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Re: advice re. libido spike while losing weight

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    nottinghillgate said:

    Has anyone ever heard of this? Start losing weight, and the raging
    hornies begin?
    This happens every single time I start losing weight -- big, big
    increase in libido. To the point where it's actually a problem in
    concentrating on routine things and getting through the day. I'm not
    sure I can stand it anymore, but I'm also sick of trying to fix it by
    overeating. It's getting me very very down and vulnerable. I am


    female,

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    approx. 250 lbs, 5 ft 9 in, late 40s, ex-smoker 8 years, single,


    living

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    alone. Put aside the fact that my social situation could change if I
    lose the weight -- I just need to get to that point first. But


    please,

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    can anyone give advice on getting through this process? Seriously,


    I'm

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    past the jokes about this, but I think I'd have weeping fits in the
    doc's office if I tried to explain it and it amused him. what the


    hell

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    is going on with me???

    Curious situation. You haven't said how you're losing the weight, which
    may be an issue (some weight-loss pills work by boosting testosterone
    production, which would increase libido). Also, does the libido
    increase occur due to actual loss of weight, or is it simply starting
    the weight-loss procedure?

    MattLB

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  2. nottinghillgate
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    first, thanks to those who've been kind enough to reply seriously.

    I've just been generally cutting back on portions, increasing the
    proportion of fruit-veg, fiber and lean protein, and stepping up the
    physical activity. I'm pretty healthy overall, except for the weight,
    with no chronic health problems. I made some overal diet improvements a
    couple years ago, and my current diet is no great departure from that
    apart from the portion-reduction, but I've been an overeater and
    sometime-binger my whole life. I take no weight loss drugs, although
    there was a short period when I was an adolescent when I did. I do take
    a multivitamin/mineral and salmon oil caps (part of the
    keep-cholesterol-down plan).

    I do not know what causes the libido increase, I only know that every
    time I begin to have some success in dropping a few pounds--about a
    week into it, the libido shoots way way up. I have noticed this since I
    was in my thirties. You know what fixes it? A large meal, a quart of
    ice cream, whatever--eating to some level of satiety (did I use that
    right? you know what I mean). I'm not kidding. I can count on it. I can
    only suspect that there's something to this that's keeping me a fat
    binger.

    I'm sure some women would kill to be this kind of state, walking around
    all day in some manic state of super arousal. But, if you're me and in
    my situation, it's just murder. I don't relish the idea of adding drugs
    like prozac, but if i find no other solution for this in the
    short-term, I may have to. It's making me feel like a silly,
    addle-brained mess.

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  3. Berna Bleeker
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    nottinghillgate schreef:

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    I'm sure some women would kill to be this kind of state, walking around
    all day in some manic state of super arousal.

    Not me! That would be too much of a good thing. But I sure wouldn't mind
    raising my libido a bit. So far, losing weight hasn't worked for me, but
    I've still got at least 5 kg to go - do you (general you) think that
    would make a difference? Is there anything else I could try?

    Berna
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