Okeydoke...

Jul 27, 2010

Alright, I actually got back on the horse yesterday and started counting calories again, with a goal of staying around 1500, and definitely below 2000 calories a day.  That's the plan I used to get down to have my original bypass.  I started at 658 in 2005 and had to get under 500 to be safe for surgery.  I was about 450 when I had surgery in May 2006.  My lowest weight after that was just under 300 lbs.  Currently I am somewhere around 400-425 or so.  My scale is skitzing out for some reason and seems to fluctuating in that range, so I am just saying 425 right now.   

I wrote down my calories yesterday, but today I decided to use the online tracker here at OH to see how I like it.  I've always just done it "old school" with a pen and paper before.  I managed to stay under 2000 calories yesterday, which included eating a couple of slices leftover pizza from the day before, before I had made the decision yesterday was Day 1, so to speak.  Today holds the challenge of being my son's birthday, so I will likely eat a piece of cake.  I will decide when the time comes if it is worth spending the calories. 

On other issues, to update my last post:  I graduated with a master's degree in Social Work in May.  (Yay!)   I have been job hunting, but have not had success yet.  I have had a couple of interviews, but nothing has come of it yet.  To be perfectly honest, I am not sure I really have the physical ability to work a full time job yet, but hopefully as I lose again I will feel better quickly.

I saw the orthopedic surgeon and he confirmed that I am not a candidate for knee replacement at this weight.  I think he said 300 was the magic number there, but I don't really remember off the top of my head, I just kinda mentally filed it under, "Nope, not right now."  He did give me a shot of cortizone in my knee which helped considerably for quite awhile, although it is starting to get a little "slippy" again sometimes.  For now I will just get the cortizone shots periodically and keep hanging in there.

Guess that's it for now, hopefully I can keep myself motivated to be around here.

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