Recently I went to the doctor to see if I've been a good diabetic. I have improved a bit, which is good, but I'm not at fantastic just yet. All of my blood work was good except for one interesting thing.
I have diminished thyroid function.
That means there is a medical reason for my weight struggle. I felt such relief. It made me feel less of a failure in that regard. There is a reason I've felt like my body was fighting me to let go of weight when I KNEW I was doing the right things. Because my thyroid wasn't working, my metabolism was nil.
I now will have to take a medication to regulate my thyroid for the rest of my life.
My doctor tells me that my thyroid produces a hormone that regulates my body. By taking a synthetic thyroid medication this should improve my overall health by regulating my metabolism. Diabetes is a metabolic syndrome. So this should help me to regulate my blood sugar, sleep better, feel more energized, and to lose weight. Losing weight will in turn get me off some of the other medications in the long run.
That is one of my biggest downstream thoughts of all! I have been paddling upstream with the thyroid issue and didn't know it. I blamed myself and felt bad about myself all this time. I can truthfully say that I hated myself for failing so many times. I had nothing good to say about me and my weight. Those upstream thoughts got me nowhere.
I'm not an ogre, but I know with diabetes that I need to be thinner and really want to spend the last half of my life looking sexy. I know that is vain, but it's the truth.
I feel like I can let go of the paddles and float downstream with a renewed zest for success now.
By the way, my a1c was 7.6 this time. That's down from 8.0 last quarter when I had a complete melt down about it. It was a wake up call.
Sherry
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