Hi Everyone -
I am 32 and have 2 children. When my first child was born in 2017 I had gestational diabetes. After he was born I went right back to the gym and lost all of the baby weight and got in the best shape of my life.
My husband and I experienced secondary infertility when trying for our 2nd. We began trying at the end of 2018 and after 9 IUIs we finally got pregnant. Our 2nd was born in April 2020. I was never diagnosed as having gestational diabetes this time around, but they said I had a insulin sensitivity.
I am a stay at home mom and despite working out harder than ever, very consistently I have been unable to lose weight. Instead I am doing everything I can just to not gain weight. I workout (CrossFit) 4-5X per week - weight lifting, high intensity workouts. I work out in the mornings. Then I am active with my two kids all day long. I also go on a number of long walks each week.
I also eat very clean - very clean. I do not go to fast food, I do not indulge in desserts. I eat super clean Whole Foods.
I recently went to an endocrinologist who specializes in helping women lose weight and she said I was her ideal patient. She ran an extensive blood work and it all came back good. The nutritionist in her office thinks that if I wasn’t working out as hard as I am my numbers would show an insulin resistance.
they put me on metformin. 750 per day for the first week and then up to 1,500 per day during week two and now this my 3rd week. I broke down today and cried because I simply cannot take the side effects. I feel trapped in my body and cannot escape feeling nauseous, headache, insomnia / not sleeping well at all, pains, etc.
Checked with doc and they want to move me to Ozempic - which sounds horrible when you read the reviews on drugs.com. Also I have family history of women with thyroid issues so I am scared of that too.
ive never liked to take medicines and now I’m taking metformin and feeling horrible and considering ozempic because I am so unhappy with my weight - I just want to go from 159 to 140 and lose my belly fat.
I am scared of what these drugs will do and I am also scared that if I don’t do them I will be left with no where to turn and nothing left to try.
my husband is reading about intermittent fasting and keto and I don’t love the idea of IF - I am an early morning person and I need to eat breakfast before a hard work out and to have energy with my kids. Also I hate that my window of eating would end so early - so can never go out to eat with my family or husband for dinner
has anyone been down this road and found a safer alternative than these scary drugs that actually worked ?
thanks so much for your time,
okinawa17
I am 32 and have 2 children. When my first child was born in 2017 I had gestational diabetes. After he was born I went right back to the gym and lost all of the baby weight and got in the best shape of my life.
My husband and I experienced secondary infertility when trying for our 2nd. We began trying at the end of 2018 and after 9 IUIs we finally got pregnant. Our 2nd was born in April 2020. I was never diagnosed as having gestational diabetes this time around, but they said I had a insulin sensitivity.
I am a stay at home mom and despite working out harder than ever, very consistently I have been unable to lose weight. Instead I am doing everything I can just to not gain weight. I workout (CrossFit) 4-5X per week - weight lifting, high intensity workouts. I work out in the mornings. Then I am active with my two kids all day long. I also go on a number of long walks each week.
I also eat very clean - very clean. I do not go to fast food, I do not indulge in desserts. I eat super clean Whole Foods.
I recently went to an endocrinologist who specializes in helping women lose weight and she said I was her ideal patient. She ran an extensive blood work and it all came back good. The nutritionist in her office thinks that if I wasn’t working out as hard as I am my numbers would show an insulin resistance.
they put me on metformin. 750 per day for the first week and then up to 1,500 per day during week two and now this my 3rd week. I broke down today and cried because I simply cannot take the side effects. I feel trapped in my body and cannot escape feeling nauseous, headache, insomnia / not sleeping well at all, pains, etc.
Checked with doc and they want to move me to Ozempic - which sounds horrible when you read the reviews on drugs.com. Also I have family history of women with thyroid issues so I am scared of that too.
ive never liked to take medicines and now I’m taking metformin and feeling horrible and considering ozempic because I am so unhappy with my weight - I just want to go from 159 to 140 and lose my belly fat.
I am scared of what these drugs will do and I am also scared that if I don’t do them I will be left with no where to turn and nothing left to try.
my husband is reading about intermittent fasting and keto and I don’t love the idea of IF - I am an early morning person and I need to eat breakfast before a hard work out and to have energy with my kids. Also I hate that my window of eating would end so early - so can never go out to eat with my family or husband for dinner
has anyone been down this road and found a safer alternative than these scary drugs that actually worked ?
thanks so much for your time,
okinawa17