yeah you can have liposuction
um that is something I can think about doing in the future hey guys welcome to a new video
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so today is going to be me updating you because I saw the lymphedema
specialist I found out something kind of shocking so first I want
to start with the whole lymphedema things in 2019 I started forming this big fluid
like niss on my leg my left foot has been getting kind of swollen in the last like week and that's
the same foot with my heel spur but I've had my heel spur for like a year and the swelling
just started and the heel stores I don't know what's wrong I can show you guys I guess and um
I don't know what to do but like this is how my foot normally looks like that joke but like
and then this one is like this it's really bad I diagnosed myself with lymphedema but
I never actually saw a lymphedema Specialist or a doctor that knew much about lymphedema I
prolonged it for long enough I was just really nervous to go for some reason because I don't
like showing my legs it took so long for her to like see my legs and now it's like if I
ever feel sad about my legs she'll kiss them and I knew that was gonna be obviously a big
portion of this visit is a lot of look and poke and prodding and stuff like that so I am trying
to get my health together like it's been about a year now that I have been following doctor's
instructions I have been advocating for myself all this time that I should have been doing it
my whole life especially my adulthood life I have prolonged so many things so I want
to say that this lymphedema specialist is more than that she also is a specialist in lip edema
lipedema has been a specialist for over 30 years so her knowledge was it was mind-blowing
um this appointment was two hours long I knew exactly what it was and then I had to
obviously take off my clothing and she really saw I do have a little bit of Lymphedema I do
but what I'm actually experiencing is lipedema but more people have it than you think but I
have lipedema and this shocked me completely because ever since I was a little girl I've
always experienced bigger calves and bigger arms and it's like no matter what I ate no matter what
I did like it was hard for me to lose weight when I was doing my series videos I was like
weigh myself every day showing you guys what I ate I'll show my calories there was a section
where for a couple weeks I was eating below 2000 calories you guys were calling me a liar you guys
were saying that I was lying and I was binging off the camera and I was four years now that I
would be around the same people eating the same things and having the same physical activity and
I would either gain weight or stay the same weight I gain weight if I eat 2 400 calories like no one
believed me a lot of you don't believe me when I say that I do gain weight by eating that amount
it was even a section of a time where I was eating like 1700 calories and I was still gaining weight
every single day while faleen was doing the same diet as me me and losing weight well it just felt
like I was broken something was wrong and I was right something is wrong the number one symptom
of lipedema lipedema is weight gain no matter what diets you do the knowledge was overwhelming
in this two-hour session which I have another appointment with her she's teaching me so much
and she made me feel so validated she was like you have troubles losing weight don't you and I was
like yeah she was like even eating out a normal amount and I was like yeah it's because of the
disease feline like looked at me and was like you know like she she has seen me through all of these
struggles and it's just been rough you guys it's like no matter what I do I have something fighting
against me and I just feel like for so long people didn't take me seriously I would talk to you guys
repeatedly and I'm just like you guys I promise like I'm not binging off the camera but there is a
diet for patients like me and for people with this disease and it is keto or low carb and I was very
very upset with that I don't agree with keto I don't agree with low carb before I get into
that I do want to say she also gave me this like lymphatic massage and it hurts so bad so
like the normal person she told me it would feel really good like but since I have lipedema it
freaking hurt it hurts so bad but it's something that she said that I need to try to do daily
um it's a lot of massaging near lymph nodes lymph nodes and that hurts so bad oh my god
um but it's supposed to help move fluid throughout your body so you're not retaining so much fluid
and she was like do you ever gain weight while you go on car rides even if they're just like
an over an hour and I was like yeah and she was like lipodima I knew I wasn't dumb I knew I was
an idiot I knew I wasn't making excuses I knew something was off and I finally have a diagnosis
um you can actually have liposuction on certain parts um if you have lipodyma lipodyma I am so
bad at pronouncing certain words like lymph nodes lymph nodes I I go back and forth between the two
I'm like which one is it I know it's one of them I just don't know yeah you can have liposuction
um that is something I can think about doing in the future and I said yeah and she was like
because you don't have lipodyma in your face and she was like that's why your arms are bigger
that's why your legs are bigger and I'm just like
wow and she was like this is a disease that progresses it doesn't just stop so
you guys telling me while her arms look so much bigger than years ago
or her legs look so much bigger than years ago how is she actually losing weight it's because of this
disease everything is just coming together and I'm so glad that I finally haven't answered I'm not
just like a like a freak Show it's like I'm never going to get rid of this but what I can do is low
