It's not just a plateau....

May 01, 2012

it's a sub-continent!  I have been stuck between 211 and 214 pounds now for about 3 weeks. Since I am still pre-op, and in too much pain to exercise, I am  not surprised by this development.  I was actually expecting a plateau to happen sooner, and was really thrilled that the weight kept coming off.  

Where I am now, weight-wise, is where I was for many years.  My kids are 12 and 14 years old, and I was at this weight before my first pregnancy.  It seems that I am now back at my "set-point".  My guess is that I will stay here, hovering above 200 pounds, until my surgery.  The good news is that with more than 50 pounds off of my frame I do feel better and I do have more energy.  The bad news is that I'm still in a great deal of pain from my friends fibromyalgia and arthritis, so excercise seems like an unlikely step to start losing again. 

Four weeks ago I made a decision to start exercising, which I have not kept.  I am more active since I started working 3 months ago, but I am just hurting too much to exercise.  By the end of each working day I am so tired that I cannot even imagine exercising, and before work it's all about getting there with my energy a a maximum.  Maybe next month........ 

I did keep one of my little exercise resolution from early April, which was be more active around the house.  I am going up and down the stairs more, and using the kids less to be my "legs".  I have been doing ok with that, until I went a little nuts this weekend.  Instead of my usual friday night and saturday night of movie or tv show watching on Netflix, I did housework.  It was not a truly great idea, I am still sore from the scrubbing and bending and such.  So, maybe next weekend, a little housework and some movies, to keep me from being in too much pain to go to work when the weekend ends!

Meanwhile, I will continue to try to eat smart and healthy, and to try to say no to temptations at the table.  I walked right past a brownie today, it called my name and winked at me, but I turned away, slowly, but yes, I turned away.  A year ago I would have gobbled that little cube shaped beauty without a second thought, but today I am not gonna do it!

So, the plateau gets bigger every day, and I continue to toddle along, hoping to see the edge.   At only 5 feet tall, losing too much weight to be eligible for surgery is not an issue, so I'm gonna keep on trying to lose as much weight as I can the miserable and slow way..... very slow.

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