Hi. Im new to the forums. I usually use an avatar for my profiles, but since my purpose on this forum is about me I figured id use an image of myself.

That out of the way I originally was going to hold off on joining this form until about a week later since I lately have been having issues in other aspects of my life and didn't want to saturate pending topics of my life more than what i can handle.

That said, here is the issue. Since late 2015 I've had a serious issue with night eating syndrome. It began one night where I felt a bit hungry and chose a bed time snack. Over the next few days I continued our of the impression that doing so helps me sleep. What sealed the deal for me was an article that claimed good night sleep actually helps weight loss. Sadly the article had no mention of night eating syndrome since obviously it wasn't about that.

Over time my body started to gain weight as what used to simple snacks at night turned into a "i got to have more" and worse "i can stop anytime I want" mentally. I think you can see where this is going from here.

I actually did learn to go to the gym more often. The exercise i did was massive back then in the tread mill. Burned over 500 calories in most cases. I learned to also count the calories I take what taking under 2000 calories at day. More on that latter, but in a short term I did manage to drop my weight down to I think 190 pounds back then(it was either 190 or 180). Sadly this didn't last. I do indeed take responsibility over this next bit, but regrettably since I lived with my parents back them my parents had me go to so many restaurants which gave me so many opportunities to have some rather unhealthy foods, particularly desserts.

One contribution to my weight involve a mentality of binge eating as an excuse for a "Diet Break." It seems that several years into my problem with Night Eating Syndrome, found myself every now and then pigging out. I read somewhere that eating at one instance 1000 calories past the regular meal intake from 2 to 4 times a month was ok, but I learned the hard way eventually that it made things worse as binge eating ended up being more common as time went on.

One thing that heavily contributed to my eating at night was the need to go to the bathroom upon getting up at night. When I get up at night I kinda sleep walk to the kitchen. My mind seems to be on auto pilot when I do. Last year I got a CPAP machine which does help me sleep better and mitigates this issue of needing to get up to leak only to search the fridge. Still some issues remain every now and then. I did at one point learn that I have an oversized bladder during a doctor appointment awhile back. I will be honest and state that I do drink alot of Bai and Ice softdrinks during the day and one drink at dinner. Honestly speaking this could possibly be the reason why since my mom that there have been fingers pointed at them regarding the need to go to the bathroom.



Eventually I had some tests done on me that inevitably led me to make an account on this site and then make this thread. Quite a few concerns were mentioned that I just had to ask for help. I won't hold it against anyone if the average joe doesn't understand the results below, but I should at least get some details here. Gotta be someone who understands the results below. If need be I could upload PDF's of the result if the forums will let me, but for now I think what's here is ok, context wise.

Below are the high lights surrounding concerns involving the tests that I have gathered.

First the Lipid Fasting test

-Cholesterol level is
211mg/dl
Normal level is below 200 mg/dl


-LDL Cholesterol level(which is VERY HIGH) is
142 mg/dl
Normal level is below 100 mg/dl

-Non-HDL Cholesterol is
156 mg/dl
Normal level is below 130 mg/dl


-LDL/HDL Ratio is
2:58 mg/dl
Normal level is below 2.54 mg/dl


The basic Metabolic Panel has only one red flag,
-Gluecose 104 mg/dl
Normal level is around 74-99

Comprehensive Metabolic Panel has two red flag marked results

-The Creatinine which is at 1.55 mg/dl and the Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate 59 ml/min
Normal level is around .73-1.22


Last is the Urinalysis with Microscopic, Reflex Culture has only notable detail on grounds that my "Sperm value" is labeled as "present" Not much to mention here from what I can tell. It's normal value is "none/SPF" whatever that means.

I can upload PDF files on these results so long as they are filtered to suppress sensitive information. Of course I am open to ideas for tests that could further clarify what needs to be done.


That said and done, last Sunday I thought of a rather unique methiods that could convince me to cut down. Basically writing down the cost of each junk food I buy and adding it up. Seems I can't even estimate how much i'd wasted on this. Creating a statistic should egg me into restraining myself better.

I have plans to see a gut doctor this month on the 25th. I should likely expect what I hear on this forum what I should expect him to tell me. Still I need as much information as possible. The more, the better.

One new technique i'm using just now is counting the costs in my food diary of how much each junk food purchase costs and then adding it up. Should help, but i've just started on that tactic. I keep a food diary for most cases where I eat some junk food. It's mostly helped. Hopefully the process of recording the combined costs of the junk food I buy should help motivate me in a long run also.