I’ve been told I have Thalassemia beta and have always had random bruises appear on my body here and there. I also lost a lot of weight due to stress.
A friend who is a clinical geneticist spotted jaundice in my eyes (never had anybody tell me that before). She said she thinks I might have Thalassemia Intermedia and to get bloods done.
How long should I wait and try the healthy diet route first?
At my heaviest I was hitting 100ish kg. That was years ago.
At my skinniest I was 63kg. I was quite fit, doing the right things in terms of diet and exercise. This was a longer time ago.
For reference, I’m 166cm.
More recently I’ve been hovering around 90kg.
I had lots of dental surgery over 2 months towards the end of last year so I expected to lose around 5kg as I expected the liquid food like soup etc. not sure how much I actually lost in the end as I never weighed myself but probably 3-5kg if I had to guess.
Then war happened (I’m from Dubai) and I’m currently at 76kg. War going on for 2.5 months. I really lost my appetite. Sleep a lot etc. it’s quite visible in my face and limbs but the belly is still there. I haven’t had a period since October (which happens with stress I thought it was caused by dental pain and would sort itself out eventually as it usually does). Also feeling cold all the time. For example I ate nothing the last two days and today could barely eat two tangerines for breakfast (the plan was to eat three). I also think a lot of the weight loss is muscle mass which is why I feel weak.
The question here is how to get out of this cycle. Both mentally and food stress wise. It isn’t sustainable or healthy. I’d ideally like to reach 65kg but not like this. How do I slowly start eating again / what foods / when I eventually go to the gym what exercises to focus on etc? And mentally I don’t even think meditation or whatever will work (done that). All I can do is talk and vent. No exercises will make the war go away.
At my heaviest I was hitting 100ish kg. That was years ago.
At my skinniest I was 63kg. I was quite fit, doing the right things in terms of diet and exercise. This was a longer time ago.
For reference, I’m 166cm.
More recently I’ve been hovering around 90kg.
I had lots of dental surgery over 2 months towards the end of last year so I expected to lose around 5kg as I expected the liquid food like soup etc. not sure how much I actually lost in the end as I never weighed myself but probably 3-5kg if I had to guess.
Then war happened (I’m from Dubai) and I’m currently at 76kg. War going on for 2.5 months. I really lost my appetite. Sleep a lot etc. it’s quite visible in my face and limbs but the belly is still there. I haven’t had a period since October (which happens with stress I thought it was caused by dental pain and would sort itself out eventually as it usually does). Also feeling cold all the time. For example I ate nothing the last two days and today could barely eat two tangerines for breakfast (the plan was to eat three). I also think a lot of the weight loss is muscle mass which is why I feel weak.
The question here is how to get out of this cycle. It isn’t sustainable or healthy. I’d ideally like to reach 65kg but not like this. How do I slowly start eating again / what foods / when I eventually go to the gym what exercises to focus on etc?