor appointment.  I was told I had hypothyroidism so I was put on synthroid, but it didn't help how I felt or the weight so I stopped taking it.  So the hunt continued; I had a physical, blood draws and even saw a specialist. All the doctors I went to just told me to eat less and work out more, no carbs, etc.  Well I was doing all of that!  So finally I found a doctor who believed me, and referred me to an endocrinologist.  The endocrinologist was the straw that broke the camels back, he was the rudest and most uncaring doctor of them all.  I was told by this doctor to eat once a day, or only 1000 calories and if that was was to much back it down from 1000 to 800 or 600 calories a day.  Then he wrote me a prescription for phentermine, which made me furious, I had went to him because I didn't want to get back on the pills.  God heard my cries and lead to to Maximized Living Carolina where I saw a good friend of mine who is there in house nutritionist, Faith Hill(no not the singer) and there lead chiropractor Dr. Matthew McAlees.  Finally some one who didn't just see me as fat and lazy.  These awesome people told me it wasn't my fault and there is something holding me back and that I am doing things in the correct manor but things inside were not letting me reach my potential.  So I started my life changing program and it couldn't have came at a better time,  I don't know how much more I could have handled.  They gave me hope and answers.  I am not saying this is for everyone but if you want to fix the problem and not just keep sweeping it under the rug per say then I insist you talk to a maximized living docotor in your area, there are plenty around! Since starting with them my energy levels are way up, I feel so much better, and I have lost 9lbs possibly more but I don't like to get on the scale to much I can really tell because my favorite pants are falling off of me!  I will post more as progress continues, I just wanted to give a big thanks to the team at Charlotte Health Center(Maximized Living Carloina) for giving me hope and answers!

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