I recently switched doctors since my previous one focused too much on my weight and cholesterol and not enough on me as a person. Even after losing 13 pounds (which is a lot!), she just looked at me and asked if I was doing anything to make myself healthier. Hello?! She kept stressing to me that my cholesterol was too high because my BMI was too high and that my knee pain was probably from my weight (and not from my previous hip surgeries or radiation therapies).
I love that my new doctor immediately praised me for getting the weight off and 'taking the right measures' to help myself. When I saw him again a month later I had put on a few more pounds but he still acknowledged that I was working at it. For the first time I heard a doctor say to me "you're not overweight" and "you're in good shape" (not great shape but good sounds good too!). I felt awesome after that! Then I found out that my cholesterol was genetic-related, not weight-related, which was kind of bittersweet lol And no, other doctor, my knee pain was not from having to carry my 'overweight' self around!
On 12/15 I reached my 10% goal and lost a total of 16.2 pounds. I got my special 10% keychain :-)
I was doing fine at keeping the weight down and even dipped under 140 for the first time since high school. Unfortunately, that all changed after the New Year. I have to admit that I really let myself go on my New Year's weekend get-a-way. After that we had birthdays to celebrate, mini-anniversaries, regular night outs and any other excuse you can think of. I was eating like I was before I started WW and was doing a horrible job of tracking it all - and when you don't track, it can really over power you!
So by the end of January I had managed to put back on almost 4 pounds but lost back 2 (this may not seem like much but it is to someone like me!). Now it's February and I'm still kind of doubting my ability to get back on track. I'm starting to feel like I did when I first started - hungry, irritable, lazy - it's like I tell myself I can lose the weight but then just watch it climb back on. Ugh.
Ok so I know it's up to me to get it back on the right path. I've got to focus, make good choices and stop making excuses. I'm getting more exercise and trying new foods. I can do this! I can make it work again!
After Super Bowl Weekend of course....have to have some hot wings and dip....
Learn something new every day: You have to remember that gaining and losing can be a regular process of gaining weight. If you only focus on going down, you'll lose sight of the big picture.
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