Get healthy and stop living in fear of having a heart attack!

An amazing thing happened on the scale this morning - I hit the 60 pound mark!  I know that may not sound like a lot to some of you that have lost 200 pounds already, but this is monumental for me!!!!!!!!!  This is absolutely amazing.  I want to shout it from the roof tops naked & yell hey look at me, look at what I've done, what I've worked so hard for.  (Well maybe not naked on second thought.) :>)

I'm really happy that I lost even more weight this week.  It sure makes it a lot easier to stay in the groove when you're seeing results like this.  I guess adding carbs has really helped.

Hugs,
CJ

Well my Vegas vacation did a world of good for me.  I didn't weigh my food & track every calorie I consumed, but I did eat pretty healthy for the most part.  And the best part was I lost 4 pounds.  I was shocked when I got home & weighed.  What a wonderful, wonderful surprise it was.  I know that I ate many more carbs than I have been eating on a daily basis, and I'm sure this had something to do with my plateau breaking.

I went to see Rachel, the nut, & she agreed with my assessment; said I need to eat more carbs in the form of whole grains & fresh fruits; told me to eat whole grain cereal for breakfast with a little bit of Fiber One mixed in.  This has made me feel so much better because I haven't suffered any constipation since I've been doing this.  I've been craving grapes, so they've tasted very, very good to me & the strawberries, too!

Oh, but my hair is coming out big time now!  It's really scary - if I hadn't been reading books & this OH site, I'd be starting to panic by now.  Thank goodness I knew it was coming, but it's still disconcerting, to say the least.  At least I had really thick hair to begin with.

I bit the bullet & re-joined the gym.  I'm adding more & more jogging to my walking & some weight training.  I never, ever dreamed there'd come a day that I could actually JOG!!!!!!!  But exercising is still a dreaded chore for me.  I wonder how long it takes to get to the point where you really do start to enjoy it?

Anyway, overall I'm doing very well.  I wish I'd had this done years ago!!!!!!!!

OK, now I'm getting really pissed!  This is the 4th week in a row that I've hardly lost anything.  One stinking pound!!!!!  I'm doing all the right things, even walked 5 miles on Monday (I usually do 3-4 miles).  Yes, I'm getting in my protein, water, vitamins, etc., etc., etc.  I'm so frustrated that I made an appointment to see Rachel, the nut, when we get back from vacation.  This is rediculous!!!!!!!!!!!!!   I know everyone goes through plateaus, but...  Not me, I'm not supposed to plateau!

I saw Dr. Hart last week & he seemed to be good with the weight I've lost so far.  He was pleased with all my labwork.  He did say that I need to do 1 day for distance & 1 day for speed in my walking & something in between for the other days.  I did re-join the gym last week.  Finally got in some weight lifting yesterday.

I knew this wasn't going to be easy, but I thought I'd be losing a whole lot faster than this.  I'm not giving up by any means, but it's still frustrating!!!!

Well, at least I lost some this week.  I'm now at minus 46.6 pounds.  It seems like it's slowed down to a crawl.  And yes I did my exercising this past week.  I'm still doing really great at everything else, but just getting frustrated with  the slow down in weight loss.  I don't see any change in my body in the last 2 weeks either.  Clothes are still fitting the same.  I'm not sure what I need to do to kick my metabolism back into high gear.  At this rate it'll take me a whole 12 more months to get to my goal!!!!!

You don't exercise!!!  I only lost 1.2 pounds this week.  I'm pretty bummed about this, but have no one to blame but myself.  I simply didn't make exercising a top priority this week (plus I got stung by a wasp & my ankle swelled up, doc said to stay off it).  You can bet this will light a fire under my ass for this week!!!!!

My goal is to get to 50 pounds by my 3-month check up w/Dr. Hart.  I'm going to have to really bust it to get there.  I think I can do it, though.

Everything else is going well.  Still no vomiting/nausea.  Feeling great!  Very happy that I had the surgery.  Starting to not recognize my image in mirrors.  All our full length mirrors are in storage right now, so it's a surprise when I do get a glimpse.  Really, really anxious to get to 50 pounds.  I'm not sure why that number means so much to me, but it does.  I have to come up with something really great to celebrate it, though.  Maybe I'll book a body massage or a facial.  That would be a real treat!!!!!

I'm off to the park to walk.  Not sure if I'll do 3 miles or try for 4 today.  I feel like I need to make up for this past week!!!!!!!!!!!!!