I DIDN'T!!!
I made it through spring break, and I'm still consistently between 181-183.
I had a day where I weighed 186, but I'm pretty sure that was just because chili stopped me up. I've been pretty stopped up lately. I'm trying to drink a bunch of water to get rid of that problem...
And, I'm ragging- not that you wanted to know that, but you should know, because it usually affects my weight.
My gyno lady said that I had to expect to gain back the last 5lbs. I think it has something to do with filling back up your intestines when you don't eat much.
Speaking of the gyno lady- I have to have a LEEP Procedure done, and the people who know what that is won't be in until tomorrow, so some front desk lady called me to set up the appointment, but can't really tell me why exactly I need it or what exactly happens, or how exactly it will affect me. Tomorrow, I get to call up there and talk to someone who isn't a complete moron.
My mother, the wise woman that she is, advised me to see if they will give me a prescription for a single Xanax or something. Here's the thing- I don't handle this kind of thing well. I hyperventilate when I have to get a single shot. They're going to give me three (funny how that seemed to be the only thing the not-so-informed nurse lady knew) in a place where people should never be sticking needles. So, people keep asking me if I'm okay. Medically, I'm probably going to be fine. Mentally- no. I am not okay. I'm kinda freaking out. According to Google, they're going to burn off part of my coochie. So, NO! I AM NOT OKAY!
But I'll be fine.
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
I do not want to post this
but my blog is my accountability partner, and I would be cheating if I didn't.
My weight is at 183.
I stopped HCG, because I did not see results for a significant amount of time.
I am looking for better ways to lose weight for someone of my size. I do not know that HCG is the best game plan for me anymore. When there is a lot of weight to lose, I truly believe it is helpful, but to be honest, I do not have that much left, and HCG does not seem to be doing what it used to. Part of that could be due to FDA regulations and changes in the formula.
There is a diet plan that is done through my gynecologist's office, but it is VERY expensive, and I'm not prepared to dish out that kind of dough.
I know that eating healthy always and paying attention to what I put in my body is a must, but I still have quite a bit of weight to lose, and I do not consider myself in a maintenance phase yet. I still need to be dropping weight.
I am a person who requires rules.
Without strict rules, wiggle room will be my weakness. I'd rather not have wiggle room.
That is all.
My weight is at 183.
I stopped HCG, because I did not see results for a significant amount of time.
I am looking for better ways to lose weight for someone of my size. I do not know that HCG is the best game plan for me anymore. When there is a lot of weight to lose, I truly believe it is helpful, but to be honest, I do not have that much left, and HCG does not seem to be doing what it used to. Part of that could be due to FDA regulations and changes in the formula.
There is a diet plan that is done through my gynecologist's office, but it is VERY expensive, and I'm not prepared to dish out that kind of dough.
I know that eating healthy always and paying attention to what I put in my body is a must, but I still have quite a bit of weight to lose, and I do not consider myself in a maintenance phase yet. I still need to be dropping weight.
I am a person who requires rules.
Without strict rules, wiggle room will be my weakness. I'd rather not have wiggle room.
That is all.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Stalling Out
I'm at 176.4. I've been fluxuating between 175.4 and 177.4 for the past week or so. I'm doing everything I'm supposed to be. Drinking diet sodas- probably not good...
I haven't slept much, that's a big deal in weight loss. I need to sleep more... I know.
I am in the middle of midterms, so stress is there.
I am very very tired, and very very sick... I'm on day 32. I'm currently not sure how this round is going to end. I just want to get below 170, but I don't know that I can...
I haven't slept much, that's a big deal in weight loss. I need to sleep more... I know.
I am in the middle of midterms, so stress is there.
I am very very tired, and very very sick... I'm on day 32. I'm currently not sure how this round is going to end. I just want to get below 170, but I don't know that I can...
