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Very late - updating now.
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Thanks Posse for doing these charts. It is motivating for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Possegal
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Originally Posted by klesko
Oh I'm so sorry. Please take care of yourself.
I am so sorry about your sister. Take care of yourself. It is good you can be near to share your love.Quote:
Originally Posted by klesko
Ah, there I was just checking out the current weight loss thread and see this bit. Goldfinch, I didn't know this...Quote:
Originally Posted by goldfinch
I mentioned a few weeks ago (before slinking away) that I was stopping my weight loss efforts for a while and possibly get surgery. That's now scheduled to happen in 2 days. The good news is that each successive test makes it more and more likely I'm dealing with a fibroid (a big one, at about 13x20x24 cm, yikes), and nothing malignant showed up for the time being. Originally it had looked like an ovarian thing, but now it seems that my ovaries aren't involved at all, in which case I would get to keep them. On the other hand, there's another fibroid inside my uterus, and in any event, if it grows zingers like that, it is unfortunately toast (not that I need it any longer, at 41...). And then there's a small risk it's something less benign than a fibroid. They're going to do a histological test right when they have me unconscious on the table, so depending on that result we'll see what I wake up with. Cross your fingers.
As for weight, I'm now down to approx. 149 lbs. I upped my calorie target to 1700, which still had me lose weight slowly, and now leading up to surgery I've gone above that quite a bit. I guess imagining myself without that pineapple inside me, the low 140s should be a good weight for me - I've always been overweight, and the idea of completely losing my fat reserves is a bit alarming to me.
Ah, there I was just checking out the current weight loss thread and see this bit. Goldfinch, I didn't know this...Quote:
Originally Posted by goldfinch
I mentioned a few weeks ago (before slinking away) that I was stopping my weight loss efforts for a while and possibly get surgery. That's now scheduled to happen in 2 days. The good news is that each successive test makes it more and more likely I'm dealing with a fibroid (a big one, at about 13x20x24 cm, yikes), and nothing malignant showed up for the time being. Originally it had looked like an ovarian thing, but now it seems that my ovaries aren't involved at all, in which case I would get to keep them. On the other hand, there's another fibroid inside my uterus, and in any event, if it grows zingers like that, it is unfortunately toast (not that I need it any longer, at 41...). And then there's a small risk it's something less benign than a fibroid. They're going to do a histological test right when they have me unconscious on the table, so depending on that result we'll see what I wake up with. Cross your fingers.
As for weight, I'm now down to approx. 149 lbs. I upped my calorie target to 1700, which still had me lose weight slowly, and now leading up to surgery I've gone above that quite a bit. I guess imagining myself without that pineapple inside me, the low 140s should be a good weight for me - I've always been overweight, and the idea of completely losing my fat reserves is a bit alarming to me.
I trust all will go well today! I too have an odd feeling of alarm with loss of fat reserves. Protective armor?Quote:
Originally Posted by chryss
In some ways the weight loss makes me look good. My legs, my shape, is much better and sometimes I even am surprised looking down at my legs and see how different they look. Are those my legs? But in some ways it make me look older. Fat makes you less wrinkled. My face looks older now that I am thinner.
Today bright and early I am weighing in: 120.6 pounds.
I upped my calorie intake last week from my usual daily average measured on a weekly basis of 1200 calories to 1350. I was starting to feel too wimpy on 1200. If I were only lightly active I would about maintain on 1350. But I lost more than a pound. It is hard to believe that I actually exercised my weight away last week. Maybe I am a bit dehydrated. We will see what next week brings. I am going to keep the calories around a 1300 daily average for the week.
137.4 today, so no weight gain from my camping trip :) Hopefully I will be able to take more of my own food next time so I don't HAVE to eat out so often - it is just too hard to eat properly at a restaurant.
