3rd Dietician Appointment!

May 19, 2015

I am down to 309!!! Yoo hoo! My hope was for 312, but I actually lost about 16 pounds this past month. I HAVE been staying on course meal-wise, but started increasing my walking. This past week I averaged between 25-30 minutes at once. Way up from the 5 minute stroll that killed me. I have to admit my knees are killing me, though. Ben-gay & Tylenol have been my friends. I really feel my energy increasing so I don't want to get sidelined by pain. I may cut back on the walking at the recommendation of my OVER 50 group here...I am probably too heavy for walking that length of time. But dang...309 feels like 125.

What other fool is excited to weigh 309? Me, that's who!

My original plan when I started this was to be down 50 so I could be 300 at surgery in September. So I guess like a lot of post-ops I will need to re-adjust that goal. I am thinking maybe 275. But I haven't seen that number in probably 20 years. Can I do it? I'm gonna have faith. It's gotten me this far.

I went for my pulmonary/breathing test. The tech who did my test was the meanest person I have ever met in the medical field. I couldn't follow his directions so he kept belittling me like a child. I will report him AFTER I get thru the surgery. He has the same last name as my surgeon so that makes me a little leery.

I have been moving around so much it is hard to sit down. I have a list everyday of what I want to accomplish, and I am on it. I do sit to do my computer stuff, watch a favorite TV program and eat, but I make sure my 'mental timer' gets me up in 30-45 minutes. The only thing that has slowed me down is a few days of 100% humidity. I hope I can push thru that over the summer. I don't have any breathing issues like asthma so it must be weight-related.

Well, hopefully that will be another problem the surgery will take care of.

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