Update on this!
After reading up a little on some symptoms I was having (specifically dizziness and exhaustion) that appear to be associated with low iron, I had some bloodwork done. I basically have no ferritin. Not exactly sure what that is, but ya need it. Who knew! No one knows why it's low.
Called Kaiser and we're making some diet changes. I'm taking a supplement every other day too. Apparently one needs to up her fiber intake when one she gets on an iron rich diet. So, I eat steaks and prunes now--well, not just that, but I don't eat a lot anyway, so there's not room for much else. :laughing
I have a tea habit, and that doesn't help with the iron situation. Also, it was about 700 calories a day. Between that and the solid food changes, I've lost 4 lbs in a month, unintentionally.
I'm feeling a lot peppier, and hopefully in 3-6 months my iron situation will have resolved itself. However, I have only 5 lbs buffer right now before I won't make the weight cut-off to give blood. I've started working out with weights to see if I can get a little muscle going to add healthy weight.