Bragg's, anyone?

[channlluv]

Thank you, friends. So I should embrace my Weebleness, huh? You all make it sound so easy.

Trek, thank you. I've got size 20, elastic-waist jeans, too. I wore them yesteday.

I'm sorry for the whine fest. I should have put a Pity Party warning sign on the subject line. I appreciate all the love and support, and the really, really great advice. I can contact a nutritionist myself. I was just hoping for a qualified referral to a sports nutritionist. I guess he didn't know any. My family doctor is a runner and cyclist, too, though, so I'm sure she knows someone.

When I do tell someone how much I weigh, they're usually surprised. I don't look it from the waist up. My hips, though, and thighs...remember that SNL skit about the wide-bottomed people? I'm not quite that bad, but not too far off.

I'm a Weeble. A Weeble who can bike twenty - thirty miles and swim a whole mile without stopping.

Trek, I'm going to take your story as my inspiration here. I'd love to get down to a size 12. I know I can do it. I just have to not get injured and keep up the regular exercise.

Thank you again, everyone, for the love and support.

Roxy

[Trek420]

I'm a Weeble. A Weeble who can bike twenty - thirty miles and swim a whole mile without stopping.

Remember; that's more than many people do ... ever. You rock!

Trek, I'm going to take your story as my inspiration here. I'd love to get down to a size 12. I know I can do it. I just have to not get injured and keep up the regular exercise.

Well, I thought I'd get down to a 10 this year but my jogging buddy doggie pulled up lame (that'll be another thread) and I need to refocus on staging the condo (another thread) so I'm working out cleaning

I'd rather be fat and fit than skinny and weak any day.

[KnottedYet]

Gawd, that shot of Denise going through the finish tape just gives me shivers EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

Yeah, BABY!!!!!!!!

[Trek420]

Any skinny chick can do an IM or swim a mile non stop (well, maybe not any, but you catch my drift).

Fat cyclists rock! And tomorrow, we'll be lighter or maybe just smaller jeans.

[emily_in_nc]

Roxy,

I am one of the petite ones, but I just want to reach through the miles and give you a big hug. Girl, be kind to yourself. You are doing what 99% of people, even skinny people, don't, and that is exercising and eating right and attempting to live healthy lives. I'm constantly amazed by the intelligent, educated people I work with who smoke, don't exercise, eat burgers and fries daily for lunch, and basically don't expect to live past 70, so they think "why bother" when it comes to developing healthier habits. What a heartbreaking attitude, and there's not a d*mn thing I can do to change their thinking, which I fear will just become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

You, otoh, are doing the right things, your mind is in the right place, and yet, you are still overweight. I would be very suspicious of your "slightly low" thyroid. One of my best GFs had "slightly low" thyroid, and once she got herself to an excellent endocrinologist and started on thyroid hormone, lost 30 lbs. effortlessly. There are a lot of folks who are borderline on thyroid, but because they're not in the "low" range set by the powers that be, are not treated. Your ideal level may be much higher than the norm. I fully believe that our bodies are all individualistic, and what is right for most may not be right for me or for you. But finding a doctor who believes that and will work with you, trying different things until you find the magic, can be difficult. My friend lives in San Fran, where there are many good doctors who are holistic and open-minded, and that has helped her, but that's not possible everywhere.

Given all that you have told us, you should be losing weight, and you aren't, so something is wrong with this picture. The key is figuring out what that is. Yes, your setpoint will probably always be higher than mine as you say you have been overweight all your life, so unfortunately have more fat cells than you need (fat cells don't just "go away" without liposuction, they just expand and contract). But even given that, you should be able to lose weight on a healthy, reasonable diet (I totally agree with the advice that mentions Michael Pollan above - real food is key) and with an active lifestyle. If you are not losing, something is biochemically "off".

The difficult part is finding out what that is. I sure do wish you luck in this journey. Hardly a day goes by where I don't feel gratitude for being small, because I can imagine how those who are larger must feel. I was chubby in college from too many pizzas and beer, so I got a small taste of what people like you go through every day, and it was not fun.

Keep fighting!

{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{ Roxy }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

[nscrbug]

Roxy...I'm going to echo what emily_in_nc said about being suspicious of the low but normal thyroid. I'm one of those that was on the low end of normal with my thyroid test results. My doctor thought that perhaps even though I wasn't technically deficient, he felt that by putting me on a low dosage of thyroid hormone might make me feel better (I was having all kinds of symptoms). Let me just say, that it did help immensely. I would go back to your endo and question the thyroid results again. I have been on the thyroid meds ever since, and am now up to taking 88mcg of Levoxyl. They your doc do a full thyroid panel including the test for antibodies?