WEDNESDAY'S WEIGHT IN WORKSHOP~~

[selmaS]

Hi All...lets get started...first who all wants to participate?

U do not need to tell us ur weight or how much u want to lose, but u may want to get the tracker up and running so u can track ur progress.

SO...post ur name and if u want to participate in a diet modification/exercise program for those with limitations.

    and hopefully we can support each other as we shed weight....and feel stronger with out pain : )

[selmaS]

  Hi...well it still may many with chiari also have an auto immune thyroid condition called Hashimoto's, u can be hyper or hypo or switch btwn the 2.

U could very well be hyper...and y u do not gain...I have gone btwn the 2, lost weight and was "skinny" and then was considered "fat"...all on the same diet and activity levels and my blood labs showed normal for thyroid function, u really need a full lab work up to include a thyroid ultra sound, and  in addition to the TSH labs u need free T3 and free T4 and TPO antibodies....

But this can account for ur weight or lack of....

[MommyofTwo2008]

Well I definitely misunderstood something I read somewhere...I thought my being underweight was a Chiari symptom, but if people are trying to lose weight it must be different for everyone. I thought I finally had an explanation as to why I am 5'5" and only about 106-108lbs soaking wet. I am not that active, I don't exercise, it hurts to move and I have no energy. The only 'exercise' I get is chasing my little ones around and the once maybe twice a week I run errands, if that. Some weeks I don't do anything at all and just have my hubby pick stuff up that we need on his way home from work. I am disheartened now because I thought that maybe I would actually gain some weight post-op. I think something just got mixed up in my head, which isn't hard to do for me; I can't remember a time when I wasn't easily confused. Sorry I just realized I was rambling off on random stuff so I'll just stop typing now lol.

[drewlevas]

You're perfectly right. Everyone is perfect in theire verry own way.

[SilentSong101]

Its amazing how each and everyone of us is so unique, and perfect in our own way - no one elses perfect with be someone elses perfect - and everyone is beautiful regardless of how their built. Sometimes that justs blows my mind - everyone is perfect in who they are.

[drewlevas]

Well I'll be wooping when my scale hit 190 lbs! I havent been this size since 10 th grade! Even if I'm short 5 feet, I'm muscular build and big boned. The nutritionist told me that 155 lbs would be perfect! I have a lot of work to get there, since I'm over 200 lbs :(

[selmaS]

  It is a strange sensation at the time I did not have my Chiari dx, knowing u have it as well as other issues, u may think something is wrong...when it is not, this happens to everyone....lol...again a very weird sensation.