I’m so excited I just needed to share.

I’ve struggled with my weight since I was a child and my heaviest was just over 300lbs when I saw my doctor at the start of December. She tasked me with losing 10lbs for when I see her in June. It’s now the Feb 1 and im down 20.

I’ve been in weight loss classes, working with trainers, dieticians and nutritionists and the last one I was in I busted my ass for 4 months, barely lost 20lbs, then it took another 2 months to maintain it. So I quit and gained everything back in 4 weeks.

I discovered I have hypogonadism, and that my body was barely producing any testosterone which affects your metabolism, your mood, and your ability to lose weight.

I was hardly eating and when I did eat my body craved high sugar and high fat foods and my weight seemed to only go up (obviously because I’d have a hostess snoball for dinner). The past year especially before I started treatment I was afraid to eat half the time because the indigestion and heartburn could be so bad.

Well in October I learned what was going on, started treatment and hallelujah, I’ve never felt so good. For the first time in good knows how long, I had a proper appetite. My partner was shocked when we went out to breakfast and I actually ate all my food and didn’t complain about a stomach ache or heartburn.

It’s odd though in that im having to retrain myself out of my old eating and exercise habits, but im grateful and trying to take this opportunity for what it is.