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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Celebrating: My birthday today! (I was hoping to maintain this week, since it’s my birthday and I’m allowing for some celebrations. Also — I had a very late, sodium-heavy meal last night, so I’m not too ruffled about the slight gain. Stay tuned for next week! Shoot, I might lose 6 ounces of internal organ [...]
Remember The Belt? I had bought it while living in Israel when I became friends with a leather artisan. I selected the leather strap, the buckle, and the spacing of the holes; he assembled it to my specifications. I hoped that choosing the longest strap available, the sturdiest buckle, and the smallest hole spacing wouldn’t [...]
Celebrating: The return of my WW leader from her 3-week trip to Europe. I am so glad I shopped around and found a leader whose focus is consistently helpful for me and who is a brilliant cognitive-behavioral group therapist without even knowing it.
Grateful for: The power of writing. I’m beginning to think that writing things [...]
My ex-boyfriend has been indispensable in counteracting my blindness throughout this process. Although I’ve lost 60 pounds — and although I’m aware that 60 pounds must come from somewhere! — it’s been hard for me to accept that I am making any visible progress toward health. As I mentioned before, all of my same rolls [...]