Account Deleted By User I've been lurking here for awhile and I just needed to vent to people that would understand. I was very sick in my teenaged years and early twenties. I was diagnosed with PCOS at 12, had several surgeries to remove cysts and even lost my left ovary when I was 15 due to one cutting off blood supply. When I was 21, I ended up being diagnosed with Grave's disease AND ovarian cancer; I had both my thyroid and remaining ovary removed within a few days of each other. At 24, I was diagnosed with a severe case of Cushing's disease (I had several reoccurring ACTH secreting pituitary tumors, even had surgery to remove some). Guess what? I still managed to lose weight!!! I went from 240lbs to 120lbs (BMI of ~40 to ~20, I'm 5'5) in just over a year because I stopped making excuses for myself. CICO works. I know a lot of FPH users don't like former fats posting here, and I do apologize, but holy hell do I hate fats that use 'muh condishuns' as an excuse for their selfish, pathetic lifestyles. I can't talk about any of this to anyone I know because the second I mention PCOS or the word thyroid, I get a chorus of reeeeeeing about weight gain. I don't even want to mention the hams I've encountered in Cushing's support groups. One lady in a FB group I joined was over 500lbs. Hormonal issues may make losing weight a smidgen harder and gaining a FEW extra pounds a teensy bit easier, but if you have those problems, you adjust your diet accordingly. I don't get why anyone wouldn't control the one aspect of their health that they have total control over. So many fats destroy completely healthy bodies...something so many are denied. Fuuuuuck fats.