Monday, February 27, 2012
Comparisons
When I first started doing this, these were my measurements:
Bust- 46.5
Arms- 15.75
Waist- 47
Bum- 57
Thighs- 33
My current measurements- taken today:
Bust- 40
Arms- 13
Waist- 37.5
Bum- 46
Thighs- 26.75
Change in measurements from Day 2 to today:
Bust -6.5"
Arms -2.75"
Waist -9.5"
Bum -11"
Thighs -6.25"
Well, that's enlightening. :-)
Bust- 46.5
Arms- 15.75
Waist- 47
Bum- 57
Thighs- 33
My current measurements- taken today:
Bust- 40
Arms- 13
Waist- 37.5
Bum- 46
Thighs- 26.75
Change in measurements from Day 2 to today:
Bust -6.5"
Arms -2.75"
Waist -9.5"
Bum -11"
Thighs -6.25"
Well, that's enlightening. :-)
Sunday, February 26, 2012
175.8
HERE WE GO!!!!
I am SO almost there...
Trying to remember to be patient. Definitely remembering that I'm nowhere close to done done.
Desperately need to take my measurements. I haven't at all this round.
I am SO almost there...
Trying to remember to be patient. Definitely remembering that I'm nowhere close to done done.
Desperately need to take my measurements. I haven't at all this round.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
179.8 Still
For those of you who've been keeping up with me, you know that there are good days/weeks and bad days/weeks. This is one is both.
It's great, because my weight is the lowest I can ever remember it being.
It's great because I've hit a major mile marker.
Night before last, I drank probably 8 big bottles full of water at work. That made my weight yesterday go to 183.something. I didn't even write it down, I was so upset. Rob told me it was probably just my body hydrating itself. I drank plenty of water yesterday too, and my weight this morning (as in- 6 oclock this afternoon thanks to my oh-so-awesome schedule) was 179.8 again.
At the very least, I have GOTTA get to 170 by the end of this round. There are still 20 days left, and that shouldn't be a problem, but still... it scares me a little. I'm so freaking close!
I've been re-researching HCG. There's a lot of questions that people ask me about it that I looked up once, but I can't remember anymore. HCG is second nature to me. I don't question if I can eat certain things. I know what I can have, and I know what I can't. I don't have internal battles with myself because I want to eat something I can't. I guess I never really had that problem though.
***Shrug***
OH! So what I learned- Homeopathic HCG is not a hormone (I already knew that). I thought it was the equivalent to a hormone though. It's not. It's a bunch of stuff that causes your body to produce HCG.
INSERT RANDOM THOUGHT! - Mom- I bet the Gyno lady didn't give me a preggo test because she knew my HCG levels would have made it look prego regardless. Probably. Just a thought.
What I was trying to figure out while re-researching was what would happen if I take more HCG pills (which I'm thinking about referring to as HCG creating pills) than the prescribed doseage. Rachel says that your body will dispose of anything you can't use. I bet she's right. She's pretty smart... but I'm trying to find a valid source. Like- what if my body COULD use more HCG than it's currently producing?
Hmmm...
If anyone knows of a vitamin or something that helps with lose skin, let me know. I'll tell you right now that I'm not going to work out... it's just not going to happen. Have you seen my schedule? School-sleep-work-school. I'm not even going to pretend to try to shove a workout in there. I do have a bunch of skin in weird places though, and I vaguely remember the existence of a vitamin that helped with that. I know that women have extra skin after they have babies, and it goes away, but they've been fat for 9 months max. I've been fat for a LONG time. My skin is pretty happy at it's stretchyness. I don't think it's going to shrink much on it's own.
It's not horrible, but I notice it... and my arms jiggle.
It's great, because my weight is the lowest I can ever remember it being.
It's great because I've hit a major mile marker.
Night before last, I drank probably 8 big bottles full of water at work. That made my weight yesterday go to 183.something. I didn't even write it down, I was so upset. Rob told me it was probably just my body hydrating itself. I drank plenty of water yesterday too, and my weight this morning (as in- 6 oclock this afternoon thanks to my oh-so-awesome schedule) was 179.8 again.
At the very least, I have GOTTA get to 170 by the end of this round. There are still 20 days left, and that shouldn't be a problem, but still... it scares me a little. I'm so freaking close!
I've been re-researching HCG. There's a lot of questions that people ask me about it that I looked up once, but I can't remember anymore. HCG is second nature to me. I don't question if I can eat certain things. I know what I can have, and I know what I can't. I don't have internal battles with myself because I want to eat something I can't. I guess I never really had that problem though.
***Shrug***
OH! So what I learned- Homeopathic HCG is not a hormone (I already knew that). I thought it was the equivalent to a hormone though. It's not. It's a bunch of stuff that causes your body to produce HCG.
