remember me????????

Hello All!!!!!  I can't believe I've not been on here in so long. Life has been crazy - but in a very good way.

My weight leveled off at the 214 lb. mark and has been quite content to stay there. That makes a 100 pounds total so I'm happy about that.

I haven't done a whole lot with the exercise lately because of well....pain. I still have that wonderful pain in my arse. BUT....it's finally starting to get better thanks to a pain management doctor. She's also found a whole load of problems that were contributing to the pain and would never have gone away left untreated. Arthritis in the hips...a completely dislocated tailbone that refuses to be manipulated back into place after having been out in left field for nearly a year (and my body has adjusted quite well to it in this odd position)...osteo pubis (yep you can get arthritis there - who knew????) and that makes walking and running very uncomfortable as of late. Part of the tailbone problems may also stem from my hysterectomy in 2005 and problems with the pelvic floor muscles. Not to mention that for the past year of compensating for the pain - I've virtually screwed up all the muscles in my lower back and hips from very poor posturing. Physical therapy will start sometime next month...oh how fun?!?! 

Oh oh oh...and now the gynecologist is all over my case. He's tickled with my weight loss and all of my stats but my pulse is consistently only reading in th mid 40's. that's great if you're a marathon runner but rather alarming for the rest of the human population. Stay tuned for updates.

Even though I'm close to being an "old timer" around here with surgery from nearly 2 years ago - it still feels "NEW". Oscar the pouch still doesn't like rice or lettuce and that's okay - I can live without them. I find myself in a constant battle with carbs - I can eat a few and I'm fine but there's a very low threshold before I want to consume large quantities of some very useless things. I picked up the New Atkins for a New You book recently just to read up and hone those skills. It's amazing what simple things I already knew but seem to have forgotten over the course of this journey.

recommitting seems to be the answer. So here I am world. I'm back on OH and back to holding myself accountable for my part of this wonderful ride.

- Iris

(((Iris))),

Great to see your smiling face again. I was just about to dash a quick note off to you to be sure you were well. Glad to hear that you are ... for the most part. I hope to hear that you are getting the tailbone issues, et. al under control soon.

As you mentioned, it is easy to fall into some 'comfortable patterns,' but the good thing that you have reminded me of in the past, is that now we know what to do and how to do it. We just need to remind ourselves of it and remember that we have come this far and can continue on our journey to a healthier version of ourselves. 

Take care my friend,

Hey, Iris.  Good to hear from you again!  I'm sorry you're having so much trouble but glad that you're getting some help for it.  Hoping to see you at the meetup in June.

Hey, neighbor!

I've been thinking about you a lot lately, so it's great to hear from you.  Wanted to let you know that the OBX support group is meeting tomorrow night (Tues) at 7 pm in the KDH Library.  I'm sooo happy that it's closer for us - hope to see you there!

Take care,
Betsy