GAH!! It's the end of MAY!
There were a few times that I was going to come in and give an update and had nothing to write about so I just said "f" it!
But I've decided to get serious again so here we are back at the stuff that worked and tweaking the stuff that no longer works.
Here's the crunch of it all. I'm now 195.1 (at least that is what the scale said this morning), so I have gained 5 lbs since the start of the year. And actually I would think it's more like 8 lbs because that 190 was on a high end of normal for me.
I had two weight events in the last 6 months worth mentioning here:
I started a workout plan in january and slowly started trying to up my fibe (as per doc) to help improve my heart health. In February I got sick. Like really really really sick with the flu. I have never felt as bad as I did for that week in my life. Many times I thought I might die. I could not eat, keep anything down etc for 2 days straight and as a result I lost 10 lbs in that week.
Being sick sucks. The weight loss is amazing. I figured, I could start my journey as soon as I could get the strength and motivation to start working out again. It took me almost 6 weeks to get back on my bike and start doing some sort of movement again. Not due to the sickness, but my motivation. My weight did creep back up but it was slow and I managed to stay in the 180s for some time.
We had a big family wedding in Scottsdale in April so I worked at trying to hit the 170s for that. Didn't make it. I got down to 185 for that and have to admit that holiday was an eating frenzy. We ate, drank and had almost nothing healthy at all! It was a good time.
I came back from scottsdale and checked my weight thinking it was going to be back in the 190s. It wasn't! I was still at 185. And here is where I truly screwed up.
Instead of knowing that the vacation weight would eventually appear, because it always does with me, up to 1 week after I return. I continued with the vacation at home. Eating and drinking whatever I wanted.
Within 2 weeks of getting back (end of april), I was up to 195.
I was so uncomfortable in my body. I was so bloated with gas and just feeling gross. At the start of May I said, enough is enough and I started stripping the badness from my diet and expecting the drops on the scale to follow
They have not.
I'm still struggling with bloating but seem to have a bit of a handle on it now that I am taking a digestive enzyme with each meal. It seems to temper the gassy bloatedness.
I'm eating better. Less food. Getting great sleep. Working out again moderately.
The scale is not moving.
I'm frustrated. I'm 54 now (or will be officially in 2 days) and I have never been in a position where I can't lose weight (even a few lbs) when I try.
Doing the same old things that used to work, just don't work for me anymore. I know it's possibly my hormones and being in menopause are a huge contributor, so I'm going to give it another month and if it's still nothing, I'm going to see my doctor and see if she has suggestions or ideas.
I really don't want to go the GLP-1 route. Maybe an HRT?
