7 posts tagged “weight loss”

Just got back from my OBGYN appointment. Basically we are at what feels like a stand still for another 3 months. I still haven't gotten my period after 2 months of Metformin, so we are upping the does to the maximum. I was on 500 mg 3 times per day. Now I am going up to 1000 mg twice a day. Hopefully this will bring back my period before my next appointment. The other thing she kept saying was that I have to loose weight. I know this. I'm not stupid. Its just not that easy. I am loosing, its just been very slow. 10 pounds in two months. I'm averaging about a pound a week. I am 5'7" tall. When I started on Metformin, I weighed 263 lbs. Today I weighed in at 253. Two years ago I was down to 195. My doc wants me back down to 200 before I go on the Clomid if possible. It took me a year and a half to loose 40 lbs the last time. I've got to find something that works. Maybe I'll sign up for the expensive 10 week program at the YMCA that has you work out like your on Biggest Looser. The trick is going to be getting Rudy involved. I know I can't do it on my own. The really frustrating part is that once I loose it all, then get pregnant, I'll just have to loose it all again.

Had my appointment with the family doc this morning to go over blood test results. I really should have canceled this visit. I felt like it was a wast of time. Everything she told me was stuff I already knew. We went over my sugar, cholesterol, and blood pressure levels. All of which are high, but not high enough to be really bothersome. She talked about how getting my sugar levels under control and loosing weight will help with the cholesterol and the blood pressure. She said the the Metfomin will help with the sugar levels and possibly the weight loss (which it has already). It was decided that because I'm trying to get pregnant, I shouldn't go on any other medication. So nothing has really changed. Plus, I found it rather comical having a woman who is my size or possibly even bigger, who is also a doctor, telling me that I need to loose weight. I agree that I need to go down a few sizes, but I couldn't get that voice out my head that wanted to retort "I'll make more of an effort if you will to. How bout a wager. First one to loose 40 lbs wins". The thing that really frustrated me was when she asked how I was handling the Metformin. I told her I'm doing much better now, but I when I stared it was diarrhea for over a month. She proceeded to give me a lecture on how the intake of sugar and carbohydrates will increase the side effects of Metfomin, and that if I decrease how much I eat of those items, I should feel a lot better. I know thats true to a point, but I wasn't eating much of those at all when I started and I still had major problems with the runs. I even did a week of stage on the South Beach Diet, where I didn't eat any at all, and I still had the runs. Anyway, sorry for my little rant, but the appointment was just such a waste of time when I don't have a lot to spare.

Rudy and I officially got the time off for a long road trip to visit with his grandparents in Wyoming. We will be leaving the weekend of Memorial Day and will be gone up to two weeks. We've arranged it so our schedule will be really flexible. With how busy things are at work, I'm really looking forward to this trip and not having firm plans. It should be an adventure since I'm not good at going where the wind takes me. The idea of not knowing exactly where we are going to sleep at night or what we are going to do each day kind of freaks me out. We have a basic idea of what the trip will be. We will leave either Friday after work or sometime Saturday, depending on how good we are about packing ahead of time. If it works out, we will probably make our way to Milwaukee and stay with friends the first night. We are planning to take camping gear, so if we happen upon a campground that looks inviting, we may spend a night in the wilderness, otherwise it will probably be cheep motels. Rudy is brining his laptop with an updated navigation program and a GPS unit, so that puts me a little more at ease knowing that we can look ahead to find food, shelter, and gas stations. Along the way, we want to stop at Mount Rushmore and Walldrug. We will go through Yellowstone, the Badlands, and hopefully Bear Tooth Pass, if it is open by the time we get there. Once in Wyoming, we will be staying with Rudy's grandparents for a few days. They live near Jackson Hole and his Grandpa and Uncle work on a Ranch near there. The whole trip should be really interesting for me since I've never been out that direction.

Things have been crazy around here the past few weeks. I am doing obscene overtime because my co-worker has been out on medical leave since the end of January. I was just told this past week that she will not be returning. So the extra hours continue until we hire a replacement. Unfortunately, that probably wont be until sometime this summer. I have not been at liberty to talk about it, and even now, I can't say any more.

I have never been so excited to stay the same weight! I've been on Metformin for 3 weeks now and I haven't gained another pound. This is a miracle. Over the past six months, since I went off the birth control pills, I haven't gone a single week without gaining weight. I am finally up to 3 pills a day, so hopefully with diet and exercise, I will start to loose weight soon.

Tonight was the first night that Rudy and I did a full workout at the YMCA. I feel really good now. I had forgotten how much better I feel after I exercise. I did 30 minutes on the treadmill, 15 minutes on the stair machine, 10 minutes on the elliptical, then Rudy wanted to go swimming and I wanted to watch the last 15 minutes of American Idol (I hate to admit that I watch that), so I did another 15 on the treadmill. Our YMCA is so cool. It has personal TVs on almost every cardio machine. I plugged in my headphones and went to town. I was able to keep my hear rate around 140, which for me is right between the weight loss zone and the cardio zone. The time flew by. Rudy did 30 minutes on the elliptical, 15 on the row machine, then went to the pool. All in all it was a good night.

Rudy and I joined the YMCA tonight. I think it is going to be really good for us. We even went swimming after the papers were signed. The new facility is AMAZING! Each piece of cardio equipment has its own tv, there are two pools, and a huge track around the outside of the 3rd floor with giant windows to look out. I can't wait to try out some of the classes. This is just the motivation I needed.