July/August Weight Loss Challenge

[rollinat]

182# today.

[limewave]

slowly . . . 155.75

Talked to my nutritionist/doctor/chiropractor this AM about getting back on track. She said I probably won't lose very much weight at this point. She wants me to more swap fat for muscle. We'll see what happens the next few weeks/months! Hopefully I don't fall off the wagon again.

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The scale dipped earlier in the week but is back to 117.8 again. It has mostly been too hot or I've been too busy to ride, and I've been too tired to get to the gym on the other days.

Still it's better than seeing a big increase.

[goldfinch]

I bought a scale for the motorhome. I didn't want to run to the docs office to weigh in yet again. I met my two month goal a month early. I have been feeling not very strong. Maybe I need to up the calories a bit.

122 for 7/5/11

[Juliegoddess]

Well, doctor's scale says 220 today.

However, doctor also went over all my tests yesterday...I have a uterus full of fibroid tumors, and it's the size of a four-month-pregnancy. No wonder my waistline measurement wouldn't go down!

I have to have an out-patient procedure (endometrial ablation) to "fix" the bleeding problem and the tumors...not sure what this will do to my weight, but I'm only supposed to be "down" for a day or so. I can only imagine this might help things with my weight loss!

[indysteel]

Good luck, ladies, with your procedures. I've had a number of friends with fibroids whose doctors were frustratingly slow to diagnose. They kept throwing BCP pills at them and ignoring the fact that their heavy bleeding wasn't just run-of-the-mill. That said, the ablations worked like a charm and they're doing much better now.

[goldfinch]

So many women end up with fibroids! Maybe 15years ago I had a hysterectomy as a result. Nice to see there are other options now. There was a big push around then to reduce the number of hysterectomies. As a result I had to wait way too long to get one. I was horribly anemic and once I stood up at work and had a gusher of blood drop out of me on to the floor and all over my legs and shoes. It was mortifying. I had to have my secretary take me home and then she cleaned up for me. I owe her forever.

Sorry about the TMI but It was not a good point in my life!

[Juliegoddess]

That is SO good to hear! The bleeding has been a nuisance, yes, and it's great to hear that the ablations are working for some women. My doc is one of those that "poo-poo's" the ablation, thinking I should just "get a hysterectomy and get it over with"...but I just DISAGREE with that thought. But, he did agree that I could have the ablation, and if in a few months things are right back to the same way, then we could think about a hysterectomy. Sounds like a much more sensible plan to me!

[Juliegoddess]

I'm going in for an ultrasound this month to test for that. Think I have the same. Including bleeding.

Good luck.

Wow, so many ladies with this issue! It makes me wonder about the reasons for it. The doc says it's "genetic"...but I think about my boys with their autism, and I KNOW that there are environmental causes for the disorder. Good luck to you...and I'm glad, too that there are alternatives to hysterectomies now. I'm just not ready to give up my girly goods!