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RATZ! It's amazing how fast & easy you can gain weight compared to how slow & hard it is to lose it! I managed to lose 1.5 lbs in spite of the Labor Day weekend. This was probably mostly bc we didn't BBQ as I'd hoped but had supper with our DD's on Sunday after church instead. We even at out on Monday, including dessert @ DQ, so I don't know how I still managed to lose weight. This last week I've been having serious constipation, so that may be at least part of the reason I gained 2 lbs. Constipation isn't a fun topic, but some of the meds I take cause it, & after a recent colonoscopy I stopped taking cascara sagrada, a very gentle & effective herbal laxative I had taken regularly for years. Since quitting the cascara, even though I'm taking both Colace & Senakot-S by prescription, I've had to resort every couple of weeks to also taking Max strength Ex-Lax & Miralax. I'm getting minimal relief, but am still not "going" properly at all. I'm feeling icky-sicky a lot, & having poor appetite (despite the weight gain), & sometimes feeling very nauseous. I have an abdominal hernia that has had to be repaired several times due to the collagen defect I have, & I sure don't want that to break open again. I told my Primary Dr about this at my 9-27 visit, & she did some special manipulation therapy to correct it, but it had minimal results at best. I was naughty & didn't do it today, but tomorrow I'm going to call the Dr who did the colonoscopy & see if they can advise me on this. I've also emailed my PC Dr telling her that the manipulations didn't help much, so will see what she says. Meanwhile, I'm just not feeling very chatty or sociable right now, & hope everyone will forgive & bear with me. Hugs, Glammer
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257.4 lb
Lost so far: 7.6 lb.
Still to go: 37.4 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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gaining 1.8 lb a week
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