On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, Ada Lueke wrote:

> Have you had your thyroid tested recently? This chronic fatigue doesn't
> sound good.
My thyroid gets checked once/year at my physical...last year...which is
almost a year ago it was at 3.0. My sister has a slow thyroid.  I don't
think they medicate until it's  > 5.0

My fatigue is no worse than it has been over the last number of
years..it's no better...but at least it's not worse.


> Ada
> Lady Ariel wrote:
>
> > I know I'm going to end up with alot of whiny relatives if I do this.
> > I
> > don't care anymore though.  I am getting so sick of counting every
> > calorie
> > I put in my mouth and struggling every single day to maintain a body
> > weight that's at least 15 lbs over where I should be for my height of
> > 5'7".  Right now, I just feel really upset about the fact that I have
> > worked so hard at Weight Watchers and have followed that plan to a T
> > for
> > the past year and a half.  I'm still anemic.  I'm still incredibly
> > tired
> > all the time.  I still have no motivation.  When I was fat, I'd go to
> > the
> > doctor and they'd say "lose weight."  Now, I'm thin and I go to the
> > doctor and they say, "Here, take some prozac." I'm sorry...I just get
> > frustrated easily.
> >
> > Anyway, today has gone pretty well.  Hardly paleo...but relatively low
> >
> > carb.  I did just blow away 34 grams of carbs on a bag of M&M's which
> > is
> > not something I even normally eat anymore.  I had a horrible headache.
> >
> > I think that if I can stay at 100 grams of carbs for the next few days
> >
> > that should be pretty good...and then I can lower it more.  And hey I
> > enjoyed it alot more than I would have enjoyed a big hunk of bread.
> >
> > I can see this isn't going to be easy...but it will be well worth it
> > if
> > I start to feel better soon.
> >
> > Ariel
>