Weigh in

I haven't done a weigh in for a while now, but at my last I was down almost 20 pounds, so I'm stoked!! I got my Wii Fit hooked up and have been using it, so I'm really hoping at my next weigh in I'll be down even more. I've been going slowly down about 3 pounds a month which isn't a lot, but slow and steady wins the race, right?

Weigh in

So I had another weigh in today and WOW!! Down another 6 pounds. I'm down 13 pounds from starting one month ago. It's so exciting!! I would LOVE it if I could lose 13 pounds every month. I don't know if that's possible but wouldn't that be nice. It would sure be over quick. Anyway, I'm focusing on making better food choices for now, so that when I'm not taking medication, I'm at least eating what I should be.

This stuff WORKS!!

So I go back in for my 2 week check, and guess what? I have lost 6.6 pounds. I can't even believe it. All I really did differently was take that little magic pill every morning. Okay, that's not all I did. I did try to walk, but honestly, that didn't happen everyday. I tried to be more active, going inside to get the kids from school instead of drive thru, parking farther away, that type of thing. I tried to eat more veggies, more fruits, whole wheat pasta, whole grain bread, not whole wheat. I pretty much gave up all sweets. I gave up fast food and sodas. I watched my portion sizes. A lot of that was on my own, and a lot of that I had help, in the form of the pill. I noticed I would eat breakfast, which, I'm NOT a breakfast person, never have been, probably never will be. There just isn't many breakfast foods that appeal to me other than bacon. So usually I will eat some sort of leftovers. Then I noticed I wouldn't be hungry for HOURS. Or I would get just a tiny bit hungry so I would have a healthy snack, some fruit, Sun Chips (love the Garden Salsa) or granola bar, or handful of almonds. Then eat a smaller portion of dinner. I also started using the smaller salad plates for dinner instead of the larger dinner plates. A few times I would fix a plate like I normally would, take a few bites and look down and realize I still had enough food on my plate to feed a couple more people, and I was FULL.

So, I guess the magic pill is working, I'm not getting the placebo!! I know it's not making the food choices for me, but it's a lot easier to eat healthier when you aren't hungry ALL THE TIME. It's a nice feeling to be satisfied. And it's nice to not be worrying about food all the time. And I really, really hope that I keep losing 6.6 pounds every 2 weeks, I know that's a lot, and probably unrealistic, but a girl can dream, right?

Weight Loss Study

I got accepted into the Weight Loss Study and started taking the medication on Friday. They gave me a book to learn how to make better food choices and want me to just walk 30 minutes a day, which sounds doable. I haven't really felt any different since taking the meds, except maybe going to the bathroom more often (TMI) but I just hope I wasn't given the placebo!! That would suck!! So, I go back in two weeks for an update, we'll see how it goes.

Low Glycemic Diet

Well, one of my new year's goals is to get back on track with eating right. I know that's probably a goal we all have. I've been trying to think of this as not a diet but a way of life, a way of eating, that I will be on the rest of my life. I CAN do this. I have been looking into the Low Glycemic Diet. I don't know a whole lot about it yet, but I have a book about it that I'm reading and I've heard lots of success stories, first hand. I want this to be something my whole family can do, it's so hard for me to cook a meal for the family and for me to eat something else. And we've cut out a lot of processed foods, trying to eat a lot more organic, I've cut out fast food, and sodas, you would think I would lose at least a pound or two, right? I don't know, I haven't weighed in a while!! So, I will try to be better about posting, and posting updates as I learn more about the LGD and how to do it, if it works, etc.

Oh, almost forgot an important thing...I joined a weight loss study!! I heard an ad on the radio about it, and wouldn't have called except that it was being done by my endocrinologist, the one Big Daddy and I both use, so I know he's legit, and really good at what he does. So I went in for more info, see if I qualify, so far so good, I will go back in two weeks to get the results of my blood work and more instructions. From what they said, it will be a combination of phentermine (appetite suppressant) and topomax (migraine medication) and for whatever reason, the combination of those two make people lose weight. Now, there is a 50/50 chance I'll get the placebo, but I'm praying, Please God don't let it be me!! Let this be the thing that jump starts this for me!! So, I'll be updating about that also. They did say I have low blood pressure, have no idea why but that does mean a visit to my regular doctor also. So, I will update on that later also.