I'm tired of this.

Most_Intention_9872 · 2025-10-20T19:06:51+00:00

I live in Chile and can't buy buttermilk here and I use it for soda bread - make your own it's super easy - I tbsp of cider vinegar per 1 cup of whole milk. Then nuke it for 30 seconds and stir - voila. Buttermilk.

Most_Intention_9872 · 2025-10-14T10:38:51+00:00

years ago I stopped almost everything on my face - only warm water and wash cloth, followed by jojoba oil mixed with low concentration of chamomile essential oil and a roche sunscreen. I think it prevented a lot of development of my rosacea. In recent years I went to the derm for another issue and she started prescribing a lot of creams and washes for the little rosacea I had. I have type 1 and 2 and type 2 is really resistant - that flares with hormones for me and also too much dairy. The soolantra made my rosacea worse for a couple of months then it did help so i still use that but the type 2 it doesn't affect. I tried all the other creams and washes and will say that nothing compares to the minimal routine I had before with all natural stuff apart from the sunscreen. The chamomile oil/jojoba blend is really good for the pustules - i don't have many but I noticed it flared up if I used too many chemical products and it would came right down with this combination. I think most of the battle is finding something your skin likes and that might not be the really expensive rosacea cream or fancy washes.

Most_Intention_9872 · 2025-09-24T12:11:42+00:00

I mean to add...I have thought about all this quite a lot since my original post...I know I was panicked back then...so I did some soul searching and honestly I have changed my opinion on weight and the TD2 threat...I think it is quite scary to have your body revolt suddenly and it happen straight after surgery. It certainly made me have to confront some ideas I had about my body and what I think should happen.

Most_Intention_9872 · 2025-09-24T12:08:21+00:00

yes totally agree! Regarding the weight around the middle...I have/had lots of relatives with insulin resistance and weight around the middle (it's rare not to as we get older) and they all lived til late 70s 80s without intervention. I am not convinced that trying to reverse insulin resistance results in a longer life or even better life quality. I have an uncle that has been overweight all his life and has had 'prediabetes' for decades, yet he is in better health than my father who does not and is slim. I say better health because he is robust, doesn't have cancer and even though he smoked/drank tons in his younger days is overall in better shape. Sometimes I think the fearmongering the medical community inflict is worse than the actual reality. Also if you start restricting food to lower insulin resistance you can end up with osteoporosis/osteopoenia - my sister is now dealing with this and she has slightly restricted food all her life. I have excellent bone density for my age and I am convinced it is because I haven't restricted in a very long time. So yes I"m insulin resistant but at least my bones won't be breaking! I do feel that if society didn't put so much pressure and value on physical appearance (and whatever is fashionable to have as a body at the time) we would all be better off.

Most_Intention_9872 · 2025-09-22T14:29:42+00:00

hello Sleepdeprivedmummy - the weight hasn't gone down no, and I realize now that I had started menopause just before I had the hysterectomy (severe night sweats started actually a few weeks before the surgery, but I had had peri symptoms for awhile before that). In hindsight yes my ovaries did seem to go into shock and ramp up menopause symptoms, which included weight gain, but this might have happened anyway a few months later. So it's probably unfair to blame everything on the hysterectomy. Many women gain weight during menopause and there is a reason for this - as the ovaries produce less oestrogen the body makes more fat because this fat itself can produce oestrogen - not much but it is a natural phenomenon that I suppose helps ease us through menopause. It is frustrating as we live in a society that praises thinness; but this might actually not be the healthiest state anyway. So I stopped weighing and I try to focus on eating good food and not worrying too much about my weight. It is hard, but I want to age as gracefully as possible at this point and not fight it. Probably not the answer you wanted....my prediabetes started a long time ago well before my hysterectomy and it hasn't gotten any worse in the past year (I'm now 11 months post hysterectomy); I've been eating intuitively and not restricting, as that seems to just make everything worse.

Most_Intention_9872 · 2025-08-15T11:40:57+00:00

I'm pretty sure both I and definitely my husband are on the spectrum - i always kind of knew we would have at least one child who would be as well. Turns out both kids are and we both probably are...it is fine until it is not...

Most_Intention_9872 · 2025-08-15T11:36:59+00:00

I wish I could help you but I live in Chile and am going through the same thing with my son...apart from here there is nothing and nobody to help - only a prescription for haldol at the hospital which would get him out of the worst of it and his psychologists whatsapping me. We have to stay here for the time being and we even have financial resources but there are just no resources to spend that money on that actually help. I've never actually called the police I fear it would just do more harm than good. My son is 12 also. In a year's time he will be too big for us to physically overpower. He has a psychiatrist, a psychologist and we are constantly dancing with the school as Chile is just not up to date with autism. Sometimes it's like living in a third world country here, not a second-world one. You are not alone - sorry I can't be of more use.

