Jenniflower75

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I'm on a water pill and two blood pressure pills, I eat an extremely low sodium diet, yet I still wake up every morning and go to bed every evening swollen and hot. My hands feel like I ran them under hot water or set them on a furnace and it hurts. I'm not sure what else I can do to get rid of the swelling but it is so bad it's painful. I am weighing in at 198.8 but that usually goes down some as the swelling goes down through out the day. Very rarely am I one of those people that their morning weight is their lightest of the day. After I drink my second cup of coffee is usually when I weigh the least. I don't know if I'm not drinking enough or what's going on but how can I know what I really weigh when I'm carrying water weight with me? 

I have been doing well eating clean. I do not eat processed foods and am maintaining a well balanced diet. I eat salad every day either for lunch or with dinner. I tend to eat an egg or some cream of wheat without sugar for breakfast, and some kind of meat from the butcher for dinner. I'm eating much more fruit and nuts. My favorite is the cocoa almonds found in 1 lb bags at Giant Eagle or other stores that carry such large bags. (only $7) I also borrowed/ took over my mother-in-laws dehydrator and have been drying fruit from the fruit market. Yum. I don't know which I like more, the dried or fresh fruit.

I'm still having trouble with my back, making it difficult to exercise but I'm trying to make my cleaning routine more laborious by doing lunges while sweeping the floors, instead of bending over I do squats when I pick something up, and I stay on my feet for several hours, finding extra stuff that doesn't need cleaned like walls every day and moving furniture. On my big cleaning days like yesterday I clean for around 5 or 6 hours. I'm paying for it today but I have to strengthen up if I want this pain to go away. I'm sitting in front of the computer less and moving more. I think yesterday I burned around 800 calories cleaning. Not to bad for a day especially since I only ate 653 calories. Lol. Now don't pat me on the back because that isn't the norm. I usually stick to between 1000-1200 but yesterday was a blah day.

I'm noticing changes in how my body looks. My sides go in now instead of being straight up and down; however, my belly looks almost pregnant. I'm not sure how I'm losing weight the way that I am but I have a feeling my belly is going to give me trouble. Of course I have the belly button indent as well from being an 80's child where tight jeans were all the rage and coming to my belly button I now have a permanent muffin top. My doctor has been out of town So I'm not sure what other exercising I can safely do. I will call him next week and talk to him, hopefully.

So that's my update. Still the same weight as far as i know and very slowly losing.

I've made up a menu for the month and have decided to eat clean. I was going to go full blown vegetarian but being worried about protein I decided to eat clean instead. Livinghealthy.com has some incredible recipes for weight loss and for eating clean, vegetarian or just healthy choices and options. My husband and I are both going to be doing this. In the past two weeks I've done really well. I'm going shopping on Monday to stock up for the week. There is a butcher in the next town that I will be getting my meats from and there is a fruit market where I will be getting my fruits, veggies, and nuts. They have excellent choices for wonderful prices. I can't wait to go shopping again this week and look forward to all of the new recipes. My husband isn't fighting me on him eating clean either, I told him he can have one day a week that he can cheat but if he's anything like me that will last one or two times and he will realize how crappy that food makes him feel and he will cut them completely. I am also buying a TON of fruit to dehydrate, especially the apples. The prices are excellent right now and I can get about 6 lbs for around 5 bucks. Every week I'm buying two bags so I can dehydrate them for the winter months. There are so many options in my area for eating clean and healthy. I'm so excited we are doing this.

Many more medical issues have arisen however I'm very slowly still losing weight. I weighed in at 199.4 today. I go to see my pcp next week to get cleared for exercise and find out what kind of exercise I can do. I have to lose this weight. I'm so sad over the weight gain and the more health issues I have the harder it seems to be to lose it. I now have a compression fracture in my back. I'm not sure what treatment there is but I have to be able to do SOME kind of exercise. I'm tired of sitting around. My husband is having a hard time losing weight too. He is 6'2 356lbs. It terrifies me. He is only 32 and he's had one possibly two heart attacks. :'( I don't want to lose him so I've put us both on a strict diet. Only ground turkey and white meats, a lot of beans, small portions of nuts, and loads of fruits and veggies. There is a fruit stand close to my home and we are going to start getting appropriate amounts of fruits, veggies, and nuts from there each week. It only runs about $20 a week to get enough for the two of us. This has to work. Our lives depend on it.

