Can't Lose Fat.(

[fendertele]

I Can't lose any weight no matter how hard i try!

I am taking Cabergoline and Hydrocortisone for my Pit Tumor and have been taking it for the last 5-6 years.

I have tried so hard to lose fat and nothing works.

I workout daily mixing up HIIT sprinting, 1 hour walks on incline and punch bag Hiit training and the fat won't shift.

I look like someone has pumped me up with air.

Big moon face and big huge belly like i  drink beer 24/7.

I definitely feel there is a cortisol connection.

As a good sleep can lessen the problem and get rid of a lot of bloating but the fat is stubborn.

Anyone had this problem and what have they done to try and get it fixed ?

thanks

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Did you get a copy of the tests - or can you still?

HC does not ever *level* you out - it is a replacement.

It sounds like you have a prolactinonoma as cabergoline shrinks that type - but your symptoms don't sound like they are going away or diminishing.

Do you have the option of a neuro-endo or another neuro-endo? You need to get copies of tests, and you need to be active in knowing what is going on so that you get better care. If your meds were working, the gynocomastia would be going down a bit.

What tests are done and where are you in the ranges?

[fendertele]

When i first arrived to my endo all those years ago.

I was told i had secondary hypogonadism and i was overweight with gynecomastia.

And after running all there blood tests and a synthacten test.. not sure how its spelt, thats when he decided to put me on the hydrocortisone. Something to do with it levelling out my hormones or something ?

And the Cabergoline was given to shrink the tumor.

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I find it odd but I am not an endo - that you are taking meds for a prolactinoma and for AI. That is not typical.

What type of tumor do you have? If your endo does not know, then your doctor is not treating you correctly and you need a neuro-endo.

With hormones in the toilet so the speak, so are our metabolisms - so we do have issues losing or gaining weight.

[fendertele]

15 mg a day - 10 mg in morning and 5 at noon.

no idea bout blood pressure and the salt thing... i don't avoid salt but i also don'[t add it either.. so i basically just have whatever salt may be already in my food.

Yes it's very frustrating, i went on a soup diet and still managed to put weight on... as my body must need to have less calories but not too little that it thinks it's starving and stores fat.

I have tried low carb, high protien, low fat.... the lot but no luck.

If i don't eat well enough i feel weak especially when i excercise it floors me for days if i don't eat enough to recover.

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What type of tumor is it?

How much HC, how and when do you take it. Is your BP ok and do you need salt? If you need HC, you usually need salt too.

If you have a hormonal issue, it takes really careful dieting - I have used a dietician but she had no ideas for me to change other than less milk (which is not optimal for me since I have low calcium and low PTH issues but they really don't understand) and milk products.

I have recently started a low-card diet and it is starting to edge off work but not in a spectacular fashion like I think it would for someone in a normal body.