Had my yearly poke n' prod today. Needed to get my birth control prescription renewed and while I was there, I talked to the doctor about my weight problems.

Last year (guys stop reading here if you don't wanna read about girl problems) I was switched to a different prescription and my period came early at the end of July and was really heavy and lasted over 2 weeks (roughly 16 days). I didn't get another one until mid-October and in the months when I wasn't getting one I dropped almost 20 pounds.

Now, I go to the gym, swim laps, or jog 5 days a week for 60-90 minutes so you would think that I would be totally ripped right? Well I'm not. It's very frustrating. In the months since I started getting my period again I've steadily been gaining weight. I've gained almost 40 lbs!!! WTF!!!

So today, when I went to the doctor, I discussed it with him. He drew some blood to test my thyroid since both my parents have hyperthyroidism (their thyroids don't produce enough hormones) which could explaine the weight gain. I hope it does.

My weight problems that've developed in the last almost-year are incredibly disturbing and very depressing. I'm 20 years old and it absolutely kills me every time I go to the pool and see moms w/multiple children in tow sporting string bikinis. I want to be able to dress my age. Hell, I'd love to be able to shop for my age yet no matter how hard I work, I just keep gaining weight.

Now, I know that muscle weighs more than fat but 40 pounds seems like a huge discrepancy and the doctor agreed. Hopefully we can get to the bottom of this b/c I hate how I look and I'm so frustrated and it worries me for my health. . . my grandfather and all my 4 of my great grandparents died of heart disease and my grandmother's diabetic and my mom has high blood pressure and if we don't get to the bottom of why I'm gaining so much weight, so steadily, I'm afraid of what the consequences might be.

EDIT, JULY 10, 2009

The doctor's office called me today, my blood work came back normal so we still don't know why I'm gaining weight so steadily

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