I am slowly adjusting my diet to lower my protein intake a bit - I am only doing weights twice a week right now and am not in a heavy building phase - too much protein and our body stores it as fat. I still eat more than the average person at the orders of my doctors and dietician, but I don't need quite so much right now. More veggies and fiber :)
You know, I was able to mountain bike three days in a row PLUS hike on the last day and was only minimally sore yesterday. That seems a better indication of my fitness than the scales :cool:
Same as last week: 155.75
I'll consider it a victory considering I did nothing but lay around eating toast and drinking flat pop for 5 days.
My thoughts and prayers are with you, hon...I'm so sorry about your sister...Quote:
Originally Posted by klesko
((((hugs))))
Good luck, hon! They told me my uterus was "full of tumors", and made it all sound like it's the most normal thing in the world. But the doc did say it was the most common cause of hysterectomies. All I know is that I want to stop the pain and bleeding...Quote:
Originally Posted by chryss
My thoughts are with you...hope all goes well!!
Not too much TMI at all! What a horrible thing to go through! I know my mother had bleeding like this, too. She had a D&C done, but it didn't help her much at all. Luckily, my bleeding isn't nearly so much as you've had to deal with. The cramping constantly bothers me, though...and that "bloated" feeling of being on my period is just always there. Makes me wonder if it's affecting my weight loss. I'm working out like a fiend, and the weight is just....staying there. I just don't get it.Quote:
Originally Posted by goldfinch
Hopefully all of us with these fibroids will get full relief!!
Weight today is 218. This bouncing around is driving me nuts. Hopefully the ablation for my fibroid issue might get my body a bit back in balance...
A bit ahead of schedule for me. Quiet day here in the office. :)
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((((klesko)))). Oh my gosh; my thoughts and prayers are with you and your sister.Quote:
Originally Posted by klesko
No change. Aargh, it's a slow and painful process... I don't see how I will manage to lose 8lbs in 3 weeks since I've only lost 3lbs in 5 weeks or so - maybe I will have to look ahead to the Sept/ Oct challenge! Anything's better than nothing though I suppose!
231.8 this morning.
I keep sabotaging my own success. Why?
Klesko, I hope you have a good visit with your sister. Safe journey.
Roxy
Oh no, Klesko. :( I'm so very sorry to hear this. Hugs to you and your sister and your family... :(
117.8... before breakfast, and exactly the same after consuming breakfast,taking a 37 mile bike ride and downing a bottle and a half of water on the ride. Consistent, anyway....
Scales finally moved - to 134.8 :) Hopefully it won't jump back up, though it likely will given recent trends.
I HAVE noticed over the last year or so that my body tends to hold fluid during very active times, and it takes a few days of backing off for it to let that go. I did back off the last three days, two easy days and one rest day...getting back to some good riding this afternoon!
Goodness, what a thread. I just read backwards a little... klesko - all my good thoughts go to you. I hope you're holding up ok and can spend some precious time with your sister.
Myself, everything went as well as possible. I was released from hospital yesterday, minus a 5 lb fibroid (yikes), and some smaller ones. Getting around the house is a lot easier than I expected - stairs, reaching up, sitting on most things isn't a problem. Pain is very very manageable. Though of course I am taking it extremely easy and am taking advantage of my partner. We both think that all the cycling I did over the last months must be helping now by strengthening my legs and core as I really expected to be less mobile than I am now (day 3 post-op). (Also, if anyone here ever faces having a procedure done at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital - the care I got and all the nurses were absolutely first-rate. Very impressive. This is kind of an isolated and provincial place, so I certainly didn't expect this.)
Good to hear chryss! Now you are going to whup me on the weight loss challenge. :) Take care and I hope your recovery goes by quick.
WOW!! 5 pound fibroid!!!! I'm having an ablation on the 22nd...is this what you had? I'm wondering how much "weight" will be removed...and if the tumors are removed in an ablation? I have info on it, of course...but it speaks of removing the endometrial lining of the uterus, and I don't know if this also removes the tumors?
Wishing you a GREAT recovery!!
