Monday Morning Weigh Ins

Woooohooo Stephanie, that is an awesome loss!!! Here are my stats. HW 270 SW 250 LW 145.2 CW 144.7 Loss of .5 not wonderful but at least it is something. Anna

Thanks Anna!! And .5 is not bad! That is about what I lose each week now a days...this week was just weird. lol

Wow Steph, what are you doing this week to lose so much? I bet you were shocked! Did you lose a little here and there or was it more like a couple lbs one day?? You are doing amazing! SW 238 DOS 225 LW 123 CW 123-125 it keeps bouncing up and down. I am able to eat more and want to eat more now and it's a little scary. I'm trying not to though and keep myself busy. Night time is the worse. I am so glad I have you guys to share this with. ***Hugs**

Hey Janie! It was a shock...I don't know what I did...I am guessing it was coming off the cruise and not eating like a porker! lol And it all came off it seems like overnight. I feel you on being able to eat more and wanting to eat more and it scares me too! My is at night too. I am going to have to make sure I stop staying up so late and that should help. Steph

Stephanie you are not old! 17. That is awesome! I had a tough week. I ate what I should but the meds I am taking for my sinus infection is wreaking havoc on me. I am hungrier than usual and it isn't making for the greatest of moods. The prednisone (2nd round of it) may be what has caused an overnight weight gain that is fluctuating between 8 and 10 pounds!!! Eek! I don't deserve the gain and it is frustrating. The ENT says it is temporary but still I am not a happy camper. The only upside of the prednisone is that it puffs up my skin and I have no little wrinkles. LOL The down side is that my fingers are so swollen it hurts to type. Whine. Whine Whine. Okay. Here are my stats HW 367 SW 357 LW 208 Today 216 8 pound gain! Grrrrrrrrrr

Katy- You're better than I am- I totally deserve my gain...these steroids- man- I'm eating it all and all day long... I am sleeping a ton and just waiting to feel better - then I'll kick in my workouts again and hopefully everything will go back to normal again... This cold is the worst!!! From my absolute lowest I'm up probly 7 pounds. I think it was Suz who talked about how great her health has been since the surgery and I totally agree until this one hit- and it's wierd all those feelings of nurturing myself with food came flooding back. I don't feel well so i deserve mentality- not pretty... but a good lesson to learn. Whine here too- just the wrong kind!!! Holly

Hollie & Katy - So sorry to hear you two are still feeling the yucky cold and allergy problems. Nasty bug / cold / flu - go away and leave my friends alone. I hope things clear up for you soon, so you can start to enjoy 2008. Hugs, Lindy

Thanks Lindy! Keep zapping. I think it is working! Hugs, Katy

Oh man..."nurturing myself with food". I was just feeling like this today. Every child in this house is sick and now I am finally getting what they have. It seems to go from strep throat to a severe cough and finally to a cold/flu type of sickness. Anyway, all I have wanted to do today is eat soup and drink way to much chai tea and diet hot cocoa. It feels so good to eat something warm that goes down easy....and that's the dangerous part!! That whole "feed a cold, starve the flu" saying is really holding true for me today. Please...let it pass already! I *was* feeling really fantasti****il today. *sigh* Whining here, too .

According to the pharmacist, increased appetite is a side affect of the steroids. If that makes it any better I don't know if it would have been better to dive in and eat eat eat. I am constantly fighting it for the first time since surgery. It really hasn't been the poor me I want comfort food. I just want food but nothing tastes good, so I am staying as busy as I can and drinking too much coffee to counteract it. I am moody over not eating or because I am hungry.?!? I am trying to be as quiet as I can be on the outside but I feel like a total B%^#@ on the inside. This has made me decide to go through allergy testing as soon as I can get over this. If my face bones would just quit hurting, I would be just cranky. LOL So Holly, it is temporary but I don't know that it makes it better either way right now. I have only two days left of steroids. WOO HOO. And the up side is the energy surge has kicked in today. I do look like Santa Claus though with my big red cheeks. I don't know why I get that with prednisone. Some people it makes hyper and some people it makes moody. This time around I have gotten both effects. How much more can I whine! Okay, I will be quiet and go clean something......or take a nap.....why can't I clean while I nap?.....whine, whine. Hugs, Katy