Another voice in a growing choir!
As I have shared, ad nauseum, my doctors cannot figure out what is up with my weight.
I recently went through ANOTHER period of strict calorie control, pared with specific exercise goals, that should have resulted in me losing AT LEAST two pounds a week. No cheating. My wife monitored me (I have a witness!).
After a month I had lost about a pound and a half.
For some reason I burn only about 50 to 60 percent of the calories of a normal person. I have low heart rate, low body temperature, normal to low blood pressure.
Unfortunately, the next step is a FULL endocrine work up which insurance doesn't cover and would cost me about $10K.
For the "eat less, exercise more" Nazis...that isn't ALWAYS the cure. Sure, there are overweight people who eat like pigs, but not ALL overweight people eat like pigs and there are more and more being diagnosed every day.
What’s your TSH and T3 AND T4?
You should look into the issue of having a disregulated autonomic nervous system. If that is not working, it affects many other things.
The good thing is, it’s mostly due to thiamine deficiency, so it’s easy to treat with diet and supplementation.
My wife had some intractable problems that are finally being addressed by treating for this issue.
Check out Elliot Overton Thiamine Protocol. If your practitioner is a standard allopath, he or she is probably clueless about all this.
Merry Christmas!