So I am officially 11kg down in 12 weeks. Pretty crazy considering I could only lost 9lbs in 20 weeks last year.

Super grateful for Dr Dean giving me a diagnosis and plan and Mads for helping me implement it all.

I feel like ME again.

The plan of action now is to diet for another 6 weeks and finish it off with a photoshoot with Chris Bailey.

Currently doing
30mins/40 mins cardio (including 12 mins HIIt)
10k steps
40mcg clen
10iu lantus pre bed
250mg metformin

My blood glucose has gone from high 5’s/6’s to low 4’s and BP also now in an optimal

Look good feel good

I think we have a bit of a breakthrough

If you follow me on socials or have read this blog you will have heard the physical struggles I have had to combat over the last 2 years.
From strength loss, muscle loss, body fat gain and a real knock to my confidence and mental health it has been a rough ride – one of the reasons I have found this so challenging is because no one could give me answer. People would just tell me my blood work is fine, it’s in my head, I just need to diet harder, diet less, spend time at maintenance, spend time in a surplus.. quit lifting all together!

But no solid proof or diagnosis and one Dr even saying i’m having “Pushing myself to having a mental breakdown” – I wish I was joking.

I’ve been coasting along beginning to accept that it was all in my head and i’m just different now. I started therapy to try and improve my mental health and self confidence and then I started talking to Mads (Team Raw). She was listening to me talk about the issues i’ve had for the last two years and she was convinced it wasn’t in my head as she’d had a client in a similar position and had worked with Dr Dean to try and resolve her issues.

So she asked Dr Dean to look at my bloods and immediately he picked out multiple issues. Not that any of my values were out with the standard markers, but he was looking at the ratio’s between the markers and how certain markers the are elevated/reduced can have a knock on impact across the entire body. I then got a number of specific tests related to insulin levels and insulin resistance which showed I do have insulin resistance and high insulin levels so my pancreas is over producing insulin.
After seeing my blood work we jumped on a call to really go into detail of my history/symptoms and he is confident that my symptoms and blood work correlate with PCOS and hashimotos.

I was investigated for PCOS in early 2021 pre prep but was told I didn’t have it as my testosterone levels were not high enough but I do have cysts on my ovaries and all other symptoms to fit – Dean is confident that this was a mis diagnosis.

I am now going to be implementing additional drugs and health supps to help with insulin resistance, pancreas function and overall health outcomes including metformin, lantus, GLP-1 agonist berberine, glucOX and omega 3.

I am looking forward to seeing how this helps me. I’m under no illusion that I will be “fixed” because we spoke about how this is a condition that will need to be managed long term – but to know that there are things I can do to help manage my symptoms is just a relief more than anything.

I feel a weight has been lifted mentally. I’m not batshit crazy.