What's Going On With Me

Many of my regular readers my be wondering what's up. I've not been posting daily like I normally do. Have I lost interest?

Nope.

I'm having some health issues. I call it my personal energy crisis.

Many of you will remember me talking about fatigue and how I suspect I might have thyroid problems. I don't yet know what is going on, but I do know it can't continue. In the last month my energy level has slowly gotten worse and worse. So much so that climbing 3 flights of stairs the other day had my legs shaking and I thought I was going to collapse right there. This isn't good. It has taken every shred of energy I have just to keep up with basics here at home. What few posts I've done have taken me much longer than they should and they weren't even as detailed or as researched as I'd like them to be. Phooey... half of them were just me blabbing about my life or something.

So I apologize to those of you who expect better content, or at least more frequent content, from this blog. I promise that will be coming back just as soon as I can get this figured out.

Last week I decided it was time to consult a professional about this. I contacted Dr. Keith Berkowitz from the Center For Balanced Health, who is a fantastic doctor and was once Medical Director of the Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine. After discussing my problems he told me it could be Hypoglycemia and to try eating smaller, more frequent low-carb meals to keep blood sugar levels steady. We also discussed taking probiotics for healthy digestion and eliminating stress where I can. Another suggesting he made was avoiding foods that are fermented, moldy or pickled in case there is a yeast overgrowth.

So, now I'm trying to get used to eating every 2-3 hours. I feel like a pig eating this often. :) But I do think it's helping some. Not anything drastic, but I am feeling a bit better. Maybe this will be just what I need to get my weight loss moving better as well.

I know this is just a basic overview and nothing terribly interesting or detailed, but I wanted you to understand why things have been abnomral here as of late. I'm hoping and praying to be my old self again very soon. Please help me pray I find the answers I need. And I promise to do my best to post when I can until this mystery is solved. Just don't be surprised if each post is only a paragraph long. ;)