Odd weight loss

brslk · #1 09-18-2013, 12:40 AM

In the last 6 months or so I have lost about 60 lbs.
I wasn't trying to lose weight .

I've stopped eating sugar and white bread. but otherwise been eating the same.

I've noticed my hands and feet have a tingly feeling (like they are asleep)
and I have zero energy.

My doctor is useless... he says I should eat more.

I have almost no appetite at all and when I do eat, I feel full pretty quick.

The reason I stopped eating sugar and wheat is due to Psoriasis.

I know I should ask elsewhere for answers but thought I would ask here first.

takkotime · #2 09-18-2013, 12:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brslk

In the last 6 months or so I have lost about 60 lbs.
I wasn't trying to lose weight .

I've stopped eating sugar and white bread. but otherwise been eating the same.

I've noticed my hands and feet have a tingly feeling (like they are asleep)
and I have zero energy.

My doctor is useless... he says I should eat more.

I have almost no appetite at all and when I do eat, I feel full pretty quick.

The reason I stopped eating sugar and wheat is due to Psoriasis.

I know I should ask elsewhere for answers but thought I would ask here first.

I think you'd better find another doctor and quick, with all due respect. That is not good and could be many very bad things.
Like cancer bad.

Go ASAP and get another opinion or two!

Good luck and God bless.

-Will

Rod1960 · #3 09-18-2013, 12:50 AM

How's your blood sugar? I went through a similar experience a few years ago, weight loss, always tired and always hungry. Turned out to be type 2 diabetes.

brslk · #4 09-18-2013, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Rod1960

How's your blood sugar? I went through a similar experience a few years ago, weight loss, always tired and always hungry. Turned out to be type 2 diabetes.

I dunno. I do have a sneaking suspicion it might be diabetes.
But I am NEVER hungry.

brownbomber · #5 09-18-2013, 12:54 AM

Far from a MD but sounds like diabetes to me

brslk · #6 09-18-2013, 12:59 AM

So, my Dr is somewhat useless. is there a way I can test my blood sugar? Like buy one of those units from the pharmacy? What are normal readings?

Pixel Shooter · #7 09-18-2013, 01:31 AM

X 2

Quote:

Originally Posted by takkotime

i think you'd better find another doctor and quick, with all due respect. That is not good and could be many very bad things.
Like cancer bad.

Go asap and get another opinion or two!

Good luck and god bless.

-will

CaberTosser · #8 09-18-2013, 01:33 AM

PM sent, and I know you said you'd go to an MD, but I'm still echoing everyone else's advice to do so pronto!

Grizzly Adams · #9 09-18-2013, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by takkotime

I think you'd better find another doctor and quick, with all due respect. That is not good and could be many very bad things.
Like cancer bad.

Go ASAP and get another opinion or two!

Good luck and God bless.

-Will

X2, unexplained sudden weight loss is a possible cancer symptom and this is not the place to get an answer.

Grizz

slivers86 · #10 09-22-2013, 05:36 AM

hope for the best for you.
I posted a bit quick before reading it all.

brslk · #11 09-23-2013, 12:53 AM

Off to the CC tomorrow and am hopeful.
Had a good weekend.

mudbug · #12 09-23-2013, 01:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brslk

Off to the CC tomorrow and am hopeful.
Had a good weekend.

Good luck tomorrow

brslk · #13 09-23-2013, 01:30 AM

I gotta say. I hate being an attention hog type person.
You people have been awesome to me. The PM's have been overwhelming.
I'm a relatively new guy here and have not built a lot of friendships.
I'm only sorry I didn't find this place sooner.

I belong to a lot of forums and I like this one the best.

You guys make me proud to be an Albertan.

Big Daddy Badger · #14 09-18-2013, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brslk

In the last 6 months or so I have lost about 60 lbs.
I wasn't trying to lose weight .

I've stopped eating sugar and white bread. but otherwise been eating the same.

I've noticed my hands and feet have a tingly feeling (like they are asleep)
and I have zero energy.

My doctor is useless... he says I should eat more.

I have almost no appetite at all and when I do eat, I feel full pretty quick.

The reason I stopped eating sugar and wheat is due to Psoriasis.

I know I should ask elsewhere for answers but thought I would ask here first.

Get another doctor
60 pounds lost through essentially no effort in 6 mos is a lot

BeeGuy · #15 09-18-2013, 09:37 AM

Unless you've been really active, you are starving.

A legit pound of weight loss every 3 days for 6 months is starvation.

I don't know your age, sex, weight or anything, but you need to seek medical help even if it is only diet related.

Sudden weight loss like that is not healthy.

silverdoctor · #16 09-18-2013, 09:46 AM

Definitely get a second opinion at the very least.

My cousin went through something similar, he was never big but he lost all the weight he carried and couldn't gain it back. He was downing the last of a beer one night and his brother (an MD) noticed a lump in his throat, turned out to be a goiter - hyperthyroidism.

Rustynail21 · #17 09-18-2013, 09:55 AM

You may have forced your body into ketosis (google the paleo diet or caveman diet). I still would strongly recommend getting checked out. It means your body which used to burn sugar is now burning fat. The key is to eat enough fat to stabilize your system. If you dont your body withers away. Your body needs energy and if not from sugar then from fat. If not from either eventually you starve.

Id still have a dr check you out asap, but if they find nothing wrong except you are in ketosis do some good research before jumping any direction.

Good luck and look forward to the update!

fishpro · #18 09-18-2013, 10:06 AM

A couple things come to mind.

First is that you have just cut out a lot of unhealthy food that has a high glycemic index, so now your blood sugar levels are staying stable and you're not feeling the need to eat as much.

Alternatively, it could be some health condition. Someone I know recently went through over a year of unexplained weight loss, couldn't get a diagnosis from any doctor, and finally found out it was a form of e coli.

Keep on it until you figure out what it is!

mass · #19 09-18-2013, 12:22 PM

Could be graves disease (thyroid). I have had 2 friends come down with it.

dumoulin · #20 09-23-2013, 07:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brslk

In the last 6 months or so I have lost about 60 lbs.
I wasn't trying to lose weight .

I've stopped eating sugar and white bread. but otherwise been eating the same.

I've noticed my hands and feet have a tingly feeling (like they are asleep)
and I have zero energy.

My doctor is useless... he says I should eat more.

I have almost no appetite at all and when I do eat, I feel full pretty quick.

The reason I stopped eating sugar and wheat is due to Psoriasis.

I know I should ask elsewhere for answers but thought I would ask here first.

Better get a referral to see a dietician. Doctors (generalists) aren't qualified to make decisions in eating. That said, no sugar or white bread will make you lose weight fast. Sugar and white bread intake equals big time fat! Trust me I know! White bread is a killer. It's full of refined flour which turns into sugar. Ingesting it is like taking twice the sugar.

Sorry about the diagnosis... I'd get an other opinion and a referral to a RD.