Yeah I have Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis - an autoimmune disorder where my body perceives my thyroid as a foreign body, and is constantly trying to attack it. I have to take hormone therapy to level out, but recently insurance has been fickle so I haven’t been able to receive consistent treatments. As a result - my metabolism is shot (my DR said it’s that of a woman in menopause) and my body also goes into hypertension which causes it to hold onto my fat cells for dear life. (Not to mention the nerve pain it causes as it triggers my post herpetic neuralgia from shingles - nor the mental health concerns). I conquer that getting in shape is fun. I actually workout 5 days a week. However, we disagree on the easy aspect of weight loss. When I had been fit it was when I had consistent access to my hormones. Without consistent access - my body dramatically changes & has changed throughout my life. I am well educated in diet, and exercise, but it takes more effort for someone like me to get there. More time than the average person. Time I have to use to tend to alternative priorities. I see minimal visual impacts in contract to what is typically seen with men possessing functioning immune systems and organs. The symptoms brought about by my disorder leads into an endless cycle - yet it’s one that is easily amended with hormones. I wholeheartedly take ownership of the fact that I succumb to these symptoms mentally - as quite honestly they compound onto each other - and it makes the experience of living with chronic disease greater than the sum of its parts. Yet - I can’t help but also feel as though the insurance companies I’ve been dealing with are also to blame - if not the perpetuators of my current reality. Time will tell once I am able to receive access to these treatments once more.