Week 5 Update - Getting It Together

Oct 08, 2011

First off I have lost a total of 33 pounds, yay!  Starting at 272 and now down to 241.  I am hoping by next week I will be in the 230s.  It's funny when i say it, it doesn't sound like a whole lot, but then I have to remember I basically lost it in 1 month!  I used to be lucky to get 15-20 pounds in a month, so this is a pretty good win.

I made the rounds to all my doctors, and my problems were basically what I perceived them to be, with the added issue of surging hormones from recovering from surgery.  My therapist says that I need to work on my anger, and I thought, but I'm not an angry person, I just had a bad episode.  I think the point may be that i am not dealing with stress and anger in the healthiest way, like say eating foods that make me happy....  Anyway, my Prozac was doubled AND changed to a liquid form that I will now take twice a day.  (Starting Tuesday since Monday is a holiday.)  That should keep a lid on the beast until we root out the issues I suppose.

Work is going well, and I am finally adjusting to the change in my sleeping schedule.  I am still trying to figure out how to fit exercise in my schedule, especially when I feel so tired still.  I am hoping once my meds all even out inside me I will feel more up to it.  Depression is terrible for trying to exercise, all I ever really want to do is stay in bed and pull the covers over my head.

I AM more positive than it might sound.  My husband keeps telling me how much smaller I am getting, and people who know me keep asking how much weight I have lost and encouraging me.  I haven't eaten sugar in I don't know how long, and I don't really crave it like I used to.  I don't hurt at all, and the weight is creeping slowly off, and it would faster if I would get my act together on exercise, which is usually no problem for me, but I think I will figure something out, even if it is just a 15 minute walk at lunch. 

So week 5 has been about getting it all together and moving forward, in a way I am beginning to see how this really will be a whole new life.

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