July 8, 2004:
Hey guys, I'm sooo sorry I haven't updated. I've been having so many problems with my pc, and I ended up having to do some downloads from windows to finally clear this up. Life is a bit hectic around here. I don't get much time to sit down and relax any more, I spend most of my nights at my boyfriend's job. I guess you can say I'm avoiding being home, the reality of it all is that it's not our home anymore, and sooner than later I will end up having to put my dog down because when we lose this home we won't be able to bring her with us. So I am living in denial as I search for a new place for us all to live. I'm still hoping that things work out with our friend and he can get his tenants out in time for us to take the place so I can keep the pooch.
Okay now on to other things...the weight is coming off real slowly now. I lost another pound this week bringing me to a total of 78 lbs lost and weighing in at 210. This whole situation with our upheaval is putting a kink in my plans to start at the gym. I walk as much as possible but it's damn hot here on the Island. I'm doing better with the actual temperature, it's the humidty that is killing me. I never could take it, affects my asthma, so I'm being careful. I'm gonna try and join for just 2 months and see where we are living from there. Hopefully not too far away.
I got another comment from another girl at work, she said she's noticed that I've lost more weight. Can you just tell I'm grinning ear to ear? My clothes fit great and I've got a small collection of items that are too big for me to wear. I'm going to try and hold on to them, not for me, but to see if my Dr's clinic will start a clothing exchange like the one on Obesityhelp.com. That would be really cool. I have to get more active in drinking my water, some days I'm really good and others I have no desire for the taste of water at all. But all in all I'm doing great I can say. Eating is getting easier and I'm still keeping my portions small. I try hard not to graze
Which brings me to one more point. I got caught up with another weight loss buddy that I've been speaking to via emails and phone for the past 14 months. We've decided to start holding each other accountable and push ourselves to meet our goals. She's had the surgery back in May of 2003. Unfortunately due to lots of grazing (caused by stress of her husband having to move out of the state to work for a year) she has stopped losing weight since Thanksgiving of last year. Since she has not been adhering to protocols she hasn't past her weight loss of 85 lbs. Now we are all human, we all cheat, I do. I shouldn't but I do. But this is just a good example of what can happen when we fall back into bad habits. The lesson I guess would be is if you fall back, don't beat yourself up, but to get back on that horse. Just remember that you have a 12 to 18 month window to lose as much weight as possible, after that it gets harder. I really feel for her because she sounded a little sad that I will more than likely pass her weight loss in a few weeks and she has already celebrated her year anniversary. But hopefully now that her & her son moved up to stay with her husband till his contract is up, she will get back on track. Hopefully we can keep each other on track.
Which brings me to one more thing.....my friend who has fallen off the wagon, has experienced some health issues that her doctors feel is in direct link to her weight loss. She's been having serve back problems and chest pains for some time. Her heart was throughly checked out and they found nothing wrong with it. They think she's having the back & chest pains from a pinched nerve. They believe that since she has drastically changed in how she carries herself due to the weight loss happening so quickly that her boddy never got a chance to adjust properly. They are going to keep looking into it. I don't know if it can be linked to the WLS, but I will keep you guys up to date on her situation. Well that's it for now. Catch up with you guys over the weekend.
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