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 & Ken M).jpg "(from L to R): Melissa Mermaid, Me, Sandy (SaMaRo), & Ken (Melissa's Husband)")
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on July 5, 2006 12:00 am
Weigh Period |
Weight |
Amt Lost |
Cum. Loss |
BFI |
| Pre-Op | 321 | 52% | ||
| 2.5 weeks | 295 | 26 | 26 | |
| 6.5 weeks | 267 | 28 | 54 | |
| 3 months | 246 | 21 | 75 | |
| 4 months | 240 | 6 | 81 | 50% |
| 5 months | 228 | 12 | 93 | 48% |
| 5 mos, 3 wks | 220 | 8 | 101 | 46% |
| 7 months | 207.5 | 12.5 | 113.5 | 46% |
| 8 months | 199 | 8.5 | 122 | 42% |
| 9 months | 198 | 1 | 123 | 40% |
| 10 months | 183 | 15 | 138 | 32% |
| 11 months | 174.5 | 8.5 | 146.5 | 32% |
| 12 months | 173.5 | 1 | 147.5 | 32% |
| 13 months | 168 | 5.5 | 153 | 32% |
| 14 months | 158 | 10 | 163 | 32% |
| 15 months | 149 | 9 | 172 | 30% |
| 16 months | 146 | 3 | 175 | 27% |
| 17 months | 141 | 5 | 180 | 27% |
| 18 months | 136 | 5 | 185 | 25% |
| 18.5 mos | 134.5 | 1.5 | 186.5 | 21% |
| 19 mos | 131.5 | 3.0 | 189.5 | 21% |
| 20 mos | 127.5 | 4.0 | 193.5 | 21% |
| 21 mos | 128.0 | +0.5 | 193.0 | 21% |
| 22 mos | 128.0 | 0.0 | 193.0 | 21% |
| 23 mos*** | 127.5 | 0.5 | 193.5 | 21% |
***NOTE: Eight months later, I found myself experiencing an approximate weight gain of 10 lbs. Not "bounce back weight gain" nor the result of becoming complacent and/or lazy. I continue to maintain a very low carb lifestyle The weight gain was firmly attributed to the fact that I got a Mirena IUD inserted 11/06. The Mirena claims no significant weight gain but for those who strive to remain thin and trim, there is abounding proof (like 40 pages in response to one posting on another internet message board specific to this subject--click for details) that a lot of women have experienced this phenomena (as well as a host of other side effects).
This problem, in addition to the fact I had a 1"x3" mass develop in my breast practically overnight, resulted in my having the Mirena yanked on 7/5/07--shortly after my lumpectomy (aka "excisional biopsy") of the thankfully, benign mass. The weight gain is--in and of itself--subsiding practically without much effort on my part because my dietary intake has been quite pristine throughout.
The Mirena works for many women without incident and it does achieve the promise of lighter-to-no periods but it appears that if you pride yourself on total fitness and tend to lean towards the lower BMI spectrum for your height, etc, it can easily put on about 10 lbs--as it did with me.
As of this writing (7/30/07), I am still detoxing the hormones out of my system. I will continue to monitor and inform. (BTW...95% of my very form-fitting clothes fit fine throughout the weight gain process...Just in case you were wondering why I didn't catch the weight gain earlier. Plus in spite of DH insisting it was the Mirena all along, I continued to believe the mfr's assurance that the product was immune fromt his likelihood. In other words, I screwed up...I trusted them--and nearly made myself nuts in the meantime! )
