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I had a hysterectomy and both ovaries removed eight years ago at 33 years old due to endometriosis. When the surgery was performed I weighed 145 at 5'8" and worked out occasionally. I don't take hormone replacement and my thyroid has been checked out. My weight has now ballooned to 190 and I am a borderline diabetic with borderline high cholestrol.
I spend an hour and half in the gym at leat three times a week (30 minutes on the eliptical, 30 minutes on the bike, and 30 minutes lifting weights). On the off days, I try to walk at least a couple of miles. My normal calorie intake is around 1200 -1400 a day. I don't eat alot of fried foods or sugar. This has been my routine for at least 6 months with no movement on the scale or lose of inches.
When I talk to my doctor, his suggestion is spend at least another half hour in the gym and cut my calorie intake by another 100 calories. Oh and look into one of those food programs like Jenny Craig or Weight Watchers! Not that I have a problem with food programs but I don't believe they are a permanent solution to weight issues unless you want to stay on them for the rest of your life.
Does anyone have ANY suggestions on what else I can try short of a presciption diet pill? I've thought about trying hormone replacement again. Is it possible that by going on hormone replacement my body will get the estrogen it is trying to gain by retaining the fat? Just a thought and maybe I'm totally off base. Does anyone have a good diet program for a diabetic with high cholestrol?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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I, too, had a 20 lb weight gain after my hysterectomy with both ovaries removed in 12/10. I, too, work out 5 days a week, a minimum of 45 minutes each day. I made a pact with myself that if I went to work, I would work out. I also joined Weight Watchers. Since July, I have lost (ready for this).....6 pounds!!!! Of which, I have managed to gain 3 of it back. Why? I've gotten so tired and fatigued from working out so much, my doctor told me to give the workouts a rest. So I went to working out 3-4 days a week. I'm truly at my wits end. I feel your pain. I'm scheduled to see an endocrinologist in December to see if they have a miracle.
By the way, and I'm not trying to be rude, but don't you just love it when people assume that you're eating too much or not following a diet because you can't lose weight? People should understand that if you are taking the time to explain your symptoms and ask for help that you've truly exhausted most everything that you can think of.
October 31, 2011 - 9:53amThis Comment
Know one understands any of this. And I've had it!!! If Angela Jolie has done it then i know its possiblw... but alas only celebrities. I eat zero all day. And the double ooph was the worst thing i ever did. No one tells or warns you. I feel like the most deceived person. I never had kids ir ever knew i had endometrosis until i woke up from surgery.
April 28, 2018 - 6:16pmThis Comment
I think what finally did it for me was when he told me to look into a program that one of the other staff at the clinic had success with. It only cost $90 a week and was basically protein based with shakes and a few additional meals. Wait, you want me to spend even more time in the gym plus start drinking protein shakes?! Am I missing something here?
What is even more amazing to me...he ended up giving me a diet pill? I forget the name of it. But, I took it for roughly 5 months and lost 25-30 lbs. I didn't change my workout routine or my eating habits because to me they were both right on target. That to me says it is in the metabolism side. Since I didn't change anything else, what else could it be? It's been about three months and my metabolism is starting to slow down again and I'm starting to gain again :-(
Maybe one day they'll (the doctors) will address this situation instead of steadily scolding us about diet and exercise because I get tired of wasting my breath. I think it should be standard practice to monitor the weight, sugar, and cholestrol of surgically menopausal women and offer them something to counter it because most of us didn't have a choice as to whether we had a hysterectomy or not. I want to scream at the doctors "I already feel horrible enough that I missing "my parts". Do you think I don't want to or have the will power to control my food intake or go to the gym!"
Let me know how your doctor appointment goes. Good luck to you!
November 1, 2011 - 2:59amThis Comment