Monday, February 08, 2010
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New genetic research has discovered that people missing a small portion of their DNA, about 30 genes, will become morbidly obese. The missing DNA was not found in any people of normal weight.
The affected people tended to be normal weight as toddlers, became overweight during t...
For years, I tried and tried to lose weight: Weight Watchers, low-carb diets, diabetic diets -- I gave up after staying awake all night one night considering self-surgery on all the fat parts of me. I decided I should be healthy, and blow off the beauty. My doctor and I agreed that I would visit him as needed and do everything he suggested, but he was not to discuss my weight with me. Then a few years later, I mysteriously lost 40 pounds, and the doctor, as agreed, never mentioned it to me. Then I began to feel really terrible, and I mentioned the surprising weight loss to him. Diagnosis: diabetes.
I got my blood sugars down with diet, medication (including Byetta for a while), and exercise. I am not now, nor will I ever be, svelte, and despite my sister's belief that I suffer from some sort of moral failing, I continue to be happy with myself. I wear a size 18 now, instead of the size 24+ when I was diagnosed, and it's good enough.
Sometimes, good enough is enough!