Glitter Jelly:
Just found this post (see page 1) from not that long ago... Haven't been able to lose any weight since then... Now some of size M clothes are getting tight, so I bought a few size L which I seen to reach for most days because I feel less self conscious in them.
It's a vicious circle that I can't seem to get out of, and I regret getting rid of most of my "fat clothes" as I lost weight.
It's like I thought I'd stay thin forever, against all odds and statistics. After a few years of maintaining a much lower weight (BMI around 22, when it used to be well over 30), I had convinced myself I was the exception to the rule. I'm not, and it's a brutal realization.
Waiting for an investigation in endocrinology because some of my hormones (prolactin especially) are at abnormal values. I hope they find what's wrong and it can be fixed, but I'm worried they'll conclude "nothing" is wrong with me and I'll have to accept the fact that I'll always be fat.
Munchies:
Prolactin? Oh boy. I hope you aren't having any nipple discharge.
But hormones can be fixed. I have PCOS, and my OB/GYN put me on birth control. I am in a lot better place mentally, emotionally, and physically. You'll be okay in the end.
I don't, at least not yet (it's been rising since at least February or March), but I feel a lot of the weight gain went to my chest.
Maybe it's in my head.
The other day, a friend of mine and I were joking that I should take advantage of this and try to milk myself to sell the milk. 🤦♀️
I suspect I might have PCOS (symptoms since my puberty hit: severe acne, hairloss, I gain weight easily, but I can't lose any unless I almost eat nothing, high prolactin is a symptom...) but:
- my last testosterone level was normal (according to my OB/GYN)
- my ovaries don't have any cysts (I know it doesn't rule out PCOS but with the other findings I guess it does)
- my anti mullerian hormone level was normal
I also have most (if not all) the symptoms of hypothyroidism but TSH, T3, T4 are all normal. TRH hasn't been tested yet.
