jazzy
Regular Member
Hi all
I have had some very disappointing news this week. For the past 7-8 weeks I have been getting waves of dizziness (3-4 times a day) and on a couple of occasions I have almost fainted. I would have done had I not managed to get to a chair and catch my bearings. I have been to the Dr's and he took bloods for everything. Most of them came back ok but some came back "just outside the normal range" whatever that means. I'm sure being in Ketosis would have effected them and maybe this is what had been picked up. Anyway, when I had the bloods done he reccommended that I increase my calorie intake slightly and agreed that I should do a few days of AAM. I was ok with this as it doesn't really seem to effect my weight loss. After a few days I returned to SS'ing. My CDC has been aware of how I have been feeling and has been great and very supportive. She has been looking everywhere for reasons for the dizziness and we have both tried everything to try and combat it. This has also made me feel guilty as I don't like to cause people to worry. After returning to SS everything was great until earlier this week when I had the day from hell. I permanantly felt dizzy and it was almost like I was travelling on a boat with severe sea sickness all day. My CDC has spoken with CD Head office and they have said that I need to move up the plans and do 1200. The thought of doing this is absolutely terrifying me. I don't feel ready to do it, especially as I still have a way to go. Over the past couple of days I have come to terms with the fact that I have to now start eating on a higher plan and I know that although losing weight is important my health is also important. I can't shake the feeling that I have failed and I am letting everyone down as I haven't yet reached my target goal. The general consensus on why this is happening now, when I have felt brilliant while doing SS, is that I lost a lot of weight in a short space of time (approaching 11 st in 7 months) that my body is now saying "enough is enough, give me a break". I wasn't going to post about this because of how I am feeling but decided to bite the bullet in the hope that someone may have had dealings with this and maybe give me some advice. Please tell me that my weight loss won't stop, I'm prepared for it slowing down but don't know how I will feel if it stops completely.
I will be allowed to try SS again in a few months time and hope that the dizziness won't return like it currently is.
So I am now doing AAM and next week will move up to 790.
Sorry everyone for a depressing post but needed to get it all out and it actually feels better for having written it all down.
Jazzy x
I have had some very disappointing news this week. For the past 7-8 weeks I have been getting waves of dizziness (3-4 times a day) and on a couple of occasions I have almost fainted. I would have done had I not managed to get to a chair and catch my bearings. I have been to the Dr's and he took bloods for everything. Most of them came back ok but some came back "just outside the normal range" whatever that means. I'm sure being in Ketosis would have effected them and maybe this is what had been picked up. Anyway, when I had the bloods done he reccommended that I increase my calorie intake slightly and agreed that I should do a few days of AAM. I was ok with this as it doesn't really seem to effect my weight loss. After a few days I returned to SS'ing. My CDC has been aware of how I have been feeling and has been great and very supportive. She has been looking everywhere for reasons for the dizziness and we have both tried everything to try and combat it. This has also made me feel guilty as I don't like to cause people to worry. After returning to SS everything was great until earlier this week when I had the day from hell. I permanantly felt dizzy and it was almost like I was travelling on a boat with severe sea sickness all day. My CDC has spoken with CD Head office and they have said that I need to move up the plans and do 1200. The thought of doing this is absolutely terrifying me. I don't feel ready to do it, especially as I still have a way to go. Over the past couple of days I have come to terms with the fact that I have to now start eating on a higher plan and I know that although losing weight is important my health is also important. I can't shake the feeling that I have failed and I am letting everyone down as I haven't yet reached my target goal. The general consensus on why this is happening now, when I have felt brilliant while doing SS, is that I lost a lot of weight in a short space of time (approaching 11 st in 7 months) that my body is now saying "enough is enough, give me a break". I wasn't going to post about this because of how I am feeling but decided to bite the bullet in the hope that someone may have had dealings with this and maybe give me some advice. Please tell me that my weight loss won't stop, I'm prepared for it slowing down but don't know how I will feel if it stops completely.
I will be allowed to try SS again in a few months time and hope that the dizziness won't return like it currently is.
So I am now doing AAM and next week will move up to 790.
Sorry everyone for a depressing post but needed to get it all out and it actually feels better for having written it all down.
Jazzy x