st_mel
New year, but the new me started in August!
Jan 02, 2010
I had my 3 month follow-up in November. Labs came back that everything was fine except my iron was border-line low and my thiamin (B1) was dangerously low. And I began losing my hair. The solution to that? Eat more protein, especially meat!I struggled, struggled, struggled with eating more. My weight hovered about the 194-192 mark. Then, beginning Wednesday, I began making a concentrated effort to ensure I ate more protein via regular foods rather than the shakes and other snacks that I'm coming to dislike so much. I'm down to 186 this morning. It has been true all along that the more protein I eat, the more weight I lose. So, I must be doing something right! 186 is one pound higher than my lowest weight since 2000, a time when I was working out five days a week. I never got below a 12/14 (started at a 20, I think), and never got below 185. I'm on the low end of a 14 now (i.e. my 14s are starting to get too big, but I'm not actually a 12 yet). I'm going to go join a gym today, money for that was my Christmas present from my parents. I was a 14/16 in high school, but that was over 10 years ago, so that's probably today's 10. In about 20 pounds, I'll be at my high school weight.
It is strange for me to see on my ticker that I'm less than 60 pounds away from the goal weight of 130 (not done with the doctor, but based on the upper end of the BMI scale). More so, I think, because I'm down over 80 pounds in approximately four and a half months. I know the weight loss slows down the closer you get to goal, but I can't help but hope that my current average fo 20 pounds a month will continue as long as I push the protein, and begin to work out. It just seems amazing to me that I could be three or four months from goal.
As always, it's not really about the number on the scale as much as it's about being healthy. I learned in college in 2000 that muscle weighs more than fat and takes up less space. It's why I only lost 15 pounds but dropped five clothing sizes. I would rather weigh 150 and have it be a healthy 150 than be an unhealthy 130 or less. However, I can already tell my back feels better. I want to be able to do more of the physical work of moving in May (roomie is getting married, I can't afford this place by myself). I don't need or want to be a Barbie, I just want to be able to keep up with my friends, and kids and husband when I finally marry and have a family. I want to be able to walk into a store with my sister or friends and not have to automatically assume I won't be able to fit in any of the clothes (though I don't really expect to ever be able to wear stuff from teen stores like Abercrombie and Fitch!).
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Waco, TX
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08/17/2009
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Jun 16, 2002
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