I am 35 years old and a mother of 3. I work a desk job, inside and it requires very little physical labor. I have put on about 100 pounds in the last 11 years and it is getting increasingly more difficult to move and breathe. I weigh about 230 and am 5'7. I have asthmatic bronchitis. My body is always sore. Everywhere. 24/7. My left foot swells, and quite honestly I am just fed up with my dr. It took up until last month for him to admit that he didn't know why I was gaining weight. -My last visit I gained 9 pounds from the prior visit only 3 weeks earlier. I am not depressed. I am not pregnant. I do not eat much junk food. I drink close to a gallon of water a day bc I am always thirsty. I am not diabetic. My ent did blood work and I am allergic to eggs, milk, soy, yeast, wheat, corn, and chocolate (see, told you I don't eat a lot of junk food!). I often feel sob, but sat in the upper 90s. I do not have high blood pressure for someone my age, but it has increased and is high for what used to be my baseline. I was a swimmer. I was in the band. I did sports, and grew up in the mountains with a very active and healthy lifestyle. My dr has told me in the past that I am depressed bc I am not as pretty as I was before I got pregnant.- that thought never occurred to me. He said I cant lose weight bc I have no social reason to do so. -I just want to feel like me again. I'm a fairly reasonable person, pretty down to earth and often am accused of "mothering" people... I'm not exactly concerned about my looks. -But I hurt and I can't breathe. My chest feels heavy. I am all around puffy. My dr says I am fine bc my blood is fine. Seriously? He finally said that he would refer me to someone and asked who I want to go see... but I don't know! I am beginning to think a cardiologist. Does this sound familiar to anyone else?