carb and and I've never believed in that diet you guys know that I've been in I have shared that I
do not believe in a diet I do not like the diet I didn't move bong where I was like I'm doing low
carb and I had a freaking baked potato you all know I've never taken low carb seriously I've
never done it I'm not going to these Specialists to just hear them tell me to do something I mean
not doing it no I'm going to better myself so today is actually day four of me being on low carb
and I'm actually doing it I don't have to count calories so that's an aspect I do enjoy I know
the difference between eating like a crazy person and eating like a normal person so even though
I don't count calories doesn't mean that I'm sitting here and binging so I wanted to show
you guys what I ate the first day on low carb all right first meal we have bacon eggs with a little
bit of cheese and cucumber now I'm gonna show you my second meal so the next thing I'm eating
is literally just chicken onion and zucchini I would love this with some rice but ah no rice
for me here is my third meal so next meal I made a taco salad so we have a lettuce ground turkey with
some taco seasoning there is zucchini also just for more hidden vegetables we have some queso
blanco salsa verde and those are the chips I found these protein chips they're loaded taco flavor
yes we have a fourth so next thing I'm eating because I am hungry so this is just some steak
that I cooked on the stove obviously and literally all's I put in this is some garlic salt and pepper
so those were my meals for the day but I did get snacky but I had green olives that were stuffed
with garlic I have never had that before it was so freaking good I was like okay this is gonna be
like my go-to for sure and then I had pork rinds I had that very first day was 37 grams of carbs
and it was only 30 grams of net carbs obviously by doing net carbs you actually get to eat more
carbs but I'm I don't know I feel like that's cheating in a way I will say I am a little bored
it's only day four and I'm a little bored it's a lot of meat and that's coming from someone who
does not like meat that much so I can't see myself doing keto slash low carb while being a vegetarian
I have looked up things and it's just it seems almost impossible it seems like such a weird way
to lose weight but I do want to say day one I was 488.8 so I had gained more weight my body does not
lose weight like the normal and I'm I'm coming to accept that and today so after three days
um I've done three full days of low carb and I went in today at 482.4 so that means I'm down
6.4 in just three days and she tried to explain to me that someone with lipids I'm just gonna
say lipedema because I feel like that's what it is tried to explain to me that someone with lipedema
could eat 1500 calories of carbs and gain weight while the next day they could have 2300 calories
of a low carb keto diet with less carbs and they'll lose weight carbs is what is creating me
to hold on to so much water and to not heal from this very diet that I absolutely disagree with
it's just a lot of meat it's a lot of cheese you know you have to have a lot of fat because you're
not getting in carbs and I I don't want to overdo it in fat because I do have gallstones so it is a
lot of like give and take trying to make it fit and do the right thing last night for a snack I
literally melted a slice of pepper jack cheese on the stove because I'm allowed to have that over
having like a banana it's so weird it's it's weird but I am peeing more now like normally I don't pee
much but now I'm getting rid of all this water and I'm finally peeing because my body holds on
to this water because of lipedema and I've noticed that I am so thirsty now which is freaking awesome
because I am getting in so much more water than usual because normally like I'm holding on to so
much water I don't feel as thirsty but now that I'm letting go of it like I'm supposed to like
I'm able to like drink water like a normal person like so it's a lot of changes it's weird like I'm
allowed to have ranch dressing like ma'am so I've been having like last night I had the salad which
was so simple it was just chicken ranch onion lettuce and some olives and I was like oh yeah
some shredded cheese and I'm like this is what I'm allowed to eat it's like shocking a little
bit and I know within the last year I have lost almost 100 pounds and she was honestly
amazed and she was like have you noticed a stall and I said yeah it's been bad and she was like
now you're finally stuck in that spot where it's your lipedema stopping you and preventing you from
losing more weight and she was just really proud that I already lost some weight so that meant a
lot to me I'm losing weight I have to follow the instructions even though I don't want to do them
you guys know that I've been told to do low carb before by professionals and I didn't do it because
I don't agree I need to change I need to fight for my life and if this is what is going to help
me live longer and healthier and happier then I'm gonna do it um I saw the lymphedema specialist on
the 20th of October my day one of low carb was on the 21st and today is October 24th yeah that is my
update for you guys like this is a low-carb Queen a keto Queen same below 50 grams of carbs and so
far today I've only had six grams and I noticed by doing this like I haven't ordered take out
not one time not even for a drink I don't even drink diet soda no more so cold turkey I said
bye bye soda so I've only been drinking water um I don't know it's just very big changes rather
quickly and I'm actually being successful with it it's kind of kind of weird gotta say kind of
weird not gonna lie so anyways I'm gonna end this video I hope that you guys enjoyed a little bit
cause I know that you've got so much more to give you made a real mess but I miss you though
cause I can go to sleep when I'm alone again