Well, I haven't posted for a while. That's pretty much because there hasn't been anything to really write about.
In September, I hit a milestone for my weight loss. I lost as much as my daughter weighs, 47lbs., so I could now carry her around and have as much energy as I did in March. No wonder I didn't want to do anything! It is hard to remember how little energy I had and to recognize that a good deal of it was due to the extra weight. When you're coming from that side of things, it's easy to understand how folks who are dramatically overweight don't do anything.
Then, nothing happened. I stalled. From the September doctor appointment to the November doctor appointment, I lost nothing. I stayed at that 47lb weight loss. It was a little disheartening but I realized that Halloween was in there and I was enjoying my daughter's candy a bit too much.
At the November appointment, the doctor was happy there was still a couple pounds of loss and set the goal of not gaining weight before the next appointment in January since we had Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years between the appointments.
I did fine for Thanksgiving. I stayed right on the mark.
In December, I lost a couple more pounds and officially hit the 50lb mark! That was a good day.
Over Christmas, I stayed at the 50lb mark.
For some reason, I have done nothing but eat since December 30. I can't explain it. I will pick it up again tomorrow when I return to work and, by the time I have my next appointment, I hope to be back down at the 50lb mark.
I haven't lost hope about this at all. I was just looking back and realizing it's been 8mos. That seems like such a long time but, when I realize that there was weight loss during most of those months, I understand why the doctors don't want people losing more than a pound or two a week. While it would have been great to lose all of the weight in the first two months, I know it wouldn't have stayed off. This way, my body is getting used to the new eating style ... and the new me.
