~Skye~ wrote:Hi Buns! I was doing the McDougall journal in 2011 and we were buds then! It's great to see you are in good spirits and keeping up the good fight! I wish you the best. And there's nothing as satisfying as a good bookshelf imho.
Hi Skye! Yes, I remember seeing you here. Thanks for dropping by
So, once we got the boxes cleared out in front of the china hutch, Wylie pulled all these boxes, with his trainset stuff, out from under his train table and stacked them up in front of the dang china hutch!
But I'm excited for him, because he's getting ready to create his model train village. He hasn't been able to do anything with all this stuff, his favorite hobby from years ago. And now he is, and I can hardly wait! But yeah, I'm ready to get the train boxes on the back shelf, too. Things were looking so good for a day or two.
Yesterday I went through my closet and got rid of a few things, but found MANY jackets and shirts that used to fit, then didn't fit, and now they fit me again! I added two pair of jeans simply because I've gone down a size, right? It's nice. Also yesterday I had a visit with my cardiologist. I had the heart monitor for two weeks, and in that time my heart beat 1.5 million times. 20,000 times my heart missed a beat. This is 2% of my total heart beats. Also, the echo-cardiogram indicated no muscle damage to my heart, which means it's benign and does not need medication. Over 20% and they'd start me on some sort of drug regimen...if they thought they could catch me
Also, my BP at the dr. office was 106/64...this is mid-morning, and me with white coat syndrome. The dr. thought I'd probably be able to quit my BP meds, especially as I continue to lose weight and keep myself a little more active.
I'm finally under 220!!! This is a landmark that I've been aiming for and I love being here! Lowest I've been since probably 2016. When I was gaining after meeting Wylie, I remember hitting 220 and size 20 jeans and so ticked at myself. Somewhere in there he made me go to the ER with heart palpitations and I weighed 230 and I know I was at 250ish in 2018 because I had to weigh after the Maverik dude assaulted me, when I was having a blood test in case of HIV exposure. (not sexual assault. He cut himself running around in traffic and his blood got on me, near my mouth as he had me in a headlock)
Okay, so I'm now lower than I have been in six years! And I didn't need Noom, and I didn't need the No S plan (no snacks, no seconds, no sweets, except on days that start with S: Saturday, Sunday, and Special Days) which is actually a really good "food sanity" diet because you don't eat except at mealtimes and that settles down your appetite BIG TIME. But talk about slow loss, because everything is "allowed" and that's when I started allowing myself treats on the weekends and having plenty of "special days"
Strangely, I never lost anything with the No S plan.
This week I haven't walked much. For one thing, it's been pretty cold out and also, the added steps of the past month have tweaked my feet and knees a bit. And also, going to California next week where we're going to be walking A LOT and I wanted to rest my legs/feet for that. But I'm excited about our vacation. We're going whale watching and going to sit on the beach, we'll visit Balboa Park and Coronado Island, plus just see the sights. We have a concierge lined up at the resort who will have some ideas for us. Now, mind you, we'll be staying at Wyndham who are famous for hard sell stuff. I'm sure we'll be offered free shiz, just for sitting through a sales pitch, but we know to say no to all that stuff. And I've heard stories about the "parking nazis" where they pressure you pretty much at the gate. Anyway, we'll stick to "no thanks" and enjoy ourselves. Wyndham has very nice accommodations. This is our first stay since signing up with them and we're going to find out what it's like.
I'm looking forward to being near the ocean, and think it probably won't be warm enough to really play in the water, but I do want to get in FOR SURE. But I'm going to shop for some capris, in case it really is too cold to get in, I at least want to wade along the beach and let the waves lap at my feet and ankles. Ooooh in fact, I think I'll go get me some capris today after work. *doing the new smaller jeans shopping dance* In fact, even though I really REALLY don't want to go back to the office once Covid is conquered (snork) part of me REALLY really wants to go in just so everyone can see how skinny I'm getting
when we went home to work, I was size 22 jeans. I put on a pair of 18's yesterday, and am in comfortable 20's every day.
LOVE IT!
It's so encouraging to know that MWL, when followed closely, DOES WORK, even for menopausal women.