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Help! I have so much weight to lose

sanguine said:
Oo Sam Adams - not had a proper one of those since I was at Central Station in NY. Boston looks great Zand - did you find the bar where they made 'Cheers'?
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Oh, yes, can't find the photo though......now I'll have to go back again won't I?
 
awwww, i was hoping to see some pics of you in the bikini
 
I keep forgetting to say thanks @sanguine for your help with the photos.


Cheers, Beacon Hill, Boston - this one's for Jamrox
 
zand said:
My fasting BG this morning was 6.5, so not as bad as it could have been. I expect my liver has been so busy dealing with the beer that it hasn't bothered with a liver dump, so my BG's might get worse as my diet gets better.
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Zaaaannnnndddd!!!!!!! Yay!!!!! You're back! Good to see you! Boston looked awesome!
 
Scandichic said:
Zaaaannnnndddd!!!!!!! Yay!!!!! You're back! Good to see you! Boston looked awesome!
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Yes I'm back, and it was awesome. Guess what? I do like coffee after all, had lots and lots for breakfast.
 
Pipp said:
Ace, zand! You are going swimming!!
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Sorry Pipp, didn't quite manage it on holiday, but I will try it twice in a couple of weeks time. If the second time is no better than the first then I'm giving up on the idea!
 
Hey, welcome back. I don't know how I managed to miss this yesterday, but glad you are posting again.
 
zand said:
Sorry Pipp, didn't quite manage it on holiday, but I will try it twice in a couple of weeks time. If the second time is no better than the first then I'm giving up on the idea!
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Zand, if you lived near me I would go with you to the pool. I have had an amazing time swimming today. I felt as if I was walking on water.
But no need for you to apologise. If water aint your thing, that is fine. You do your own amazing stuff.
 
Thanks Pipp. I wish I wasn't back - don't really want to weigh tomorrow! Don't really want to start low carbing again either. Still I have made a start by drinking water again instead of beer, when I've mastered that one I'll start looking at the food I am eating too! Sigh
 
You will be fine, zand. You always work things out, and keep us informed and inspired.
 
OK it's Tuesday and I can't avoid this any longer.
Pedro's latest readings that weren't included in my previous update.
Sun 4882
Mon 6791

I have been struggling to find the will to get back to healthy eating since the holiday. I haven't even wanted an early morning walk yet, in fact I'd like to lock myself away again. I have spent a long time this morning reading some of the threads I missed while I was away/getting ready to go away. One particular thread, with all its arguments really spoke to me. Also someone described me as 'a little OCD' which has helped me a lot, because that's just not me.....when I am OCD about anything I am mega OCD, not just a little. (yes, I know most people would take the OCD bit to be the insult, not the 'little bit' part, but I'm not most people - if I am going to be OCD I want to do it perfectly!)

So after a 10 day blip, I'm back.

This morning my fasting BG was 7.1, yes needs a little work.

SW - the lady who weighed me was really nice today. I was tempted to cheat and wear lighter clothes and maybe take water tablets for a couple of days.......no, not really, that's just not me.

In the last 2 weeks I have put on one pound, which sounds not too bad until I tell you that I weighed at home before I went on holiday and I had lost a pound and a half in the 4 days before my holiday.

So in the last 10 days I have put on 2.5lbs. Not brilliant, but hubby put on 3.5lbs in 7 days and he only had one beer.

So @Dillinger I think I can answer your question now. Yes metformin is helping by keeping my BG's lower and more importantly with increasing insulin sensitivity. I usually put on a lot more weight than that if I eat much at all on holiday, and pre metformin my fasting BG's would have risen to 8.5 quite quickly. I'll still look at this again in a month when I have settled back into a healthy eating plan. Thanks so much for your help.
 
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Or you could look at the upside and conclude the exercise you did was spectacularly successful in containing any weight gain? If, as you state, you ate "well" (ahem), and enjoyed a glass or two of beer, without the exercising efforts, you would probably have gained more? Plus, of course, weighing mid-week could have been a downward blip on the scale.

Don't take every opportunity to beat yourself up, unless you are determined to wear your undies on the outside of your clothing.
 
Yes it's true, the exercise helped as I hoped it would. It hasn't always worked like this for me though and I have often put on 7lbs on holiday eating (and drinking) less than I did this time and exercising just as much (I'm looking back 10+ years here). So although I hate the fact that I have put on weight I am pleased that I did do things differently this time because I gave my body chance to burn off a lot of excess calories which has to be better long-term than starving it and slowing everything down again. My natural instinct was to eat as little as possible and walk as far and as fast as possible and I am glad I didn't do that this time.

Back to eating sensibly now though because I won't have the opportunity to walk as much for a while.
 
Ok, zand, so how about treating yourself with the kindness and compassion you show everyone else?

You have acknowledged OCD. Not a little, but a lot. But, like everything else it doesn't have to be perfect. Good enough at anything including OCD is fine. Because if we keep striving for perfection, we will always be disappointed.

I like the way you have rationalised your small weight gain in the last week. I suspect going on that holiday was a big challenge for you, but you did it. The walking you did and the photos I love. Take your time, rest, reflect, recuperate, then start afresh.

It is good to have your updates again. Missed you.
Pipp
 
If I gain 2.5 lb I 'll be ecstatic lol.
Well done for just putting that on

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Pipp said:
Take your time, rest, reflect, recuperate, then start afresh.

Pipp
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Done that! Started again as of an hour ago. Done 30 minutes ironing, just got to walk now. Missed you too
 
Hi Zand when I went to Boston which was only for 5 days I managed to put on about 5 Pounds so your gain is nothing to worry about . I think mine was down to discovering the joys of banana daiquiris in the bar of our hotel !


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