DiStef

I'm just about at the end of my rope as far as my weight goes. I suffered a spinal injury almost five years ago, and prior to that, I led a fairly active life. After the injury, however, I lost almost all of my mobility and gained sixty pounds. Once I finally started getting treatment and assistance, something about my medication didn't agree with my system, because despite an increase in activity with physical therapy, my weight continued to increase.

My thyroid's been tested, my sugar's been tested... they've all come back normal. I was referred to a nutritionist to check my diet, but she said that if anything, I'm under-eating.

So now I'm 230lbs. It's the heaviest I've ever been in my life, and I'm absolutely miserable. My doctors and specialists all keep telling me that I need to lose weight to help with my pain, but no one has answers how I can do that. I'm more active than I've been in the past years, and it still just goes up.

I'm 5'5. I can't carry this on my frame with the condition my back is in. Everything hurts all the time, and I'm just... stuck. I don't know if there's some type of medication I should be taking or some type of specific diet I should do. I just don't know.

If anyone has suggestions or anything for me, I would appreciate it so much.