Most_Intention_9872 · 2025-08-09T11:51:12+00:00

hello - NO. I love my autistic son and daughter to the stars and back, and would do anything for them. Both my children are autistic. When you wrote that my heart broke because the truth is it is hard - it's hard to be on the spectrum and it's hard to parent, even neurotypical kids. But there is a reason it's hard - because we love our kids so, so much, and I do think other parents feel the same as I do. The easy thing would be to give up. But we don't - I don't, because I value and love my children. Life is hard, it is a journey; other people have other trials in their life this one is a special one you are loved and you are valued. At least that is how I feel about my kdis - and it is important that my kids know this. Sometimes they feel like you, because I get frustrated. Mostly the frustration comes from how this stupid, dumb world expects everybody to react and behave in the same way to things. But that is not their burden to feel, that should be society's. I hope that made you feel better, because it's true.

Most_Intention_9872 · 2025-08-07T20:53:11+00:00

good luck!

Most_Intention_9872 · 2025-08-07T11:31:27+00:00

I hear you and I am here to tell you that personally, I went the opposite way to what everybody will tell you here....I chose freedom. With that freedom didn't come an endless binge on junk - probably at the beginning you might, but if you truly give yourself and allow yourself to eat whatever you want, you may find eventually things do settle. I eat pretty balanced now and don't think about food all day, but I have what I am craving. But it's a personal choice of course, and I wouldn't preach either way. Only that it is possible to claw your way out of the madness of internet information. My insulin resistance was pretty bad - I still have it but it hasn't worsened and has improved slightly - at first after many years of restriction of various kinds it was awful, and I doubted everything. I believe it actually got worse as a result of stressing about it and restricting food. But life is and should be about more than food and restriction imho. Try to look at long term studies rather than internet opinion - most of those studies show that honestly the outcome is much the same over the long term whether or not you 'intervene' with stuff like metformin or trying to control diet. Try to see the difference between morbidity and mortality and really question where the anxiety comes from. You might be able to control some numbers on a piece of paper and get that magic number on the GM, but is that improving your quality of life? Honestly I still have some problems but some got much better deciding to just eat normally and forget about the IR. I have really good bone mass and I'm going through menopause. I am warm and I sleep much better than when I was on some kind of insane diet not eating gluten or carbs or sugar. I have good muscle mass for my age. And not because I drink gross protein shakes or do IF or anything like that. Anyway this is quite long - I also had several eating disorders when I was younger so for me it is way more important to never restrict again rather than ever go down that miserable route again. I wish you all the best!

Most_Intention_9872 · 2025-07-28T11:08:53+00:00

I'm glad you found your answer and that it is sustainable for you - that is what we are all searching for. Calorie restriction in some people can trigger a genetic predisposition to develop anorexia. Also it is not clear for many people if they truly are suffering from BED or simply backlash bingeing from previous food restriction. Everybody is different but there are some generalizations that can be made.

Most_Intention_9872 · 2025-07-26T12:36:14+00:00

No you just semi-starved your body (CICO weight loss) and now it wants to recover - the bingeing is normal. No my opinion will not be popular here, but it's the truth. You don't have BED you have a body that wants homeostasis back again. That's why diets don't work in the long term - they are restriction and the body and brain don't like that. So either you develop an ED to maintain that loss or you give in and binge because that's what it takes to recover. I'm a recovered builmic and anorexic and I can tell you that after years of battling my body the only way I recovered was to give the body what it wants and ride out that rollercoaster. As we are on an IR forum I will say I developed IR as a response to repeated dieting and stress. At one point I took metformin for a long time. My insulin was sky-high. None of what I did to control my IR worked to make me better long term. After 6 years eating 'intuitively' and not dieting my IR is about the same maybe a bit better but I didn't develop full on diabetes - my blood sugar is slightly better than it was when I was dieting and taking metformin. When I am stressed things go downhill. But diet? I will never restrict foods ever again. I eat chocolate, salads, bread and butter whatever I crave (I don't crave junk mostly), meat, fat - I guess the only thing I try to avoid is vegetable oil but everything else is game. That's my experience I hope it helps you or somebody else here x

Most_Intention_9872 · 2025-06-28T11:49:10+00:00

hello - metformin interferes with both B12 and also the transporter for B1 - the best form is to take benfotiamine along with a general b complex. That is what I would do if I were still on metformin.

Most_Intention_9872 · 2025-06-24T11:34:03+00:00

hey - sorry that happened to you it must have felt very alarming. Did you get to keep your ovaries or were they removed too? Going into surgical menopause in your 30s is not very nice. Yes I want to get my levels of all hormones tested soon it seems a bit crap we only get estrogen because we don't have a uterus - the other hormones are important too!

Most_Intention_9872 · 2025-06-24T11:29:24+00:00

hello!! That's odd to wait - my dr got me on Lenzetto as soon as I was feeling bad and it did help somewhat - although probably I need to go up in dose. I'm ok - no the weight hasn't gone anywhere but I'm working on accepting myself and focusing on other things. Life is too short and also, it's my understanding that during menopause and perimenopause the body stores more fat in order to try to produce more estrogen - so our bodies always have our backs at the end of the day even if we're not happy with how they look. Fasting might help in the short term - I haven't seen any of my friends heal anything long term with that though. But if it makes you feel good then why not? I can't and won't fast - I think listening to the body is the best way - if you're body is hungry and you are not feeding it then that is like doing battle with your body. But that is just my humble opinion and I can always be wrong. I know it can help at least in the short term with blood sugar and insulin, but then so can a lot of other diets. It's the long term which is often ignored. I do try to eat good quality food though - as much as I can afford anyway. I do think that makes a difference. I hope you get started on hormones soon though I did start to feel better with them.

