Looking at my blog, I realized that all of my posts have been in March. This entire process has not only been less than a month, but contained entirely within that month. I've consumed less pizza than in any month since I was 10, less beer than any month since I started college, and I've gotten more exercise than any month since I was about 18.
I have seen some concrete results, when I weighed myself in shorts and t-shirt I was under 400, which was a big deal for me. I'm back over today in jeans, but I hope when I go in on Thursday that I'll officially be done with 400.
My belt (which admittedly stretches) was getting loose so I had to poke a new hole in it. Other than that, there hasn't been any real clothing related breakthroughs in terms of weight loss.
Along with my weight, I'm really curious to see what my blood pressure is like on Thursday. I hope it's dropped at least a little from the 155 I got a month ago. Of course, simply cutting back on caffeine and salt should help, not to mention a little more exercise.
I'm curious what the meeting with the nutritionist is going to be like. I feel like I understand the diet, but I do need more potassium, so if nothing else I'll get that prescription filled. I'm going to ask her if I should join any sort of group meeting or anything. I'm not sure I need to, but she'd know better.
I know this process is going to take a long time, but I'd really like to start seeing more tangible results. Looser clothes, less difficulty buckling into a car, etc. There have been a few, but one of my fears has been that after my weight loss levels out, and I hit the early goals (under 400lbs, 10% weight loss) I'll enter a bit of a doldrums, where I won't see progress for so long (I guess I can get fire up about getting under 350, but still.) In short, I feel that I've spent a month doing something pretty hard core, and I've gotten pretty weak results so far.
The other, even more depressing realization is that I was in far worse shape than I though I was. When I work out, I realize that It'll take weeks just to build any sort of cardiovascular endurance. My weight was so settled in that I'll need to lose 50+lbs to really go down a pants size. In short, I've spent a month getting to the place I had deluded myself into thinking I was.
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about those of us (guilty as charged) with telling you about our diet failures.. tho we can, in theory, merely get back on the diet or exercise more we are likely to do just that, and because your "risks" are higher, your success is more predictable. so, tho we whine and absolutely cannot compare our weight loss campaign with yours, we are in awe of the regimine (sp??) you are living!! way to go!
ReplyDeleteYou know what they say - you didn't get this fat & out of shape in a short while, so don't expect to get back to any previous state in a short while either. Sucks to hear, but it's the truth. If dieting were easy we'd all be eating like you every day!
ReplyDeleteI guarantee your blood pressure is going to be awesome this time around too. The exercise is going to kick your BP's ass!