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Week four of boot and limited exercise. 198 lbs this am.
But woke up feeling positive, like I can take control of my weight, meditation and all related stuff.đź‘Ť Made me very happy!
Food (At a conference so a little less control than I am used to)
Breakfast: scrambled eggs with arugula and meat and cheese. Two helpings. No impact on how I felt
Snack: they had nuts but they were in short supply so I went easy. I also had a Danish strip maybe 1″ x 6″. I ate it and would have had another if there wasn’t a line. Got tired 20 minutes later from the sugar.
Lunch: salad with a little bit of blue cheese and champagne dressing. Roasted asparagus with carmelized onions and baked chicken breast. One glass of iced tea.
Tired within 30 minutes. Sugar from dressing?
Dinner: curry beef. I had enough to eat at 6:30 but was hungry at 8:30 so had 2 tortillas with cheese and a cookie
No wine and no meditation
it seems like I am rebooting every other month, but here is where I stand today:
Weight: 197.8 no measurements – too depressing
Trying to marry a Paleo/Whole 30 approach with WW Simply Filling.
Hip injury means no running but I can walk!
Saturdays were / are my weigh in day.
Today’s weight: 194.6
No exercise except walking the dog for 20 minutes and cleaning my car. Really trying hard to follow ww this week and record all my points
So, in the 12+ months since I last posted! a number of things happened:
I lost 20 lbs, then regained 4
Tried and then stopped – taking Quesmia
Ran two 3 mile races
Continued working w/ my trainer
Signed up for a 1/2 marathon
With spring now here in MN and summer clothes ready to bare arms and legs (and all that entails) I’m again working towards my 145 weight goal.
I’ll try to post more regularly than once a year, too.
Stats:
Weight 194.8 (buck naked)
Height: still 5’5″
Age: 54
Goal weight: 145
Taking care of medical business
Published April 13, 2013 Uncategorized , Weight Watchers Leave a CommentTags: menopause, Qysemia, Weight, Weight Watchers, ww, Yoga
So, I finally reached my limit a few weeks ago. Tired of dieting and not losing weight. Tried of having to take Ambien every night to fall asleep. Tired or being tired and in a mental fog all day. Tired of taking naps when I get home from work. Tired of experiencing all of the systems of menopause (except hot flashes) but still getting my period every 29 days (I’m 53-1/2 for gosh sakes). So now that I’m working and have great medical benefits, I decided to do something about it.
First, I made an appointment with a Bariatric MD. She and I met and talked about what I’m doing right (lots) and what I’m doing wrong (some). She was quite concerned about my sleeping habits, so I am now scheduled for a sleep study for next Wednesday. It’s her guess that I have sleep apnea, which would explain the fatigue, weight gain, and a handful of other symptoms. But I’ll know more in a few weeks. I’m also going in to have blood work done (4th time in a year) and will hopefully get a prescription for Qysemia. I also met with a dietician (second time in a year) to talk about my eating habits. The one thing she said that resonated with me is to be more mindful when I eat. She suggested I check out the Center for Mindful Eating (http://www.tcme.org). I plan on doing that this weekend.
Then on Friday I went to see a menopause specialist. He took blood to check my FSH level before figuring a plan of action. He also helped by validating my frustration that I am still getting a period long after most friends my age have stopped. (“You’re way on the far end of the bell curve.” was his response.) A glutton for punishment, I asked what the age was of the oldest patent had had who was still menstruating. His response was 57. Shoot. Me, Now.
I’m contemplating a 30 day yoga challenge. I enjoy yoga but also find it frustrating when teachers don’t offer alternate poses for larger gals. But I am inspired by this video
Today’s weight (at home) 211.2
Goal: 140
Still hopeful. That should be the title of my post.
Here’s the deal. I know my strengths and weaknesses. I know my triggers and safe foods. Yet I still feel powerless to stop them. It’s like I can see the problem coming down the road. Here it comes; better get ready. Yet it still has the ability to throw me into a total mess every time.
So what do I do? How do I fix this flaw?
