Thanks. Yes, it really is encouraging. I think concerns
about this type of health problem with its inherent
disability problems would be enough to throw anyone off the
wagon, so I'm feeling better.
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Quoted message said:Good to read that you're losing again. Bet you were
relieved to see the scale going in the right direction.
Health problems can sure throw a monkey wrench into the
weight loss plan, eh!
MOM PEAGRAM said:I gained 3 pounds while on vacation and then when I
started having these mysterious neurological symptoms it
really threw me for a loop and I fell off the wagon big
time. I'm back on track and have lost all the weight I
gained plus a pound. Down to 185.8 from my original 225.
My current weight: 147 lbs Weight change since my
last recorded weight: -5 lbs Total weight change to
date: -85 lbs
Plummeted to reach two mini-goals, first to weigh less
than 150, and
second to have lost 85 lbs overall. I now drop two daily
points to 20, and I'm 2 lbs from my WW goal. One of these
days, I'll have to set my personal goal.
Quoted message said:
I can explain this week's drop. First, I painted my
kitchen and bathroom
last weekend, and stripped the layers of acrylic paint off
one side of the basement door. I munched almost the entire
day on whatever was at hand (mostly fat-free pretzels that I
use for lunches). By the end of day one, I was ravenous and
tired; the thought of cooking, or even using the microwave
in the basement, required more effort than I could muster. I
ordered a medium Fit N Delicious veggie pizza from Pizza
Hut, along with a salad, and ended up eating the entire
thing in one sitting. Dinner alone was 24 points. Day two
went similarly, except that instead of eating pretzels, I
got through the day on ice cream. I don't remember what I
ate for dinner. Maybe nothing. Between the two days, I ate
all daily points PLUS my flex points and then some. By
Monday morning, the scale was up 3 lbs over Saturday's WI. I
figure that was mostly water retention from the sodium-heavy
eating on Saturday plus the sore muscles
Quoted message said:from painting.
Monday I got right back on program, eating only my daily
points spread
over 3 regular meals. Tuesday I ate a little under my daily
points, spread over 3 regular meals. By Wednesday, I was
eating about half my daily points, not eating dinner at all.
Quoted message said:
Here's the deal: Construction is rapidly coming to a
close. By the end of
Monday, I'll have a fully functioning bathroom and
kitchen. By the end of Tuesday, 98% of the work will be
done. This week was a frenzy of activity and decision-
making and fretting as everything started coming together.
Every evening I had to inspect the day's work and take in
all the things that delighted me and make notes about
questions and things left undone or done incorrectly. Then
I'd have to make a trip to the hardware store for some
item or two I'd forgotten I needed. I was too busy to eat.
And I had no appetite. The butterflies in my stomach left
no room for food.
Quoted message said:
Other than last week's painting, no exercise.
I fully expect to gain back some of this week's whoosh
once life returns
to some semblance of normal. I figure a kitchen/bath remodel
is a once-in-a-lifetime experience and so has been my way of
eating this week. Not a chance that I'll make a lifetime
habit of not eating. But it's nice to be in the 140s, if
only for another day or two. I haven't seen this decade on
the scale since I was in high school more than 30 years ago.
Quoted message said:
This weekend I'm stripping paint again, this time the
bathroom door frame.
Monday I'm taking the day off from work to hover over the
plumbers through the installation of my appliances and
fixtures. Everything is so beautiful, I'm having a hard time
believing it's my house being transformed. That's not so
different from my disbelief about having lost 85 lbs and
wearing size 8 petite pants. These days the gratitude I'm
feeling for the changes in my life reduces me to tears.
Quoted message said:
It's the best day of my life!
--
Linda P week 61: 232/147/WW goal 145/personal goal 130?
WNM week 4: 155.6/147/145 next mini-goals: 145 (WW
goal) started WW 22-Feb-2003 | 10% target: 1-May-2003
5'4" | 50 | F
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