So, long story short: I had blood tests done a few weeks ago and was called saying I had elevated levels and that I had to come into see an endocrinologist. So I did that last Friday, and he basically told me that I had elevated levels of Prolactin, elevated adrenal gland hormones (I don’t remember the exact ones), and that I was insulin resistant. He asked me if I craved carbs a lot, and I was like “um, yes.” (although honestly, the fact that that is all the dining hall on campus serves doesn’t help) and he said the IR was why and that it was genetic. Soooo now I have to get an MRI done of my head to check to see if there is an adenoma on my pituitary gland and then go from there. And he said that to help with the insulin resistant I should look into the glycemic index/South Beach diet… So I’m trying it. It’s been hard for a few reasons- a) I just feel pretty hungry and I don’t have a lot that I can eat the first two weeks, especially in my dorm room I basically have nothing, and the dining hall is not much better, and b) I stole the books for the two diets from my mothers bookshelves, and it pains me to read “lose weight this” “diet that” “obesity blahblah” all the fucking time. I’m not doing this for that reason and it pisses me off. I also found it interesting, but not surprising considering BMI bullshit, that I am like one number away from being morbidly obese. Huh.

But whatever… So this is what I am dealing with right now.

Kinda sucks.