February 2010 Blog Posts

Perhaps it is only because I'm dieting and more "aware," but it seems the last few days have been insult after insult to obese people!  Last night, I was watching an episode of "Manswers" (my Dad calls and asks me to watch... if I didn't love him and understand this gives him something to talk about I WOULD NOT WATCH!) and one of their questions was "Why shouldn't a man hunt for hotties on an empty stomach?"  The answer was "because a hungry man will find fatties more attractive" and they paraded out this very large, over-the-top woman as a...

I've taken a couple days off from flabness to deal with the madness, ha, ha.  We had a really bad snow/ice storm that knocked out power, downed some big honkin' trees (no structure damage) and everything just seems chaotic right now.  Took a little breather and getting ready for possible freezing rain AGAIN tomorrow.  Meanwhile, I'm couped up with pizza, hot wings, and 7-layer dip and chips left over from super bowl.    Trying to be strong, but I think I'll postpone weighing in a couple days for the sake of the team cause I have had a couple weak...

Now how am I supposed to lose weight when the snow keeps piling up, trapping me inside with all this food!  Awoke to another 3 in of snow this morning, supposed to rain the rest of the day, then change over to freezing rain and ice tonight.  What a mess!

Today was a much easier day than yesterday.  I have days were I don't have much of an appetite and save having to eat to combat hypoglycemia, I could probably go all day without even a bite of something.  If only that happened often, ha, ha!  Tomorrow I'll probably do the opposite and not be able to "get full."  As expected, I was back down 3 lbs. this morning.  I didn't have overly puffy eyes or hands so it was a "good" edema day, if there is such a thing. I talked my husband and one of my friends into signing...

Forgot about another challenge I'm facing... EDEMA!  We haven't figured out why yet, but since last summer I've been retaining fluid and have pitting edema in my lower legs 24/7 and accumulations of fluid in my hands and face --around my eyes.  Some days are worse than others and it is unresponisve to diuretics at this point.  I can work around this by focusing on total weightloss for the month instead of daily weight gains and losses, I think.  It was still disappointing to get on the scales this morning and see that I've gained three pounds.  I'll just remind...

It is only the first day and I'm already off to a horrible start.  My husband had to pick mom up from work this morning (icy roads we have the only 4-wheel drive) and on their way back, they stopped by Burger King... UGGHHH!  I told myself I would only eat half of the sausage/egg/cheese croissant and just a few hashbrowns, but I sat there and ate the whole thing!  Guess that means I need to starve for the rest of the day? 

I've been bouncing back and forth between seriously trying ot lose weight and putting it off for this and that.  I really believe I just need some accountability and support.  If I had "will power" I probably wouldn't have gotten so fat in the first place, right? So far this all seems really interesting.  Sort of a Facebook meets Wordpress thing.  Both of those I love, by the way.  Let's see how it goes!