Day 12

Yesterday, I was "enjoying" my lowfat/lowcal/turkey sub. loaded with veggies and on healthy oat bread.
 Amazing how expensive that bread turned out to be for me. I somehow crunched oat just wrong and cracked my filling and my entire tooth down the middle. No dental insurance, to fix it 1,800-2,000!!! (I am on kind of a pity pot at this point) They offered to pull it but since the stinking thing is in my smile line, and I am horribly vain about my teeth and facial appearance, I chose to leave it until I can figure out an option to not feel insecure about smiling. My diet is now changed drastically as I refuse to eat anything solid in fear that the tooth will come out completely. I invested into some protein mix, and am using chicken and tuna salad for proteins. I guess I'll be boiling veggies for now. I simply can't chew without fear.  It is really hard to be interested in eating at all at this point.

On a positive note, I did make it to the gym again today for a total of 45 minutes of cardio/weights. I'm so glad to be back to working out again. For me it is such a stress reliever and gives me a break from  worrying about things. I can just listen to my ipod, concentrate on breathing, and count my reps. I almost believe it is better for me mentally than physically!
Food:
380 protein shake    400 Blenders in the Grass Mocha       200 chicken salad & few small pieces of avacado  980 total

Keep hanging in there WLB's
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Day 11

Hi everyone,
I started back at the gym today. I spent an hour doing cardio/low-weight on  nataulis. I should have been happy with that but had to push it 15 minutes on the recumbent bike (no resistance). Am icing knees now, I think I'll stick with weights and try the pool instead next time.
I really tried to up my calories a little bit today. I am sure I need to do better,. Phentermine is maybe working too well. Thinking about investing into protein mix.
6" subway/veggie loaded no dressings 280     chicken breast, cranberries, salad 400    puddin
g  250       930 total

HANG IN THERE

Day 10

I weighed today and am down from 258 when I started here to 253 today.
It has been a good day for me today. Spent a lot of time speaking with weight loss specialists, doctors, and nutritionists
I did confirm that I have polycystic ovarian syndrome: I guess that is supposed to really hinder weight loss. That may explain why I have held so steady over the last year regardless of my attempts at a healthy lifestyle and weight loss. There has been enough hinderences and limitations already. I started taking phentermine today. Let's see if that helps!

Check in today consists of 725 calorie intake:
Salad and broccoli mix for lunch (I wanted to add lean protein but had none on hand), 100 cals
Salad and 6oz or so of chicken breast, with 1/4 c. cranberries, 425
S/F Jello Pudding 200 cals
drank all + of my water
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Keep hanging in there weight loss buddies, it's gonna be a haul!