I weighed myself this morning and I am below 200 lbs. I'm so excited I could scream. Now to get below 180. That's my next goal. 19 more lbs and I will have broken my second goal. Thank goodness I'm losing weight. I'm on medication that is supposed to cause weight gain but I'm eating how I'm supposed to and I'm losing like crazy. I am averaging about 1000 calories a day, some days more some days less but that's the average. I can't believe how fast I'm losing too. This is amazing. I feel like I just had surgery all over again! In the past three weeks I've lost 9 lbs. Three pounds a week? I am not complaining. My sleeve must be doing it's job. I still have restriction and I'm following an Atkins type diet. I have fibromylagia as I mentioned before but I'm trying to stay active cleaning and stuff. I'm starting my yoga today when my husband leaves for work. I know Yoga doesn't do a lot for you calorie wise but it's a start. I have three DVD's all skill levels so I'm starting slow. Any way I just had to share. Have a happy healthy day everyone.

Five days since my last weigh in and I'm one pound down. I am at that mark where I now have to break the 200 mark as my next step which was my first mini goal. I'm trying to make simple things exercise, I exercise while I'm cleaning and try to add some stretching and stuff while I'm doing simple things. I'm going to add in yoga today. I'm struggling with the exercising part of this because of my fibromyalgia but the things I'm doing now seem to be ok. I'm going to be doing more than usual the next couple of weeks because we are going to be packing and with my husband working that leaves most of it to me. I started going through things a few days ago and I'm going to power clean my house today and start going through some stuff between my closets. There is A LOT to go through. I do squats and dance while I"m cleaning and I make the cleaning a lot more difficult than it has to be Lol. I'm going to start with walls today. That will give me a work out, not that they need done but still. When I do them I feel like the karate kid, wax on wax off. haha

Well as I said I changed the way I'm eating two weeks ago, and as of today I've lost 7 lbs! I'm getting better with it too. No more slip ups and not craving anything including my coffee. So i'm back down to 201.8. Not bad huh? Now if I can just get below 200 I won't have to worry about another stall until I hit 180 then again at 160 then it's easy sailing.  Over all I would say I'm doing pretty well. I just have to get my exercise down and figure out my limits. I have paid dearly several times for over stepping my limits hopefully I can figure it out soon. 

Just spent two stays in the hospital and I'm out trying to recover. Gained 10 lbs while in the hospital. I'm now losing the weight. It may sound crazy but it's an amazing feeling to be losing again even if it's just weight gain that I'm losing. I've been losing like crazy. I was 210 and I'm down to 202 again. Thank god I'm losing the weight I regained. Right now as it stands I'm only 27 lbs from my starting weight. It's terrible. But again, at least I'm losing again. I can't wait to be below 200 lbs again. I'm eating a balanced diet without any simple carbs. I am eating fruit and veggies but only certain ones. It's like a vegetarian diet plus chicken and eggs.  Any way, I just wanted to update you and let you know what was going on. 

Next month I start seeing a food addiction counselor. A new one moved to my area and I look forward to talking to her. I have started eating a clean diet. For those of you who don't know what that is I can sum it up. I don't eat anything that has a label. If it does have a label it better not say anything more than the product I'm eating and the nutritional value. I am living on lentils. I love them and eat them in everything. I have cut simple carbs (lentils are high in carbs but they are complex) I have not lost any weight yet but I'm sticking to it. It's easier than I thought probably because I'm now addicted to the lentils lol. I'm fasting for the next few days to see if I can connect to my body and see what is true hunger and what is head hunger. I know when I am real busy I am not hungry all day. So I assume that I'm not feeling hunger that it's all in my head. I also joined curves. I'm hoping that with my fibro curves will be gentle enough that I can do it. My first day there will be today. My husband has been real supportive and is eating what I'm eating. I'm not losing any weight though and it's frustrating. I'm hoping that adding curves to my new diet will help me start losing. Wish me luck.

I have to reschedule my appointment. I was supposed to go to my surgeon on June 3rd... this is the third day of my orientation for my new job. I can not miss work for this and can not request off. When i get my schedule I will make the appointment. I might see if I can go the same day as my husband on the 17th. then I will just tell them that on that day I need off but I'm also anxious because I have to call human resources tomorrow and find out if the insurance covers bariatric surgery. UGH. Please keep your fingers crossed and say a prayer for me. I need it. 

My revisioin appointment can't come soon enough. I can't wait till the third. It will be good to get the ball rolling. I want to get moving and be done as soon as possible. I'm figuring between november and december I will have the surgery. Either is fine with me. I want my health back. I want my life back.

I will find out today if I got my job. It's a job that is perfect for me and what I'm going to school for. My fingers toes and eyes are all crossed hoping for the best. This is a 12 hr shift job so it will be long hours but generally I do good at shifts like this.

I started back to school yesterday after a week off for hospitalization. I'm excited about it as well. Things are getting better for me I just know it.