INSERT RANDOM THOUGHT! - Mom- I bet the Gyno lady didn't give me a preggo test because she knew my HCG levels would have made it look prego regardless. Probably. Just a thought.
What I was trying to figure out while re-researching was what would happen if I take more HCG pills (which I'm thinking about referring to as HCG creating pills) than the prescribed doseage. Rachel says that your body will dispose of anything you can't use. I bet she's right. She's pretty smart... but I'm trying to find a valid source. Like- what if my body COULD use more HCG than it's currently producing?
Hmmm...
If anyone knows of a vitamin or something that helps with lose skin, let me know. I'll tell you right now that I'm not going to work out... it's just not going to happen. Have you seen my schedule? School-sleep-work-school. I'm not even going to pretend to try to shove a workout in there. I do have a bunch of skin in weird places though, and I vaguely remember the existence of a vitamin that helped with that. I know that women have extra skin after they have babies, and it goes away, but they've been fat for 9 months max. I've been fat for a LONG time. My skin is pretty happy at it's stretchyness. I don't think it's going to shrink much on it's own.
It's not horrible, but I notice it... and my arms jiggle.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
CAN YOU SEE IT?!?!?
It's the end! I'm getting there!
Firstly, although 170 was my original goal weight, it is NOT my real goal. I decided on 170, because it was exactly 100 lbs smaller than I was at my biggest. That is a durn good start. I wanted to be able to look at myself at 170, and see where I need to go from there.
I am evaluating my body and my level of health, and I will not declare a new goal weight until I have met this one. I do not want to devalue the impact that losing a hundred pounds will have on me.
As you know, I've been catching up on all of the doctor visits that I have neglected for the past year or so. I went to one about my shoulder- where I had blood drawn, I went to a gynecologist for the first time, and I went to an eye doctor.
I expected my blood test to come back with weird results. I expected them to tell me that my thyroid was jacked up, and I was anemic or something. Turns out, my thyroid cleared the test, and I'm not anemic. However, my blood sugar tested low. This didn't suprise me too much after I thought about it some. I've always gotten headaches when I don't eat. I get shaky and/or light headed as well. This happens more often when I'm not on HCG, so I highly doubt the two are connected.
To be honest, low blood pressure scares the crap outta me. I spent so much time and effort trying to lose weight, so I wouldn't end up with all these health problems, and one of the precursers of diabetes is officially a problem of mine. The nurse called to tell me, and she didn't make a big deal about it, but she did tell me to make sure I'm eating frequently enough.
Completely irrelevant to my weight- I now wear a single contact in my right eye.
Gyno-wise- My gyno lady is also a weight loss lady. Her nurse spent the first 15 minutes of my appointment commending me for my weight loss. I love it when that happens. It makes me remember how important this is. She asked me how it started and how it works. I love sharing my story.
When the real gyno lady came in, she had already spoken to the nurse, and also congratulated me on the weight loss. I went through my family history with her. She told me to drink more water, and that would help with the weight loss. I already knew that of course, but I do forget to drink my water. I don't know why it's so easy for me to remember to take a pill, and remember not to pop stuff in my mouth all the time (that was a hard habit to break), but it's so difficult to make myself drink water. Ugh... so much easier than everything else I do, and so much more helpful.
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Now for my complaint. It's pretty rare that I complain about the world on this blog, but I have a serious issue with the way that things work, and I wish there was something I could do to change it.
I went to Denny's last week and ordered a chicken salad. I knew it had nuts and raspberries in it, but I didn't see it to be very difficult to pick them out. When she asked me which dressing I wanted, I looked at my options and picked vinegarette on the side, because my other options were Ranch, Light Ranch, or creamy fat in a bottle.
When I tried the vinegarette, it obviously contained sugar. I can almost understand that. Most people prefer a sweet dressing. I think that's highly impractical, but I can understand.
I started eating around the nuts and raspberries. They were covered in SYRUP! Why? How can you justify selling something as a "healthy option" (and yes, that's the side of the menu it was in) and then cover it in syrup? I almost started crying. The syrup stuff was dripped onto parts of my salad. I did my best to just eat the chicken and the tomatoes.