Here’s what I know:
WW works – if I follow it. But I seem powerless to track unless it is a processed / prepackaged food, which is unhealthy and full of crap that doesn’t satisfy me. So, unless I use WW recipes that are already have points figured out, it takes too long to figure out points value with the online recipe builder (for me anyway). And it the points value end up being too high, then I have to find another recipe and start all over again.
For example, I subscribed to emeals a month ago (that’s me – always ready to try the “nextbigthingtohelpmeloseweight.” My first subscription was to the low carb option (figuring that would translate to being the lowest in points. Wrong.
Then I switched to the low fat option. Better, but they do not list the nutrition info for each recipe, so I need to go into the WW online recipe build and do it step by step. This morning, it took me 10 minutes to figure out the info for the ingredients for easy enchiladas. Because the recipes calls for generic ingredients (“one pound of extra lean ground beef”) I need to either be home to see exactly what fat percentage ground beef he bought (93/7 – good job, honey!) or assume. The same goes for all the non-vegetable ingredients, which are listed here:
6 oz box Mexican rice, cooked
7 oz package shred firesta cheese (low or reduced fat)
20 oz package burrito size tortillas
10 oz can enchilada sauce
So, by the time I enter all of the above, I can see that each enchilada is 9 points. That’s fine, except I know that I have issues with portion control and feeling full – and there is also a side salad on the menu (oh – and the recipe says it’s for 3-6 people. WTF is that?)
So, I scrap that recipe and enter a new one for soak ahead bean soup (slow cooker recipe which I love). Five minutes later I discover that that one’s 9 points, too. And that’s without the cornbread that supposed to accompany the meal. So now, it’s time to leave for work and I’ve wasted 15 minutes trying to figure out what to eat for dinner and have come up empty handed.
Which means that I’ll be starving when I get home from work (always am) and start devouring everything in sight and end up ordering pizza or fast food for the family. At which point I’ll say “screw it – I’ll start (again) tomorrow” eat a meal that 30+ points.
Rinse. repeat. Results: 15 years and no significant weight loss (5 pounds).
I need to figure this out.
More later.
Ended the day on Tuesday in not a great way.Got home and had a sting cheese stick to tide me over while I made dinner. Served my WW ham with one sweet potato and green beans and added milk. Had 1.5 servings of ham (was very good) so was at my daily points goal + two extra. Was really tired, so I napped for 20 minutes after dinner. Abt 9:30 my tummy started growling so back into the kitchen I went. Rather than eat a piece of fruit, I spot some frozen bean and cheese burrios in the fridge. Before I could think abt it, I had heated in for 30 seconds and devoured it. 6 flippin’ points. I did track it and now have one measly weekly point left to last me three days. Sigh.
One positive, though. I was ready to go and and heat another one. But before I could I thought of my goal and my past behaviors that got me to this size. Instead, I got a big glass of water and passed on the burrioto. Woo-hoo.
Quick update. Had to skip ww on 1/5 but figured that since my son was in town from Japan and I had not been tracking, I’d be in for a gain. Imagine my surprise when I weighed in at home on Sat am and saw the # 211.8 appear before my eyes (and the scale is pretty accurate).
Fast forward to Monday and the scale is back at 215. So, not sure if Sat was a false low (I hate those) or if my week of unfettered eating caught up with me. Still feeling positive though.
Couple other notes: I walked on the tm at home on Monday am, but today was too pooped and wanted to sleep in. So, I decided to walk at the gym at my office over lunch. Loaded up my stuff (I rented a locker last week) and got here 20 minutes early.
At 1:10pm I went downstairs to the locker room. Long story short: I forgot socks so walked in my knee high nylons. Then the tm I was using broke after 15 minutes. It was also hot. So I stopped and called it a day. Things to remember for next time:
• Elliptical machines (2) look ok
• It’s really hot in there so remember to position fan accordingly
• There are no book racks to reading will be very hard. Maybe stock up on audio books?
• Bring socks and deodorant
• If I can’t handle the heat I may only use the gym here for stretching and Nautilis machines
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