Take Your Iron!!

Jul 09, 2009

July 10, 2009
I have been exhausted for awhile.  I brushed it off as stress as work for awhile, however, I had to face facts when 2 nurse friends told me to get my blood checked asap.  I was chewing ice like an addict, and when i pulled down the skin under my lower eye, the color was almost beige, not red-ish pink.  I never knew those were surefire signs of an iron deficiency.  Sure enough, my labs showed my iron levels are scary low and that I have no reserves of iron.  My doctor told me that if I were in an accident, I wouldn't be able to make new red blood cells!  OK she sure got my attention with that one!  I now take an iron pill every day.  She wants me to work my way up to 3 a day.  How many times do we have to hear, "this is a lifetime commitment to change" before we know that it it pertains ALL of us.  No one is above the rules - even if you feel fine.  If you break the rules, it's just a matter of time before you won't feel fine!  I feel tired all of the time.  I get wicked leg and foot cramps and killer headaches.  Sound like a picnic?? It all could have been avoided if I had simply taken my iron as instructed. My doctor told me it will take about 3 months to build my iron back up. So it looks like the summer of 09 will be a tired one!

On the weight loss front.  I have been losing and gaining the same 7 pounds for months.  I range from 153 to 160.  This month I had been as high as 162.  Thankfully I freaked out and decided to go back to the rules and eat right.  High protein, no junk, healthy snacks and complex carbs.  I was not going to accept the "its normal to have a small weight gain of 10-20 pounds" explanation.  I still want to loose another 20 pounds!  So let's see if I can finally get below the 153 number...

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