I just watched an episode of House and he diagnosed a girl with Cushing’s – an illness that can cause obesity.
How is that possible? I was under the impression that our bodies use energy we get from food, and if it doesn’t get the food it’ll burn fat resulting in us getting slimmer – how can a disease change that?
How does it not go against some laws of thermodynamics? Maybe I’m just being silly.
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Cushing is caused by a hormonal imbalance.
Although they tested me for Cushing, I turned out negative.
The reason they tested me was that I jumped from 80kg to 130kg in 4-5 months. For my entire adult life I was around 63-85kg.
My jump from 80 to 130 happened during my three epidural (to spine) cortisone shots and some new drugs added to my regimen.
Whatever I do now, I seem to not be able to go below 110. I eat less than my 40kg wife, I tried fasting, I tried eating little portions several times a day, I did keto, I ate only veggies, I tried them all. Having insulin tolerance doesn’t help as well. I am one of those fat fucks that can’t get back into shape whatever he does. I am now considering stomach balloon surgery. There is a slight chance of death, however, instead of living like this, I would rather be dead anyway as being fat comes with many other health issues.
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