lil_death’s BodyBlog

So, I got the results from the blood work.  These were tests for pretty much everything, including all thyroid, H Pylori, and Celiac’s Disease.  My thyroid, with the help of homeopathics I’m assuming, had gone from 3.64 to 1.60, so it lowered.  Everything else came back fine as well.  WTF???  So, if my thyroid actually had gone down to the point where my metabolism would be on fire, why aren’t I losing weight?  Well, only thing I could think of is that perhaps my weight gain is water.  Who knows?

So I had an appointment already scheduled with my holistic specialist and tell him everything.  So, he decides to do a food allergy test.  Great.  A bit unorthodox, I must admit, as he had me hold amphitmatmines to test for the allergies.  I forget why.  I always feel like I need to record my visits, I swear.  At any rate… with most of the foods I eat, I’m fine, but apparently eating raw tomatoes and peppers (in that family), makes my metabolism slow down… I know, strange.  He also thinks that my protein powder may be doing the same, but wants to recheck in my next visit when I bring him samples of ALL protein powders I’ve consumed in the past year, or so.  Fine.  So, luckily I brought my vitamins and Omegas I’ve been taking.  The Ultimate Omega by Nordic Naturals, which is, by the way, one of the best brands to buy any fish oil from, due to the standards and apparently, he’s not too keen with them, because it’s not Biotics Research (total rip off these people), those make my metabolism slow down… even CLA which he tested me for.  He thought it was strange as he condones EFAs of all kinds as a source of fat and a way to manage weight loss.  So, he said my metabolism speeds up with Omega 9s… I know… weird.  Told my fiance and he thought that was bullshit.  So, he tests me for everything else… once he gets to the multi-vitamin/mineral by Now Foods Eve…. he didn’t have enough amphetamines to even match the response, or whatever he was looking for.  He boils it down to not being the minerals but one of the B vitamins… so weird.    So he goes on to tell my that my body is having a difficult time metabolizing Omega 3 & 6 type lipids as well as one of the B vitamins, thereby causing my metabolism to slow down.  Anyone ever hear of that??  I searched all over the internet one day and couldn’t find anything about that.  Of course, he says, this wouldn’t show up in any medical test.  Whatever.  I don’t know if I should believe him, or not.  Apparently his assisstant/student is "allergic" to chicken.  It slowed down his metabolism so much, he’d practically pass out sleeping after eating it.  Whatever.

So I eliminated the multi-vitamin and omegas to see if that’s what it is, even though I consumed them in the past (like, within the past year when my weight stabilized to what it used to be when I was lighter).  Just to see if that’s what it is.  I just don’t understand why my body would suddenly react this way.

I have an appointment tomorrow with the GI specialist.  This was an appointment my physician felt I should go to.  So, fine, I’m going.  Maybe he can figure out the distended abdomen, since my holistic specialist didn’t bother checking for that.  My anxiety is better, though, so I know homeopathics works great for me brain.

Other than all that, if no one can figure anything out, I’m seriously considering going into med school myself and becoming far greater than Dr Oz.  Seriously, I don’t think most surgeons, doctors, specialists, what have you, really knows what goes on with the body after the trauma of surgery.  Especially for those who’ve never had surgery before… honestly, it could screw SOMETHING up, I’m sure.  AND no one really knows if lipo is that great (yeah, that was part of the abdominoplasty).

Then I’m dealing with the stress of finding a nice, cheap place to hold a ceremony, but it seems the wedding industry’s gotten to parks, as well.  I don’t want it to be hick, either… it sucks.  Out in the midwest they have oodles of parks they could have ceremonies at, without charge.  In Western MA, different story.  You want to get married at someplace nice, you’re looking at putting a great deal of cash equivalent to a down payment on a house.  Sorry… not worth in my opinion.  I don’t care how "big" of a day it is.  Then the fiance doesn’t help much, specifically in the house hunting aparment… so… eventually we’ll move in together… hope he’s not waiting until AFTER we’ve exchanged vows, because I sure as hell am not going to live with his father, or separate.  So, wedding stress, house hunting stress, OOO job stress (looking for a position in my field) and all this health bull shit I need to figure out in order to continue to compete - FUN.