1.6!

For those trying to lose weight, weigh in day can make you have a huge smile all day or be pissed ALL DAY. So far I've managed to not get upset on 'bad' weigh in days, but I since I've really buckled down, I haven't had many bad days.  This week was actually a pleasant surprise when I saw I was down 1.6 pounds!! I thought the scale may be wrong, so I got off and stepped back on. Nope, still down 1.6. Hey I'll take it.

The body always fascinates me. Take for example, years of complaining to various doctors about being heavy and how hard it is to lose the weight and years of doctors doing blood work and finding nothing. All thyroid levels, insulin levels, blah blah blah are fine. That's why it was comforting to be told to consider PCOS. Now I didn't have all of the clinical symptoms of PCOS, but I did/do have a few. What finally convinced me I had it was considering family medical history of the women in my family.  It makes it easier to accept that you have to work harder because there is a real medical reason. So imagine my surprise when I go see the doctor about nothing related to my weight and she does blood work and BAM, my thyroid levels are elevated?? What?? I have an under active Thyroid? Seriously? And you want me to take medicine??  I don't go into taking any medicine for a long period of time without seriously researching it and making sure for myself that it is necessary. So that's where I stand, researching. But it's a very interesting development.

A Healthier You

4 weeks down now. And another pound gone this week. Not too shabby. That's all I'm looking for, a pound a week. But I'm wishing I'd get closer to breaking 240 (only 7 pounds to go), so I can fulfill my promise of getting a massage with every 10 pounds lost!  I've spent so many years on the 'gosh, I can totally lose 30 pounds in 3 months right?' game and I'm done with it! I may lose the weight, but then I slack and it comes right back on. It takes some time, but it does. It helps I have created an awesome circle of people to help keep me encouraged. While Hades has decided to extend itself onto my area this week, so my walks may not be so much out doors this week, I'm am going to be keeping at it! We cleared out the living room to make way for the little one to play, which means I get room to work out more!! YAY ME!!!

I created a team, with some of those people that help keep me encouraged, for a program called 'Healthier You'. We get points for doing a whole bunch of stuff we were already doing, so I decided to try and get us rewarded for it. And the reward isn't just a healthier me, I asked to be sure. And I figure it will help keep me from getting too off track. I want to win!

Small changes, every day.