I finally found a place where just about every post sounds like my story. Had a full hysterectomy except for my cervix over a year ago. I can't believe how hard it has been to keep weight off. I was about a size 8 before. I noticed I started carrying weight around my belly so I started exercising more and eating less. Well the weight kept coming on...with my boobs getting better to boot. So I heard of intermittent fasting where you don't eat at all for a 24 hour period - just drink liquids - 2 times per week. That didn't do much but after about 6 weeks - yes 6 weeks - I started to notice a slight, very slight, weight loss. Maybe a couple of pounds. I was so frustrated because I was eating less, exercising more - I run 5 days per week, walk my dogs 7 days per week and go to a gym class 2 days per week. Still, no big noticeable change. I thought I'd take it up a notch. So now I've been fasting every other day. Not quite 24 hours, but probably about 22. I don't eat past 6:30 ever. I have noticed a slight weight loss, but not compared to what I'm doing. I teeter between a 6 and 8. Yet if I had done this extreme diet and exercise regimen before my surgery, I'd be a size 2! I can't believe all I have to do just to pretty much maintain my weight - just to maintain!!! I'm certain if I didn't do all of this, I'd be one of the posters claiming to have gained 40 pounds. And the belly fat - please, don't get me started. It just hangs there - I look 3 months pregnant. I'm on the lowest dose of the minivielle - .375mg. Let's face it ladies - chemical hormone replacement will never be as good as the real thing. It'll help our hot flashes, migraines and mood swings, but it'll never replace what our ovaries did. When I told my doctor about my frustrations, her response was "have you gotten shorter"? Which I thought was odd because how do you explain the sudden gain in belly fat and boobage with getting shorter. My hysto didn't cause me to get shorter. Well I have gotten shorter, but that's just collateral damage. I truly think we're gonna' have to live with it. I think this surgery affects all of us differently. Sadly, it's affected us worse. I'm just gonna' keep doing what I'm doing or I'll be 40 pounds heavier.
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I finally found a place where just about every post sounds like my story. Had a full hysterectomy except for my cervix over a year ago. I can't believe how hard it has been to keep weight off. I was about a size 8 before. I noticed I started carrying weight around my belly so I started exercising more and eating less. Well the weight kept coming on...with my boobs getting better to boot. So I heard of intermittent fasting where you don't eat at all for a 24 hour period - just drink liquids - 2 times per week. That didn't do much but after about 6 weeks - yes 6 weeks - I started to notice a slight, very slight, weight loss. Maybe a couple of pounds. I was so frustrated because I was eating less, exercising more - I run 5 days per week, walk my dogs 7 days per week and go to a gym class 2 days per week. Still, no big noticeable change. I thought I'd take it up a notch. So now I've been fasting every other day. Not quite 24 hours, but probably about 22. I don't eat past 6:30 ever. I have noticed a slight weight loss, but not compared to what I'm doing. I teeter between a 6 and 8. Yet if I had done this extreme diet and exercise regimen before my surgery, I'd be a size 2! I can't believe all I have to do just to pretty much maintain my weight - just to maintain!!! I'm certain if I didn't do all of this, I'd be one of the posters claiming to have gained 40 pounds. And the belly fat - please, don't get me started. It just hangs there - I look 3 months pregnant. I'm on the lowest dose of the minivielle - .375mg. Let's face it ladies - chemical hormone replacement will never be as good as the real thing. It'll help our hot flashes, migraines and mood swings, but it'll never replace what our ovaries did. When I told my doctor about my frustrations, her response was "have you gotten shorter"? Which I thought was odd because how do you explain the sudden gain in belly fat and boobage with getting shorter. My hysto didn't cause me to get shorter. Well I have gotten shorter, but that's just collateral damage. I truly think we're gonna' have to live with it. I think this surgery affects all of us differently. Sadly, it's affected us worse. I'm just gonna' keep doing what I'm doing or I'll be 40 pounds heavier.
January 28, 2015 - 11:32pmThis Comment
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