March 25, 2008 The Scale Surprise

I LOVE my new scale! I think it likes me too! I am down 4.8 pounds this week, even though I did not exercise from Wednesday until today!! WOOHOOO! I really didn't expect this, after a good loss last week. I guess maybe my body is catching up? Or does this mean I wasn't eating enough with exercise, but without exercise it was enough? I'm sooooo confused! But it's a good sort of confusion.

My BMR dropped from 1913 to 1886, I guess due to the weight loss, but that's still 200 calories more than I'm eating, so I think I'm ok. If the stupid nutritionist from the hospital would EVER call me back, I might actually be able to ASK her! Well, I'm going to a WLS support group meeting on Thursday, and I'm going to check and see if I can work with someone there instead.

I am really taking care of myself. Today I called and scheduled an appointment with my knee ortho (haven't been there in about 16 months, supposed to go yearly, so I'm close) AND with my WLS surgeon (haven't gone in, ahem, like 5 years! ) I have to keep things on track! I think they will both be happy with how I'm doing. I see my PCP Thursday so she can look into why my CRP is sky high. I hope she doesn't order tons of tests. Lets just re-do that one and see if it comes down, now that I'm 7 weeks postop! I did 30 minutes on the elliptical today with no problem, and came home and iced for 30 minutes. Tomorrow I'll shoot for 30 on the treadmill. If that goes OK too, I'll go up SLOWLY--35 minutes, then 40, and so on up to 60. I'd like to get in the pool if I can, maybe even next week. I don't think I'm ready for a class yet, but some water walking could be a good choice. I won't be able to go Tuesday (sedation dentist all day), but the rest of the week should be OK.

This afternoon the kids baked muffins (blueberry, and cinnamon chocolate chip). They smell good. NO interest at all in eating them! I can honestly say I have absolutely NO interest in eating anything that is not healthy. Or anything that contains eggs, wheat or dairy since I'm supposed to avoid them. I realize my diet is not terribly interesting, and the variety could use a boost, but it's comfortable and actually quite easy for me to follow. And hey, I'm sticking with it, and that's HUGE!!!