Sunday, January 1, 2012

1/1: Week 11 (HAPPY NEW YEAR!)

So I have not lost as much as my doctor hoped.  I am currently at 235 lbs.  I need to lose a lot more than that to hit his target of losing 45 lbs in 6 weeks.  Everyone loses weight at different rates.  I guess mine is not super aggressive as my doctor hoped.  He even said it was an aggressive target but it was achievable.  As I wrote before, I have had lot of days where I just don't lose any weight. 

To help kick start my weight loss, I try to eat different things and do other types of exercise.  I normally just walk for 1 hr and some times lift weights and do stretching exercises.  I lost the most weight over a 3 day period when I ate stuff I was not suppose to but in very small bits.  I think I took a bit of one chocolate, one piece of french fries, and other random things.  I ended up feeling sick the next day but for some reason i lost a lot of weight. 

I still cannot eat things that are fried and dry or anything that is burn.  The dry food makes me feel very sick.  I can eat some things like chicken, fish, etc...  The main thing I need to remember is I need to take very small bites and take my time eating.  Before the surgery, I normally ate full meals in 10 minutes.  I need to eat over 30-1 hr and take smaller bites.  When I do that I do not feel bad eating drier foods.  Most foods do not seem to be an issue.  I even ate some teriyaki beef and onions just fine.

I feel the healthiest I have been in years.  My waist size was a 46 before, but now i can weir my old pants from before I moved here which is a size 44.  The size 44 pants are actually too large, but I do not want to buy new pants until I hit a more permanent plateau.

New Years Resolution is to keep at it. 

  • Weight Before Graves Disease diagnosed (280 lbs) - 3 years ago
  • Weight at Peak after Thyroid Removed (330 lbs) - 1/2 years ago
  • Weight after eating habits and Thyroid under control (320 lbs) - this year
  • Weight after pre-op diet (294 lbs) - October 10th 2011
  • Weight today (235 lbs) January 1st 2012!
  • 60 lbs in 3 months is pretty good and 95 lbs over 1 year is good.

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