Update
Hi everyone,
Just a litle update on me...
I weighed in last Saturday and I was down another pound, which puts me at 265.
My highest weight was in February , (286) so I think I am doing realy well,and I have gone down 1 size, and am now csitting omfortably in a size 22 (thank God)
I am still responding well to the thyroid medicine, and the metformin seems to be escalating the weight loss, so that is going well, although I have mixed feelings about taking these medicines. I mainly wonder if I will be able to get my thyroid under control at some point so I dont have to take this medicine, or if I am cursed with thyroid medicine forever.
The metformin is an aide to getting pregnant, so at the moment I do not feel bad about taking it, because I know I will stop when I get pregnant, but it does weigh on my mind that this may be a struggle for me in the future.
I say that becuase the last rounds of labs I had, (even though I have dropped 20 pounds) my insulin reistance was a little bit lower, but not where it needed to be, and while I am considered pre diabetic, and am working terribly hard to reverse the possibility if diabetes, the rality is that it is embeded in my genes on both sides, and then some.
So sometimes I fell like I may have to work towards accepting that I can't do it all on my own, that I need prescription intervention, but it's so hard to accept that, especially becuase I am taking a more hollistic approach to living, but I am going to wrok on that, I promise not to be hard on myself, because that leads to unmet expectations, which then leads to bad eating decisions, and we all know where that rabbit hole is headed.
I am doing fantastic with my eating, just about everything in my house is organic, I am still eating low on the Glycemic index, have had no artificial sweeteners at all for 1 year now, and have backed off the carbs, and paid more attention to Gluten free foods.
Aaron and I joined a gym near our house, and we go three days a week for about an hour at a time. We are having fun doing it together, and it feels great. I look forward to going, which I think is in part because I see how great I am looking, and because I know how good I feel when I am done.
Also, I booked a flight home for the wekk of the 29th, and I am going to see my family, which I am so excited about, and I am even more excited that they will see less of me this time. We all struggle with our weight, so it'a always a good feeling to know have worked hard to earn how good you look.
Lastly, as if it was even possible, I am cuter than ever, and enjoying every inch of it!!
20 lbs since Feb is 1 lb a week and that rate is considered lasting weight loss. You're doing well. Always focus on the big picture.
