I have now been taking metformin for two weeks. I have noticed a little difference, I am actually starting to lose weight, I am losing about a half a pound every few days, this is without working out. I will be starting back SOON, I know I keep saying that, however, it has been so cold I cannot get the motivation to go in the other room to workout. I have also noticed, when I eat carbs now, I end up in the bathroom fast. The metformin doesn't like the idea of me putting carbs into my body. This maybe a good thing, because it will help me cut back on those carbs, or I will have to suffer in the bathroom. As soon as I start adding some exercise into my day to day activities, I know I will lose more weight, right now I am happy with the results and happy that the doctors finally discovered the cause for some of my weight issues. I know I am the cause of the condition, however, I am trying to fix that and it was hard when the condition was working against me. I want the weather to … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2014
Feeling Better Everyday
Not long ago I went into the doctor to have blood work done, it seemed as though everything I was doing to lose weight was not getting me far. I was working our daily anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour a day, I was watching what I ate, yet the scale was having a hard time moving, and I really wasn't seeing results with measurements either. This made me depressed however, giving up wasn't an option. I did cut back on working out, because it's so depressing to bust your ass, and see very little results. Well, I now know why I was seeing little results, and that is because I am Insulin Resistance, so my body was changing the insulin into fat, and making more insulin and turning it into more fat, and so forth. The doctor put me on Metformin, to help with the insulin issue. I knew nothing about this drug, all I knew is it was to help people with diabetes, after researching, I have now learned it is used for many things, including weight loss, those suffering with PCOS, and those … [Read more...]
The Results Are In
As I sat in the bath last night relaxing, and email from Walgreens came through that I had a prescription ready for pick-up. I never called one in, so I had a feeling the results to my blood work were in, and this only met one thing. That there was indeed something wrong. I quickly rushed to the computer, so that I could log into my Walgreens account and see what meds I needed to pick up. As soon as I got on, I noticed there were two waiting for me. One was a Vitamin D pill, the other was Metformin. As soon as I seen Metformin, my heart sank. I am no dummy I know Metformin is known to treat those with type 2 diabetes. This scared the crap out of me, because diabetes runs in the family. The thing I couldn't understand was how did I have it, we tend to eat on the healthier sides, and when I took my blood sugar with my mother in laws stuff, I was about 80, and we had just had birthday food, which meant cake and ice cream as well. So this made very little since to me, with it being … [Read more...]
Blood Test Taken Results Soon
One thing that discourages me more than anything is busting my ass to get fit, and not seeing the results. I worked out almost everyday for a month straight, some days I did 3, 15 to 20 minute workouts, and some days I road the bike for 25 miles a day. I didn't see much of a difference with weight nor inches, and those types of results depress me. I have had my thyroid and other blood work looked at in the past, and I have always been told everything was "normal". But what really is normal? I know thyroid issues run in the family, both my mom and grandma are on meds for it. I know I have been battling with my weight since a young age, and I know when I was younger and battling with my weight I was very active. Yesterday, when I went to get a med refill, I talked to my doctor about getting but on something to help me with my battles. Not something to make losing easy, but something to help boost it. When I was 16 I was on redux for a short period. She asked when we last did … [Read more...]
