Wednesday, June 15th

Happy Hump Day !!!

     128 even. So... I now know that an eight pound gain/loss is in the wide range of 48 hour water fluctuations for me. I really need to do some work around this, and find a calmer way to react when my weight jumps. I'm sure my stress jumped my cortisol levels through the roof, which only exacerbates the gain. I am looking at yoga as an additional way to ground myself and strengthen that mind- body- spirit connection. I know what my food needs to look like. My head needs to relax into this process.

     Have a great Wednesday !! TGIF is around the bend !! 

So happy you got tha****er weight off. Curious about what your PCP has for a plan for you. 

124.8 today. Staying pretty even so far this week. Got a 30 minute walk and boot camp in for exercise yesterday. My youngest told me I should compete in bodybuilding. LOL. I'm getting toned but nowhere near bodybuilding toned. 

Work today, not sure what else is on the docket

Happy Hump day my friends. 

Paula... PCP says that when I jump 4+ pounds over night, or when my ankle and/or calf measurement are 2"+ above baseline, I add a 2nd 40 mg dose for until trend reverses, or a maximum of three consecutive days, whichever comes first.  If water retention issues are not resolved at that point, I have to be seen.  Interesting... she said nothing about compression stockings. Based on Shel's suggestion and what has worked in the past, I do pull them to sleep in, at a minimum.  The compression feels so good, I do NOT remove them during the night.  I had a prescription dual leg pump from 150+ pounds ago, which would never "fit" now.  I'd like to think that regular swimming again will keep me from having to consider getting refitted for that again.  Too much like being hooked to PIC for TPN !!!

Good Morning!  Fluctuations and water weight are such a head game...it's hard not to say bad words when it happens especially when you don't warrent that number.  I also need to find better ways to deal with that.  I keep repeating "trust the process". If I know I'm on plan my body will have to give it up! Hard in the moment, though.

158#  May 18th, I was 165.9#.  I have 5 weeks until we go to NM.  I'd like to be a solid 148# but we wI'll see.  And,  I'm already stressin about food when we go.  Our friends like to eat and so do i!!  I'm planning though to buy food I can eat and will benefit me.  I owe it to myself.  I always come back wishing I'd done things differently. Well, only I can change that!   I feel better! And, I'm even going to pack my scale...maybe!

Work out.  Chiropractor. Massage.  Body Flow.  That's my plan. 

It's house cleaning day, so I'm at the park for an hour untilI go to the gym.  Quiet and beautiful. 

Happy Wednesday!

Lesa

Good morning friends. No weight to report today - after staying up too late watching Netflix I fell asleep fully dressed so I'm still in yesterday's clothes lol. Staying that way too! And of course we must be butt naked to weigh or the numbers don't count, right?

DH and I are off to a more cheerful start this morning and hopefully our good moods hold. We are pleased with our progress and I'm happy that DH is now stepping up more on the planning side of things. He has some ADHD tendencies so organization doesn't come easily to him, but at least he is now executing some of the tasks/steps I put down on paper for us.  I'm not particularly anal about planning, but I do find it helpful to think through and check off some milestone items. 

And now I must get going on my part of the list so will sign off for today. Wishing you all a good one!

Down another .6 lbs. I'll take it. 

I am becoming aware that I am not wanting to put in the effort to get this recent weight gain off. I'm doing fine with the detox, but don't really feel like counting calories, etc... today. Technically since this is day three of detox I don't have to, but I was thinking I probably should. But.... not gonna! So there! 

Today is one of those days that I wish I wasn't so entrenched in the emotional aspect of food and eating. I really wish that it was a matter of deciding not to eat crap, sticking to it until my weight gets to where I want it to be, blah, blah, blah.... Oh, yes, and I'd also magically like to live for baked fish and vegetables. Not gonna happen!

I remember not even so long ago wishing I could change my tastes so I could eat like a "fit, healthy person". At least now I understand I have to work within my reality. 

Today is at risk of being pissed away, if I don't get off my butt and make a plan. So, off I go to make a plan....

Maybe you just don't need a plan today! It is summer break. Give yourself permission to have a day to **** away:) 

Ah, but without a plan I allow far too many days to **** away during summer. My ADD kicks in to high gear when I'm not scheduled. I don't have the H, but I do have strong distractibility and procrastination issues during summer. I think part of it is that I'm so OVER scheduled during the school year, that I rebel a bit, but then I don't get the things done around the house that I need to get done. A bit of a vicious cycle, I know. However, if I can set down a plan/outline for the coming weeks and get Ron to commit to it, too, then I think some productivity can and will occur. 

Hi my skinny pretties

Gallery duty this morning so i didn't post. Sold quite a bit of stuff early. I had not had enough coffee!!   131.5.  I am not going to get below 130 unless I really work at it.  Will think about it tomorrow.

All the family is gone and memorial stuff done.  Helping brother in law get rid of all the craft supplies that SIL had. Easy to do, lots of people want them. 

It was kind of an eat a lot day.  Missed my gy early so ate several cheese sticks and jerky. Nothing bad but here I sit with a glass of wine. 

Seems I might get a break from crisis mode now that family is gone. House siders still pounding, puppy still a terror but I'll take it. 

Gosh, those of you with lymphodema must have it rough. Sounds so unpleasant. We all deal with water issues but not like you guys. So odd that we are supposed to drink lots of water and yet some of us just bloat up with it. I know elderly people who take lasix and are supposed to drink water but they don't because they get tired of potty breaks. My sympathies.  Any water retention issues I have are due to eating salty junk which I am more and more interested in lately.  

Keep the faith everyone.  What we have to do is better than being morbidly obese. GAWD, I remember when I first figured out that I was MORBIDLY OBESE , not just fat. 

Diane S.