esimnons's Journal, 08 June 2011

Well i went to the Dr this morning. The scale was 196. The wii was that as well so apparently they are in sync. I told her about the 6 pound gain in about as many days. She is stumped as am I. She said that the BP medicine she had taken me off last Wednesday did not contain a diuretic as I had hoped. SHhe said it should not have made a weight difference. Both of us are really stumped with the gain and both expect it to come off. With me going to be traveling for the next 5 to 7 weeks, it will be along time before I get to weigh in again. My plan is to log everything and hope that the scale will move back down before the end of this challenge. At this point, I have actually lost 20 pounds since January 2011. Not a huge number but at least it is in the right direction. My tape measure says I have lost 3 inches in my waist since March. I figure 1 inch a month is decent.

I have been thinking and thinking about the differences in the last week with my WOE. I have about decided that one issue is water and coke zero. Generally, I drink lots of water (was trying for the 100 ozs but generally only get about 80 a day) but last week, I did not drink much water. The office has free coke zero and a filtered water system. I don't ever drink water there because the diet sodas are so easy to get and the water is not. They will not provide bottled water and I never have a cup or anything with which to get the water. Anyway, I was not as bad last week as normal and only had about 3 diet sodas a day but that is more than my new normal. I had a couple of bottles of water each day at the hotel but that would only be about 32 oz a day. My guess is that this weight gain has something to do with the lack of water and increase in soda. As of Monday, I have not had any soda and I am going to hope that I will see at least some weight loss on Sunday morning when I weigh again. Keep you fingers crossed for me.

I can't tell you how upsetting it is to have finally made my Wii say I was overweight rather than obese to go back to being obese. It really hurts. I honestly want to cry when it tells me that.

I told my Dr about my friend with the lap band. My Dr has been struggeling with weight loss for the last year. We have that in common and she is a good person to talk with. She supports my Atkins WOE and I really like that about her. Anyway, I told her how sometimes I really wanted to try to take the easy way out. She said that the long term success was not good with them and that she understood the frustrations. I told her that I want to be in control and that I just don't think I would like the band. but it should would be nice to not have to think about what i am eating. SOmetimes I really want a pizza or chinese food. If I had the band, I could at least take a bite. She told me that she is almost at her goal weight and that she has really slacked off on her WOE. She said that if she wants Pizza, she gets one but that she just does not get one very often. She told me that she expected I could do the same when I get near my goal. We also talked about how the weight comes back on and that it is actually a slower process when you lose weight the way I am losing it. Anyway, all this was stuff I already knew but it was a nice chat. I know that this is the only way i am going to lose weight and actually get healthy. The fact that i am off 1 of the 3 BP meds is wonderful for me and she said that she expects to cut one of the other prescriptions next week and that I should get off another one in the next few months if I continue to lose. how can I be upset with that?? I really hate making the pharmaceutical companies wealthy and me poorer over something that I can control.

Contro - that is the key ingredient to life I think. I am well on my way to taking it back in all areas of life. Now to force myself into the gym....

196.0 lb Lost so far: 24.0 lb.    Still to go: 46.0 lb.    Diet followed reasonably well.

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1181 kcal

Fat: 99.65g | Prot: 57.02g | Carb: 17.67g.   Breakfast: Heavy Whipping Cream, Sugar Free Vanilla Syrup, Coffee (Brewed From Grounds). Lunch: cheese american slice kraft, polska kielbasa, egg, spinach. Dinner: Carb Master Strawberry Pomegranate Yogurt, Banana Pepper Rings, Baby Spinach, Natural Crumbled Feta Cheese, Buttermilk Ranch Dressing, Egg. more...

2236 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Walking (slow) - 2/mph - 45 minutes, Resting - 15 hours and 15 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...