Say Whhhaat?

Had my appointment with the nutritionist and exercise specialist at the Diet Doc. By their scales I was down another 6.6 lbs since my last appointment two weeks ago. So, I have been averaging a consistent 3.3bs a week! With the inability to exercises due to my ongoing back injections I am thrilled with the results. I have been staying off the scale at home and today when I stepped on my home scale I expected to see numbers in the 160's (I generally weigh less at home in the mornings than at my mid day appointments). Surprise Surprise Surprise. The scale showed 172! Huh? I guess I will stay off the scale to avoid confusion and just go with my focus on eating on the plan and moving around as much as I can!

EVERYTHING GOOD but smaller

I have been trucking away at this diet thing and doing quite well. I decided not to weigh myself these last two weeks and have just focused on eating right and trying to get a good amount of excercise. My clothes are getting loose (finally!) and I see a change in my shape. I will have to post new photos!

Down, Down, Down

The scale is down to 179.8lbs as of two days ago, sorry for no post. I have been STRUGGLING with severe back pain since my injections last tuesday. The pain is pretty intense at times and my activity level is curtailed to hobbling around and trying to ride one horse a day. I pushed to ride two horses on Saturday and really paid for it. Yesterday my pain was worse than it has been in months. Hopefully the pain will calm down this week and I can get back to some gentle working out. I may push myself to go to the gym tomorrow regardless of the pain. Some people seem to feel better if they make themselves work out.....I shudder to think If I feel any WORSE! I had my medial nerve branches injected and had some temporary relief in my left hip, but no pain relief in my back. The nerve branches are now protesting the invasion and could take 10 days to calm down. I have my SI joints injected on the 17th.....Hopefully that will be the spot to get rid of my pain. I don't look forward to the temporary injection wearing off and not feeling like I can even sit down. It seems hardly worth it, but I am going to try to ride it out in hopes tha a solution to my chronic pain will be found. I have been reading too much on the internet..... lots of stories of how the steriods they inject in your joints make you ravenously hungry. I am not sure that that isn't the scariest part. I don't want to get bloated and hungry from the steriods......I am working so hard to lose the weight now, I don't want anything to get in my way......I guess I will discuss that with the doc when the time comes......ARGHHHHH

Hormones and Weight....

As expected, I was suffering some PMS bloat, so I have decided to wait out my cycle to weigh myself again. Hopefully the hormones,water and weight will disappear as my cycle wanes. Aging and perimenopause add a whole new dimension to the weight loss battle. I have made a deal with myself. If I follow my eating plan without one tiny deviation (not a single skittle will cross my lips) I can forgo the daily weigh in for the next few days.

I have a definite mental block about journaling my food. I eat so little every day, it is depressing and makes me a little batty to have to write it down. I mean, if I cant remember bar, bar, drink, light dinner.... sheesh!

BLOAT

I am up a bit today, 185, I guess I am bloated! It will be interesting to see what the scale says in the morning. I also had almost no water yesterday, just diet soda, so I will hit the H2O hard.