Hi...I know what you are saying. I heard the same for 20+ years. I was able to starve and keep off most of the pounds for a lot of that time, but eventually I no longer could no matter what I did. Finally I had no strength to even exercise. A wonderful doctor diagnosed me with an endocrine disorder, I sought help from some specialists, and it turned out I had a pituitary tumor causing Cushing’s disease which causes a multitude of problems including muscle wasting and obesity. The problem is, I had it so long that even with surgery to remove the tumor, my pituitary is no longer functioning. But I feel the best I’ve felt in years and years. Although Cushing’s has been touted as a rare disease, the newer research says it’s just rarely diagnosed. Anyone with diabetes, insulin resistance, and/or PCOS needs to be screened for this disease.
Some articles:
http://www.eje-online.org/cgi/reprint/157/3/245
http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/88/12/5593?ck=nck
http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/obe.2007.0069
http://del.icio.us/staticnrg/cyclical
http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/88/12/5808
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/500858
http://home.comcast.net/~staticnrg/Cushings/EndocrineNews.pdf
http://home.comcast.net/~staticnrg/Cushings/MEN1_and_diabetes.pdf
And there is much more.
Neverdem, regarding the article you posted on hypertension...it is one of the worst symptoms (for me) of Cushing’s. It became uncontrollable even with 4 medications. Since surgery, I have normal BP.