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Thursday February 17

Things wot I lernt eating 1000 calories a day

1. It is possible to miss beans.
2. I didn't die...in fact I didn't even pass out (though I felt like I was going to on day 1)
3. It's ok to feel hungry...even HONGRY.
4. It made my mindblowing meal (of which I get one per week) even that more mindblowing.
5. I don't have to binge in order to get it all in in that one meal..I get another one after that, and another one after that til death of which my heaven will surely be daily calorie free pints of Ben and Jerry's and General Tsao's Chicken..not necessarily together.
6. I can lose weight. I did for the first time in like 2 years really (1/2 lb here and there doesn't count in my mind when I regain it). So all those people telling me I could eat more because of activity were WRONG (including what I told myself). WW points range doesn't work for me...wah, wah poor me..over it now. What worked this week was averaging daily 1250 calories. That's 25 points in WW speak..which is far less than my target of 28..not even counting activity points.
7. If I have success now, I can do it again. I can do this...I can.
8. I feel skinny, oh so skinny! Catch that wind and blow me over!

My doc appt for those following these kinda things was pushed to March 7...he's doing some additional testing. So on the PCOS end, I have no more answers. But I feel hopeful. Something I haven't felt in a long time really. I may just some day get to update my picture dammit!

And FOUR WEEKS to St Lucia!

2/17/2005 11:56 am link to this post

Tuesday February 8

The Weight Loss Doc

So this morning was the doctor's visit and I while I'm reserving my excitement, there were definite positives:

1) He listened to my entire weight loss history. In fact he took what I had written out, read it, asked questions and put the "history" in my file instead of handing it back to me.
2) We did all the blood work, EKG, Body mass scanny thing and everything today and the follow up is next week..not a month from now.
3)He was on time!
4)He listened to the probs I had with the last endo and agreed that surgery is the absolute last resort.

What I really liked was that we talked about my idea of what I want my ultimate lifestyle to be like. I told him that I was willing to make extreme sacrifices 90% of the time to be able to 100% relax 10% of the time. After he listened to me, he told me that he really thought I was a great candidate for just behavior modification and lifestyle changes as opposed to "manipulations" like dental plates, various surgeries etc. He said that the fact I've kept most of it off seems to indicate that I have a lot of good things already in place and that we just needed to figure out with meds and with food/exercise the way to plan and bank (similar to WW..just far more structure as far as food/exercise/calories). He suspects that with a couple of the symptoms that I may have not only insulin resistance, but mild allergies to wheat and/or dairy. And lastly, he said that I got down to 200 and I may very well "only" get down to that point. At that point we would measure the fat/water/bone mass percentages and make sure I was in a healthy range and work on a plan to maintain that. He said some people are genetically predisposed to being padded/muscular and that while everyone can lose weight, individually everyone is different and we each have to make a choice as to mental health/physical health/lifestyle/etc. For some it's worth exercising 3x a day and eating 800 calories to get down another 10 lbs. For others, they maintain the higher weight to have some more quality of life.

Oye! So with all that said:

Action plan:
1) Keep taking the meds I'm taking until the bloodwork comes back
2) Keep up the exercise
3) Use his journal sheets which include things like mood, time, hunger level, place etc.
4) Cut calories down to 1000-1400. Use a protein supplement formulated for diabetics along with fruits and veggies..no dairy, no protein. He said to do this for a week to sort of "shake things up" and "reset metabolism". Depending on the bloodwork he will adjust meds, reduce the supplement and reintroduce protein, some fats. I have a meal out this week already for my anniversary and he said to just enjoy it without going "overboard". He said I didn't really need to start it this week if I didn't want to as we're really waiting for tests, but I figured I would jump right in.
5) Gave me his book to read: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0533146151/qid%3D1107877594/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/002-5616058-5260048

2/8/2005 04:49 pm link to this post