Well, damn
Day after Thanksgiving. Day before starting my period. End of a long, emotional year and edging back up to my “natural” weight. This morning: 332.2 This time last year: 279.6 The difference: 52.6 Hi. There are 52 weeks in a year. That’s +1 pound each week this year. Well, damn. Here we go again.
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Celebrating: The rise and fall of 3 major stressors. Grateful for: Clear-headedness. Another chance to have another chance. Starting weight: 354.6 pounds Last week: 306.8 This week: 299.0 Change this week: -7.8 Total change: -55.6 Next milestone: 60 pounds gone (I already celebrated this one, but will celebrate it again.) Current goal: 250 by the end of 2009 This week’s mantra: Turn around and get pointed in the right direction.
Read MoreNaked Saturday: 281.4 (-73.2)
Celebrating: New Year’s, and a fresh (if artificially imposed) start. Also celebrating: Losing 20% of my body weight in 2009. Grateful for: A blissfully uneventful procedure on Wednesday. Aside from trouble with the IV and a 3-hour wait on the gurney, after 6 pricks, 2 hematomas, and struggling to wake up from the general anesthesia just to sloppily demand, “But, do I get to go home this time?” all seems well. My duct injury and liver bile leak have healed better than they expected, they did NOT have to re-place a new stent on the duct, and I have been sent on my merry way...
Read MoreNaked Saturday: 279.6 (-75.0)
Celebrating: Being 75 pounds lighter than when I first weighed myself in February. Having only 90 pounds left to lose before I cross into the “normal” BMI range. The fact that after nearly 2 weeks of hospitalization and a major recuperation effort, a return to eating normal food, and the Thanksgiving holiday, I still weighed under 280 pounds today. On top of that, I won my 50-pound award at Weight Watchers this morning. (Obviously, I had lost some weight before I joined.) Grateful for: Friends, family, projects, creativity, my dogs, and my habit of re-orienting and re-focusing...
Read MoreNaked Saturday: 288.8 (-65.8)
Celebrating: 65 pounds gone! Not to mention crossing the 289-pound mark, which now means that I have less than 100 pounds to lose and, most importantly, I no longer qualify for free weight-loss surgery! The option is off the table! Important note: I now understand how dangerous it is to achieve goals without having a new goal. It’s like telling the universe, “Thanks for all the help — but I feel like stalling out now.” So, my next goal will be to weigh under 275 by Valentine’s Day. This makes me seem like a real under-achiever, but consider this. Sometime in the...
Read MoreNaked Saturday: 291.4 (-63.2)
Celebrating: new reserves of knowledge, tenacity, and perseverence. It’s what I needed to get back on track after an awesome birthday week! Grateful for: learning how to roll with the punches. This post is being back-dated, because my computer died and I wasn’t able to post on Saturday. Fortunately, I was able to weigh-in. What will I do if my Tanita dies? KNOCK ON WOOD! Starting weight: 354.6 pounds Last week: 293.2 This week: 291.4 Change this week: -1.8 Total change: -63.2 Next milestone: 65 pounds gone This week’s mantra: Roll with it, and then let it roll off your...
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