Weigh-In

A quick recap over the last week......

The morning of the first day of my varicose vein procedure I started my period (UGH! cramps!). I had to go back the following day to have the procedure finished. Needless to say for the first few days I was miserable! I did make it to my WI last week. I was unsure what I would weigh considering I started my period, that my leg might be swollen, that I just had loads of novocaine pumped in my right leg from my ankle to my crotch and I was wearing a compression stocking from my toes to my butt cheek! At weigh-in I was up .4, which I was thrilled to see! I wanted to go because I needed to stay on track for the next week! I've been feeling pretty good this week. I've been getting all my walking in the doctor requires you to do each day! I've been tracking EVERYDAY! I have used up some WPA's, but its been good! I had my appointment with the ENT on Monday. I was a little overwhelmed with what he had to say. To make a long story short, I am going Monday to have a tube put in my right ear and he also wants to go up my nose with a scope. Oh Joy! Who knew having the flu so badly for a week would put me at the ENT's office for ear & nose troubles? Not me! Wednesday I have a follow up appointment with the leg doctor.

Last nights weigh-in went well! VERY WELL! I weigh my self kind of regularly during the week so I had a pretty good idea what my loss was going to be! Well I lost 2.2 pounds! My weight last night was 128.2, a total loss of 24.4 at Weight Watchers! Which makes me only .6 away from my lifetime goal! I'm NOT planning or hoping I will make it to my goal this Tuesday after Thanksgiving, but am VERY excited to be under 130 and have been under 130 for over a week now! I am thrilled! I am a little nervous about having TWO Thanksgiving dinners to go to and having family in town (where we gather mostly around food, good food, LOTS of food)! I'm hoping that being so close to goal will talk to me thru the week and remind me of how far I've come and where I want to go! I honestly can't believe December is almost here! WHERE has the year gone?

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Green Monster

Last week I started feeling better on Wednesday and it just got a little better from there. My ear stopped leaking fluid, my congestion was under control, my energy levels started to return to normal and eventually my appetite returned! I did make it to the Y thru Friday only doing lite/moderate cardio. Over the weekend I was busy as a B!! Bunco, Bars and a Birthday party! I did have a few temptations, which I caved, but I did track EVERYTHING! I still have about 10 WPA's left thru tomorrow.

Today I wanted to use up some of the big box of spinach I have in the frig and decided instead of more spinach salads (GAG!), I'd try and make my own green monster. It was GREAT! I combined a handful of spinach, 1 WW chocolate smoothie pouch, 1 1/2 c. water, 1/2 cup crushed ice an 1 small banana! I loved the taste of chocolate & banana and the fact that it is only 2 points!

I didn't make it to Y today because I had to run to the store and take DS donuts for his birthday at school. Then it was off to a follow up at the doctor for my ear, which I still can't hear out of. I got a referral to an ENT for next week! I took the little kids to McDonald's for a birthday lunch and we celebrated this morning too with pancakes! More celebrating tonight, including another cake! Yesterday we had a wonderful family party with delicious appetizers, spaghetti, salad, french bread & CAKE! Tomorrow I am having the surgery done on the varicose vein in my right leg and again on Wednesday. I am on "walking" restrictions and a 10 pound weight limit for 2 weeks! No intense exercise for me until December. I don't know if I will feel up to my Weight Watchers weigh-in tomorrow night. Well see.......

Weigh-In

I can't believe I've been going to Weight Watchers for 42 weeks now! Granted I've missed a few weigh-ins, but I've been going at this weight loss adventure for 42 weeks now. Tonight I weighed the lowest I've ever weighed at a weigh-in. 130.0 I'm not sure if it because I was sick and I will gain some back or not. But, I'm very excited to be only 2.4 pounds away from my Weight Watchers goal! That is crazy! I started back at the gym today, slowly! I only did the bike for 30 minutes at a slow pace. My head feels huge still, my balance is still off, headaches come and go and I still can't hear from my right ear. I will probably just do easy cardio this week and go from there for next week and how I'm feeling! Here's to a great week!

Influenza A

I started getting really sick last Monday. Headache, cough, fever, chills, achy, etc. On Wednesday I couldn't take any more, called the doctor and sent me for labs: flu swab (up the nose) and blood work (for mycroplasma). I tested positive for Influenza A (negative for mycroplasma), which the doctor treated me as if I had H1N1. Was put on 2 prescriptions. DH was put on Tamiflu for preventative. The next day we had 2 kids tested, one had been home since Monday with a fever and the other just started w/ a fever that day. The one who had the fever for 4 days also tested positive for Influenza A. All four of the kids were put on Tamiflu for 10 days, except the one who tested positive is twice a day for 5 days. Being sick totally knocked me on my A$$. Saturday I started having really bad ear pain, went to the weekend clinic and was told I had an ear infection and put on an antibiotic. Saturday night my ear started leaking fluid. Called the doctor said the my ear drum probably tore due to high pressure build up of fluid. Had a check up today, confirmed the the tear in my ear drum. Said to take a different decongestant and if that doesn't help w/ my dizziness, headache, large head feeling to call in 2 days and he will put me on another prescription. Wants to see me in a week. I still feel horrible. I have no energy from the flu and don't accomplish much from the horrible head problems. That sums up my week. UGH! I just want to feel normal.

Competition Update

So I joined this Biggest Loser 2009 Competition on September 1st. On September 1st my starting weight was 137.0 on that afternoon I decided to join. Today is November 1st, which is another weigh-in day. This morning my weight was......





I am not at all shocked at this number. As I have said before I have not put in the effort in exercise nor have I been tracking my points like I should to see a good number.


Starting Weight 137.0
Goal Weight 127.6
Month 1 - 130.5
Month 2 - 135.5*
total loss for competition - 1.5 pounds

*note to self: Dressing up for Halloween and drinking too many beers the night before weigh-in probably was not a good idea. And then eating BBQ chicken pizza and boneless wings at 2am does NOT help with weight-loss either when you have a weigh-in to do in 5 hours! A GREAT time was had by all but, I'm pretty sure your current weight is reflecting these actions! Good luck in November! You need it!

November!

I can NOT wait for November to get here. October has been such a busy/crazy month, I do hope November is not a repeat!



Here are a few events from this month where temptation tempted me and sadly won: football games, relatives staying with us, bunco, nephew's birthday party, week in Florida, my birthday, DS in the hospital for croup/pneumonia, two Halloween parties, DD's birthday, trick-or-treating and the usual eating out and "nights out" I've forgotten about. I look back at all the food choices I have made this month and it has been bad. I've been off and on with the tracking. I've been off and on with the exercise.



I can't wait for November 1st to get here so I can start a new month. I hope and pray that I have NOT gained back all of the 6.5 pounds I lost in September, but it would not surprise me! I'm going to try and do my best with food & exercise before weigh-in, but these little guys keep taunting me......

I can't tell you how many I've eaten so far this week! Bad, I know! Come on November...........