weightfighter

Today I made it to the gym, despite my ankle is hurting. I got my butt kicked in water aerobics. I am staying on target with the calorie count and now the gym. I will not be able to make it to the gym tomorrow, but I will go Thursday. Friday a friend and I are going to the amusement park for their Halloween park.

One day I will look like this LOL:

Over the last four or so weeks, while I was not bad, I felt as though I fell off of my good progress session. I slowed down on the weight loss significantly, had to stop taking the appetite suppressant, and could not exercise because when I did, I would get dizzy from my blood pressure. But - that seems to to be fixed.  Yay! While I am not taking the appetite suppressant, I have been able to get back into water aerobics (even though, there are slight issues with that that are being taken care of). I am also more in control of my eating then I was before. So, I am excited as I enter what I am now calling my second phase of diet.

In other information, I was looking for a recipe for low calorie squash soup and found an interesting site. The site, http://www.drgourmet.com/index.shtml , allows you to sign up for free and include/exclude different diet styles, methods, foods, etc.. Then the site provides a menu planner. While I do not plan on using each recipe, it is a good resource for different foods, recipes, options over all.

Happy Eating!

Well, my four month check up was today. I have lost a total of 5 pounds for this month (which is good, it is not as fast as I had been loosing). My new weight is 229. Woohoo - 43 pounds less. I made myself a promise, when I get to my mini goal which is 224, I am going to get the new Dan Brown book as a reward for myself.

Other good news - this new drug combination seems to be working. My top number is down where it is ranging from 125-135. My bottom number is a little high, it typically hoovers around 90, but considering where it was, that is a massive difference.

On a funny note, my size 18 jeans are starting to fall off of me (yay!). I was playing with our dog last night and they just slipped down. SO I need a belt. Because I was curious, I took my old jeans (my size 24s) and held them up to me - it was like one of those shows where you could fit 2 of you into the jeans. It looked like a clown outfit, lol.

Ok - so I have been doing different things to deal with my blood pressure. I doubled the norvasc as the PAC wanted. I stopped taking the tenuate (the PAC really did not want me to do that) but that is the only “new” thing that should account for the pressure increase. Stopping the tenuate (appetite suppressant) I think was a smart and stupid thing. First off, I did this without thinking about what time of the month I was heading into. So on top of fighting hunger a little bit (not alot, I have adjusted well to that), I went through the typically cravings and did not realize why initially. And on top of it, I gave into most of the cravings. I did not blow things out of the water too bad most of the week - staying between 1400-1600 calories during the work week. Yesterday, however, I just fell off the wagon. I went to lunch with a friend who came up for the weekend. I did not do badly at lunch, but after lunch, we realized the alternator of my car was going bad. So, I drove the car to my in-laws house so my husband could replace it. This was 5 pm (we had seen a movie after lunch). The change should have only been one hour - and it became 6 hours. We were starving and had to eat what was there to tide us over (Oatmeal cookies with cream filling and chips). Finally we got dinner, and we ordered the chip basket with a beer. My entree was half of a bison burger and a side of veggies so I was not horrible, but I definitely went above the 2000 mark.

So now, I start again. Today is a new day, right. The only thing we can do is look back at the errors we made and use those decisions to make better decisions in the future. That is easier said then done, but at least it is a start. I started breakfast this morning with a veggie omelet and a side of fruit (350 calories).  Lunch will be my other half of the bison burger with steamed veggies.

Other news, I go to my family physician tomorrow to figure out the issue with my blood pressure since it is still up. It is frustrating since research says, that if there is any change to my blood pressure, it should be going down with the 38 pounds I have lost since May, not up.  So, until we know what that is all about, I am going to start looking up information and tips on staying on track even with the holidays and all those sugary and calorie loaded parties and activities coming. As I get information, I will share it….