I cannot for the life of me figure out WHY this is done. Just give me a real healthy option. JUST ONE?!?!? Please? I would be disappointed in that salad even if I was allowed to have sugar. People who eat salads aren't looking for syrup. At Denny's? I would have ordered pancakes! ugh
We ate at Copeland's on Friday night for Valentine's day. There were PLENTY of unhealthy options, but they also offerred a "simply grilled chicken" that didn't have a bunch of extra stuff on it. For the sides, there was a horrible amount of unhealthy things, but they also offered plenty of veggies. I had to special order mine to make sure they weren't cooked in butter, but even that was a better option than coating nuts in syrup.
It's no wonder Americans are fat.
Firstly, although 170 was my original goal weight, it is NOT my real goal. I decided on 170, because it was exactly 100 lbs smaller than I was at my biggest. That is a durn good start. I wanted to be able to look at myself at 170, and see where I need to go from there.
I am evaluating my body and my level of health, and I will not declare a new goal weight until I have met this one. I do not want to devalue the impact that losing a hundred pounds will have on me.
As you know, I've been catching up on all of the doctor visits that I have neglected for the past year or so. I went to one about my shoulder- where I had blood drawn, I went to a gynecologist for the first time, and I went to an eye doctor.
I expected my blood test to come back with weird results. I expected them to tell me that my thyroid was jacked up, and I was anemic or something. Turns out, my thyroid cleared the test, and I'm not anemic. However, my blood sugar tested low. This didn't suprise me too much after I thought about it some. I've always gotten headaches when I don't eat. I get shaky and/or light headed as well. This happens more often when I'm not on HCG, so I highly doubt the two are connected.
To be honest, low blood pressure scares the crap outta me. I spent so much time and effort trying to lose weight, so I wouldn't end up with all these health problems, and one of the precursers of diabetes is officially a problem of mine. The nurse called to tell me, and she didn't make a big deal about it, but she did tell me to make sure I'm eating frequently enough.
Completely irrelevant to my weight- I now wear a single contact in my right eye.
Gyno-wise- My gyno lady is also a weight loss lady. Her nurse spent the first 15 minutes of my appointment commending me for my weight loss. I love it when that happens. It makes me remember how important this is. She asked me how it started and how it works. I love sharing my story.
When the real gyno lady came in, she had already spoken to the nurse, and also congratulated me on the weight loss. I went through my family history with her. She told me to drink more water, and that would help with the weight loss. I already knew that of course, but I do forget to drink my water. I don't know why it's so easy for me to remember to take a pill, and remember not to pop stuff in my mouth all the time (that was a hard habit to break), but it's so difficult to make myself drink water. Ugh... so much easier than everything else I do, and so much more helpful.
__________________________________
Now for my complaint. It's pretty rare that I complain about the world on this blog, but I have a serious issue with the way that things work, and I wish there was something I could do to change it.
I went to Denny's last week and ordered a chicken salad. I knew it had nuts and raspberries in it, but I didn't see it to be very difficult to pick them out. When she asked me which dressing I wanted, I looked at my options and picked vinegarette on the side, because my other options were Ranch, Light Ranch, or creamy fat in a bottle.
When I tried the vinegarette, it obviously contained sugar. I can almost understand that. Most people prefer a sweet dressing. I think that's highly impractical, but I can understand.
I started eating around the nuts and raspberries. They were covered in SYRUP! Why? How can you justify selling something as a "healthy option" (and yes, that's the side of the menu it was in) and then cover it in syrup? I almost started crying. The syrup stuff was dripped onto parts of my salad. I did my best to just eat the chicken and the tomatoes.
I cannot for the life of me figure out WHY this is done. Just give me a real healthy option. JUST ONE?!?!? Please? I would be disappointed in that salad even if I was allowed to have sugar. People who eat salads aren't looking for syrup. At Denny's? I would have ordered pancakes! ugh
We ate at Copeland's on Friday night for Valentine's day. There were PLENTY of unhealthy options, but they also offerred a "simply grilled chicken" that didn't have a bunch of extra stuff on it. For the sides, there was a horrible amount of unhealthy things, but they also offered plenty of veggies. I had to special order mine to make sure they weren't cooked in butter, but even that was a better option than coating nuts in syrup.
It's no wonder Americans are fat.
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