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Originally Posted by chryss
Thanks. "Ablation" is a very general term, but as far as I can tell, an endometrial ablation can be combined with the removal of certain types of fibroids, which would be inside the uterus. I had a bunch of smaller ones inside, but the big one was attached to the outside. As I'm 41 and have no plans for children, I had no problem with getting a hysterectomy at the same time - I really didn't want any of those things to re-grow. But I didn't think of the procedure primarily as a hysterectomy as it was about getting the big zinger out, by whatever means is the most appropriate. In the beginning we even thought it was an ovarian tumour of some sort. Ovaries and fallopian tubes are still there, so there's hope for no odd hormonal changes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Juliegoddess
I got my staples out today and asked the doctor on that occasion about when he thought I could be back on a bike. Four weeks, he said, but at the same time warned me of taking things to fast as the incision is vertical (less stable than horizontal), and quite large. But after four weeks there should be no medical reason to avoid cycling.
As for weight, I'm currently approx. 3 lbs down on my pre-op weight. We'll see...
STILL 134.8, I will take it and weigh in a day early :) Finally, progress!
I've been carefully taking my thyroid replacement, and cut back on bread. My carb intake wasn't too high, but I dearly love bread of all kinds and there are better carb sources. Even too much sprouted bread isn't good. Also cut down on the beer, though not cutting it out entirely. It may not have that many carbs, but quite a few empty calories.
What's the difference between sprouted grain bread and regular whole grain bread? I've been seeing more sprouted grain on the labels of loaves on the regular shelves, whereas before I'd only ever seen it on Ezekial bread in the freezer case.
Thanks,
Roxy
Sprouted grain bread has reduced carbs and increased protein and fiber content. I know several people who are ALLERGIC to gluten who can tolerate sprouted grain bread just fine - please note they do not have celliac disease. From what I understand, the act of sprouting the grain does change gluten into some other form - but often they will then add gluten to the bread afterwards. Not all do that, but it is something to consider.Quote:
Originally Posted by channlluv
Personally I won't eat "regular" bread any longer. I like the flavor and texture better and I seem to have larger blood sugar spikes with non-sprouted bread. That may just be a coincidence, but I am sold on it. Trader Joe's has a wide variety of sprouted breads, some better than others.
182.5#
155 this morning.
121.4
I am up close to a pound, the first time since December. Ugh. Though I think I was a bit lower than expected last week. But I ate like a pig this past week. :(
147
I was 134.8 this morning. First time I have weighed for a while. Thanks so much to everybody for your kind thoughts - it means a lot! It sure has been a rough month. Now my husband got sciatica and can't do anything around the house and my shoulder is still pretty weak from the surgery. I powered through some laundry by myself though - ouch.
117.2
Infinitesimal movement back down on the scale, but the relevant word is down.
I am just not being 100% committed to rejecting the extra treats, and that's why. But I am not completely going out of bounds, either, so it's just slow...
Goldfinch - you've been so consistent, it's bound to go up and down a little - keep doing what you are doing and you'll see the downward trend again.
That's exactly where I was shopping when I saw their sprouted grain varieties. I bought the bagels and a loaf of the bread to try. So far I like them a lot. The bagel seems so much heartier than any other bagel I've ever had. It goes great with the spinach-eggs thing I do for breakfast.Quote:
Originally Posted by Catrin
Thanks!
I'm premenstrual and retaining water. No, really. 232.
Also, I am celebrating two full weeks with zero fast food. Yay!
Roxy
Thursday: 144.
Friday: 145
Saturday:142.8
Wtf.
Lately my period-related water retention seems to last 2-3 times longer than my period. It's really annoying. I'm in non-water-retention phase now.
I had my surgery today...am feeling GREAT, by the way! I was weighed this morning before surgery and was:
217 lbs. Woohoooo!!
Well it is Friday and I am in at 119 after last week's blip up. I averaged 1325 calories per day, with lots of daily fluctuation (from 1550 to 1180).
Juliegoddess, great to hear things went well!
Livestrong weekend, then on travel for work, so very late. Catching up now!
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Up just a little this week, but my riding schedule was off... 135.4.
143.6.