Welcome back to “Let’s get physical, part 3!

I gotta preface today’s “let’s get physical” with a little disclaimer okay? This blog is my place to share my experiences - no sugar coating included. I will tell you what is going on whether its pretty or not.

On that note, if I work with you, please understand this is my personal blog and is no way work related. No need to bring this up in a meeting or in the hall okay?

Hello? Is This Thing On?

If your a guy, feel free to skip this section. Us women, we cycle. You sure you wanna keep reading? Ok then, here goes. I have always been regular. Every month, like clock work. Light & simple, no major crampage or dramatic emotions. Lucky right? I thought so

I started to loose weight that August 2007.

September rolled around and the little packet of pills I took told me it was that time of the month but nothing happened. I got nervous. I knew a baby wasn’t on the way but what the heck? I called the doctor and he said it was probably stress related and since I had just started school, I should find ways to relax. October came and went and nothing. At that point, I’m starting to freak.

I went to the doctor and he said my body was maybe just getting use to loosing weight. Okay, fine, I can be patient. But then…

November 2007 – nothing
December 2007 – still nothing
January 2008 – still still nothing
April 2009 – still still still nothing

At this point, I’m flippin out…I was calling the doctor every couple of weeks and he just kept saying it was weight loss related or that I was stressed and I should find more ways to relax. Easy to say but when your body is not doing what it should it’s flippin’ scary! Also, if you know me, you know I’m SO not the one to sit in my jammies on a Saturday and relax. gotta go go go

Anyways, so here it is, 1.5 years later and guess what? No visit. Is this normal? My tummy quivers when I think about it. At my annual a couple of weeks ago, my doctor and I had a very lenthy discussion about it.

He talked a lot about the shock I have put my body through, the fact that my body could still think its in starvation mode (because pre-weight loss I ate A TON, and now I’m at a regular amount of calories…but compared to what my body was used to, well its in shock now).

He gave me a couple of options:

- I could wait it out 6 more months. Now that my weight has stabilized, I could wait to see if my body begins to adjust

- I could go off the pill. He followed this up with telling me I would be pregnant within a couple of months

- I could get a hormone shot and see if that jump starts it (I think this is what he said. He mentioned shot and I got scared and tuned him out)

I pick door #1. I am trying to be patient but when I think about it, it still makes me nervous. This isn’t what a women’s body is suppose to do. Has anyone experienced this? Thoughts? Hypothesis? Guess? Estimation? Problem solving?

Anyone?