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15 August 2019
Weigh-in:
227.0 lb
lost so far:
11.0 lb
still to go:
60.0 lb
Diet followed reasonably well
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losing 7.0 lb a week
14 August 2019
Weigh-in:
228.0 lb
lost so far:
10.0 lb
still to go:
61.0 lb
Diet followed reasonably well
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losing 1.8 lb a week
13 August 2019
Blood pressure this morning was 105/60. That's the most normal it's ever been, in particular after a winter where the readings were hovering around 190/88, numbers like that. Which was terrifying.
I know it's all directly related, but the dramatic changes in statistics like blood sugar and now pressure astound me even more than the weight loss itself. And these improvements motivate me like signposts telling me I'm heading in the right direction.
So eager to go to my doctor at the end of this month, to see what the official lab-tested numbers tell me, but even more to witness her shock at what I've done in three months. I hope she's happy; she's worked hard to keep me from completely spiraling out of control for the past few years, and I was doing nothing to even meet her halfway, let alone take on full responsibility for my own health.
I might inquire about local nutritionists and possibly a referral to a therapist. Maybe not yet, though. I'm constantly educating myself on improving nutrition,and I'm succeeding thus far, so I don't want to take the time and resources away from someone who needs nutrition counseling more than I do. The therapist seems like more of a definite; there's a lot going on here that I need to talk out, from persistent health anxiety to the unexpected negative responses to my weight loss from some of my oldest friends.
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13 August 2019
I've been using this site for a month just for tracking; it's time to take advantage of the other features to help keep myself going!
My journey began almost accidentally this spring; over the winter, I'd gotten into the 275-(probably closer to)280 range, and had really just about given up hope. My blood pressure was frighteningly high, my resting blood sugar was running toward 165, my feet were deathly purple-black, and I couldn't get dressed in the morning without taking a break.
So there I was; since I wasn't sleeping normally either, I'd be awake all night talking to friends in Discord, and one April morning, I looked out my window and said to the person I was talking with at the moment, "It's a lovely cool morning; I should go out for a walk. Praise the sun, you know?" "You should." "I will!" and I did. It wasn't easy, but as I worked my way up the hills surrounding my home, I suddenly realized I was mobile. It'd been a long time! "I could do this...every day. And drink a whole lot of water at the same time."
The walking/water increase brought me down from 280ish to 256 over the course of early April to the end of May, when I had a doctor's appointment. The PA who's been heading my medical team for the past four years put me on a very low dose of Zoloft, less for depression than how well it's worked for my anxiety in the past. Because of course with my health declining, my anxiety over it had gotten pretty close to out of hand too.
Oh, no, you might say. Zoloft and a whole bunch of other psychiatric meds tend to be bad news if you're trying to lose weight. But not this time. Actually, Zoloft broke up a cycle of emotional eating for me and I dropped a few more lbs. "What in the world? Is this typical of Zoloft?" I wondered, and looked it up. And no, quite the reverse. I read that patients often gain weight due to craving carbs.
Well, then. I decided then and there that the weight gain was NOT going to happen; I'd made progress this year, and no way was I going to let Zoloft get the better of me. I still take it; it does what it's supposed to do for me quite well, but that day, June 4, I stopped eating bread, crackers, sweets, pastries, pizza/pie crust. It's what I felt I had to do; I didn't go carb-free, just (I hope) much wiser about the carbs I choose.
It seems to be working out. I've gone down to 229 so far (I haven't been in my 220's since 1991), run about 98 resting blood sugar (it still stuns me that the numbers are THAT dramatically different!), and discovered a large supply of self-discipline and willpower that I never suspected was there.
What a year, eh?
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10 August 2019
Weigh-in:
229.0 lb
lost so far:
9.0 lb
still to go:
62.0 lb
Diet followed reasonably well
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losing 0.9 lb a week
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