Hi all, a few of you have probably followed and replied to some of my threads over the past few months regarding various health worries - most recently being bowel troubles.
I haven't weighed myself, but I have lost quite a bit of weight. Jeans which didn't fit me last summer, now fit easily. Around october last year I made quite a conscious decision to get fitter as I put on around 1.5 - 2 stone over the summer due to feeling depressed. I'm not sure if I have lost all that weight already, but I'm worried I have and that's a lot in such a short space of time. I have been exercising more and eating less anyway.
My eating habits have been poor since xmas, and I no longer snack on food like I used to, mainly due to not feeling hungry and my bowels playing up. I feel like my metabolism is sky high, and I'm digesting food incredibly quickly. I do normally eat 3 meals a day, which light snacking in between, so concerned why I'm not maintaining my weight.
I had bloods done for all sorts of things back at the end of December, everything fine. However they have offered to do them again, and a stool sample because I'm still worried about my health. I don't feel that weak or anything, but I do feel tired a lot, and if I listen to my hpnotherapy mp3 in the daytime I can easily fall asleep.
My question is, can this weightloss really be attributed to anxiety? I've been calming down a little over the past few weeks but still feel the weight is coming off. I don't have scales, and currently don't want to get one as it may become a new obsession. I don't feel THAT anxious either, but I don't know if that's because it's become normal for me to feel anxious, or what if I'm actually not THAT anxious and this weight is coming off for sinister reasons.
I have in the past lost weight quickly during stressful times like, house moves, job changes and when my dog died, but those were quite short term and I was back to normal within a few weeks, however this just seems to be carrying on. Quite scared right now, and feel like there's no point going to the docs again because they're already fobbing me off with my bowel worries.