Hi All - spilling my guts and asking for your help...
Wow! Been longer than I thought since I've been on. Life is going okay though I'm presently sitting here wearing a Holter monitor - basically a 24 hour EKG. I've been having some pretty consistant irregular heart beats and since they started up a month ago - just after having a low-grade temperature for a month and after 115 lbs gone I just want to be sure it's pure coincidence and not connected.
Anyway, I got home from seeing my dad (he had a stroke on the 1st) the Thursday before Easter. He's doing okay, but I'm having a HARD time following program. Took a week and a half off from exercising, instead eating candy/chocolate and snacking. I've stayed at 139 for the last two weeks, though I came home and weighed 137 - just 2 stupid pounds away from goal - and then gained 2 lbs by Monday's official weigh-in. Part of me says I'm done - I'll be quite happy and content to spend the rest of my life between 135 & 140 as it's within my 5 lb. window and I wanted to be at a 22 BMI and I'm at 21.8 at this weight. Pictures of me at this weight are sometimes scary I look so, oh I don't know - turtlish. Skinny face/neck with extra skin. NOT pretty, so I don't think I want to weigh any less and NO ONE I know thinks I should lose anymore. Part of me says though - "Your goal was 13**** your dang goal.!" I did exercise M-W, so that's good.
So what do you guys think? Perservere to 135 or let myself slide and start true maintenance? Not sure why I'm asking as I bet I know what you're all going to say. Maybe I'm just looking for that kick in the pants.
Dawn
258/139/135