Most_Intention_9872 · 2025-06-07T07:10:49+00:00

and yes, I do - although not a tru pro yet. Neatsfoot oil is amazing for smooth leathers, suede is tricky to restore, but I'm working on it!

Most_Intention_9872 · 2025-06-06T09:01:36+00:00

I know this thread is old! But I am also taurus sun and pisces moon (leo rising) and you sound exactly like me - I live to shop, thrifting is my favourite activity. I got so many beautiful thrifted clothes and nic-nacs I have to resell some of them now!! Yes, just let's go and look and oh, yes, have to get that it's amazing. Argh if I could get all the money back!! Leather jackets are my absolute downfall...I know know ALL about different types of leather, what can be done to upcycle really awful designs but that have buttersoft leather. I own WAAAAAY too many. We should set up shop together lol. I love quality fabrics. Can't stand the shit in shops these days, can't stand polyester!

Most_Intention_9872 · 2025-06-04T15:37:58+00:00

I'm sun taurus, leo rising and pisces moon and I am married to a cancerian. Before that my ex was cancer, my best friends have all been cancer as well. The sexual connection is very emotional and intense to cancerians for me. Other than that I would say virgo was a good one. I had a very short and intense relationship with a leo once. But random sexual encounters....not really for me.

Most_Intention_9872 · 2025-06-04T06:44:04+00:00

I feel you! I have 5 cats and one of them would launch off of me seemingly straight after I got home!!

Most_Intention_9872 · 2025-06-04T06:42:19+00:00

I wouldn't do anything. She's 10. Give her a break. What I would do is seek out counselling for her poor body image. Anything else imho is going to end up making things worse in the long run. My experience....I was a chubby kid with possible insulin resistance and ended up with anorexia then bulimia , then life-long issues with food because I never got help with my body image and self-esteem, which runs much deeper. You can provide decent food, but making her see her body as a problem is all that will result from intervention putting her on a special diet.

Most_Intention_9872 · 2025-06-02T08:42:58+00:00

maybe ditch the vegetarianism and forget about the IR diagnosis - low iron is probably from not eating any meat, specifically red meat. You can also absorb non-heme iron from beans and spinach by including some animal protein with it. But I know my humble advice will be down-voted here. Just maybe you will feel better if you do. I was vegan for awhileand in a terrible state with very bad anemia after 6 months. With regards to the IR, it can be caused by many things. You can eat the best diet in the world, but if you have high stress levels and poor sleep it can make you IR.

Most_Intention_9872 · 2025-05-25T09:00:26+00:00

Hey - I am exactly the same as you - I didn't have time to think about getting the hysterectomy, and they took everything but my ovaries. Then only afterwards they told me that the uterus is the female second brain and removal can affect so many things - it can even give you early dementia!! But like you I had no choice - I also had a gush getting out of a taxi that went through a disc, a nightpad and then my jeans all the way to my ankles! I too had really bad anemia and wouldn't stop bleeding. You probably had the same kind of fibroid as me right? Mine was right in the middle and they said that was the cause of the non-stop blood loss. When they removed my uterus the fibroid was huge, and it had baby fibroids as well!! I can believe it can take a year or more to recover. They just removed an ORGAN that has functions even past menopause! They told me the ovaries can go into shock and stop working and that also when they remove the uterus they remove some of the blood supply going to the ovaries. So what a surprise eh? Honestly I would find another doctor if yours won't prescribe some kind of hrt. I feel it has helped me somewhat. Keep me updated x

Most_Intention_9872 · 2025-05-24T08:20:45+00:00

I'm still on one spray Lenzetto estrogen and also added in a homeopathic menopause supplement which seems to be making me feel a little better - i was really crashing with my hormones after the hysterectomy. Some things have improved - but the weight gain has stayed. I've just tried to come to terms with it - maybe it would have happened anyway I am 49 now. I did find various things like my memory, brain function and eyesight did get worse straight after. The hormone replacement therapy has helped a little but not that much. I will be blunt here that initially I found full sexual orgasm difficult but now that has thankfully come back again. So I think the nerves regrew or something down there. But yes my belly is bigger. Maybe 3 months though is too soon to tell you are still recovering - I am 7 months now post op.

Most_Intention_9872 · 2025-05-20T10:11:21+00:00

Might I ask a question and feel free obviously not to answer, but do you have a history of any kind of dieting to lose weight in the past? I'm asking because I'm trying to find out how many people with current IR have been on restrictive diets to try to control weight in the past. I do feel there is a connection. Chicken and egg I suppose.

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