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2 Chronic Illnesses, making me depressed.

Hey all, it’s been a while and I may have mentioned it already… I can’t remember. I have recently been diagnosed with two different chronic illnesses. One tells me I need to stay from refined carbs, sugars, get lots of fiber and whole grains. Etc. Both tell me to lose weight and have done a damn good job if I do say so myself (42 lbs in about 5 months through weight training, cardio, and attempting to eat these diets). When I was diagnosed with the second they told me the opposite. Less fiber, less whole grain, no fats, blah blah. Now i don’t know what to eat. I want some flavor. I don’t know how to cook veggies at work when I work 8-5. I don’t know how to not break down every single day with this. Part of me just wants to keep up working out and not think of food, but when my blood work came back it had tripled even with the progress. I’m so lost man. I try to make a smoothie and fruits have too much sugar and are bad too. At this point I just want to have a needle in my arm that feeds me and not eat at all. I’m so depressed.

Update: I guess I shouldn’t have posted here… I say I’m depressed and people are just being rude. Now I remember why I left this site.
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Wow--heavy burden.

Sorry this is all happening.

I think you might meet with a dietician for some ideas and show that person what you have done and the conflicting messages.

But remember that YOU have threaded that tortuous needle and done VERY well--

CONGRATULATIONS

That level of weight loss us INCREDIBLE!

Take heart in THAT.

And maybe it's time to get retested to try to see what is really going on; bloodwork, etc., can show a lot and mayhaps your stellar weight loss means you are not really under the gun as much as you were. Weight loss can fix borderline Type II diabetes, low level cardic issues, etc.

Check it out!