Hi all. I'm new here. And when I say new, I mean I've always heard about Reddit but I've never done this sort of thing before.
But I need help. And Google isn't cutting it. I need advice. And my doctors have never been able to help with my weight struggles.
I'm tired of yoyo dieting. I'm tired of losing control and flipping between binging and borderline anorexia. I'm tired of trying to make working out manageable.
But I'm tired of being so large I don't fit into most clothes. That clothes cost about double. That I don't have as many options or styles available to me. I hate that no coat will look good on my body type. And that I can't stand how I look in the mirror.
I'm just having trouble. Food is my absolute weakness. When I'm stressed, depressed, or overwhelmed, it's what I go to for comfort.
But that's not my biggest problem. I have a lot of health issues that make exercizing even more of a chore than it is.
I used to be an active kid. I ran around, biked, played soccer for years, and loved to explore. And then I developed asthma at around 13. And then around 14 or 15 years old, my throat suffered physical trauma that caused my thyroid to shrivel up and die.
I slowly started gaining weight. Because of my asthma, physical activities hurt. I quit soccer. I quit kempo. It hurt to breathe. The thyroid made it so much worse. I was depressed all the time, my immune system was shot so I was sick every month. I developed insomnia. I became malnourished despite eating the same as ever. All because of my thyroid.
I spent a decade fine tuning medications for both asthma and my thyroid issue and finally optimized the doses. But it's not perfect. My body is still not where it should be. The medicines don't fully replace the parts that aren't working. My body doesn't absorb my thyroid medication evenly. It likely won't ever. And if I have a really bad asthma attack, my inhaler doesn't cut it. I've been hospitalized dozens of times for it over the last 15 years.
But my body simply isn't as efficient or strong as it would normally be. And it's making weightloss feel impossible.
My doctor's tell me it'll all magically get better if I manage to lose weight. My asthma will be better. My sleep will be better. My muscle weakness. My depression. As if losing weight will cure me. But no matter how hard I try, I'm stressed, overwhelmed and constantly sick and in pain.
On any given day, I am weak mentally from insomnia (my average is 4-6 hours of sleep a night, but not all at once. I wake 5+ times a night), I have constant muscle weakness from the thyroid, I am violently sick at least once a month from the thyroid weakened immune system, I have 1-2 medium asthma attacks a day from litterally nothing, and I am also a stay at home mother to a developmentally delayed 4 year old so I don't terribly get a lot of breaks/planning time/me time.
Here's where I need help. I need work outs I can do that won't damage me. I neeeed to be more active. I neeeed to build up my endurance as much as possible.
Walking works ok, but I don't have a treadmill, I live in a small condo and my asthma is triggered by humidity, high temps and cold temps (and dust, and perfume, and peppers and scallops and seriously too many things).
I've tried yoga but it's harder than it looks and I can't manage my balance. I am completely willing to try again if someone has some easier resources to help me build myself up from baby level, but trying on my own has failed.
I will take any advice on time management, daily routines, food and diet, bedtime/sleep management, and especially easy and low intensity work outs (YouTube channels, blogs, articles, webpages, all welcome).
I need help. I can't keep living like this. I hope this isn't breaking any rules. Please be kind.
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