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June 25, 2017

I feel like I have always struggles with weight. Even when I was young I was heavy. I remember having to weigh in for a tug of war game in the 5th grade and I weighed 110lbs. That was about 20 pounds more than most of the boys and 30+ pounds more than most of the girls, I was tall but not that tall. In the 6th grade I had a bit of a growth spurt and was rather thin for the next few years. I was very active playing national tennis and it was easy to keep the weight off but I still struggled. My parents had me on different diets throughout my life. My mom, dad and sister are all of average weight and stilla are, my dad even struggles to keep weight on. WHAT?!? Never did that ever happen to me. Around the age of 22 I went on the Optifast diet and lost a lot of weight. I felt and looked great! Then I started dating, got engaged and the weight slowly started to creap back on. I remember someone saying "you could have gotten him when you were fat" seriously. Why is everyone so judgemental? So off my fiance and I went to a new weight doctor, he gave us b12 shots and some kind of pill to take during the week, we were both sucessful and lost weight or our wedding. Then our daughter came & so did the weight for the both of us. We worked to get if off and then I was preganant with our son, again more weight. Since then we have both gained 100+ pounds and have yo-yoed for the past 20 years. This is it, I need to get healthy. I have high blood pressure and diabetes. I also have hyperhydrosis (extreme sweating) I have dealt with this my entire life whether I was heavy or not. I use to sweat under my arms, so badly I had to have pads sewn into my prom dresses, college formal dresses and my wedding dress. Now I do not sweat under my arms as much but I do sweat everywhere else, especially my head. My face always looks lik I am about to have a stroke or pass out. Sweat just rolls down my face and my hair is always soaking wet. It so embarrasing...I am hoping that by losing some of this weight it will help with my hyperhydrosis, BP and diabetes. Fingers crossed this goes well. I need to change my lifestyle and the future.

Losingwithliss

06/25/2017 11:30AM

Hi, did you find the B12 shot helped? I thought perhaps you may be B12 deficient as it can cause weight gain, difficulty losing weight and sweating from the head among a lot of other symptoms. Generally B12 won't have much effect unless you're defificient in it. Though one shot won't necessarily make you feel better if you are deficient. May be something worth getting checked for and may be worth keeping in mind that specialist doctors say that B12 should be at least 600 to start to feel well but the current diagnostic cut off is around 200 so most people are being told they're not deficient when they actually are. Hope this helps.

Lete

Thanks Melissa, I did find it helped with weight loss, not sure when the last time was anyone checked my B12 level. I will look into it, thanks for the info. As for the sweating, like I said it has been problem since I was young it has just moved around as I got older. I'd prefer the under arm sweat to the head sweat anyway, lol.

Some symptoms I've had since I was young so it could be that. I've never had a problem with under arm but the head sweating is the bane of my life! Makes me really self conscious! People think that because it's just a vitamin it's not a big deal but it can be quite severe, I'd definitely get it checked just in case. Good luck with the dietbet ????

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