I started this blog because I had it in mind that I would post things about being a librarian, and about my progress towards being healthier, more fit, yada yada yada. I see now that I hardly ever post about library stuff, and since my weight struggles have stalled out, I haven't posted at all!
So I am going to just post a quick little catch-up about the pursuit of wellness. Several weeks ago I met with the Exercise Physiologist at work. We got some basic measurements, and I knew I needed to loose some weight. I signed up for Weight Watchers at Work, and set a follow-up appt with the physiologist. I have been on WW for approximately 5 weeks (Maybe more like 6?), and went to my follow up and got some bad news. I had lost a miniscule amount of weight (1-3 pounds or so?), gained 1.5% body fat, and gained a total of 3 inches in size (1 inch gain in shoulders, 1 inch gain in stomach pooch, 1 inch gain on waist). I am going the wrong direction. The physiologist made some ammendments to my WW diet, and I am incorporating them. This was about a week ago, and I meet her again next week to get follow-up measurements done. If I haven't lost anything significant after incorporating the changes, I am going to get some blood work done to try to figure out what's wrong with me. I have even been exercising. Not a LOT, but significantly more than I had been, so there's got to be something going on. Amiright? It's hard to get motivated to blog about weight stuff when the weight is not falling off. WW is not easy. In fact, it is very much the opposite. If it weren't for my faithful coworker that goes with me, and my good friends that are on it, I don't think I could or would do it. So I'm trying to draw together my internal strength, and figure out what to do after this 10 week cycle of WW is over. Should I renew? Should I focus less on food and more on exercise? Should I try a different diet? Lots to think about in the coming weeks, but I'm going to try to do better about blogging through it. The worst case scenario is that I'll have a solid record of what didn't work.
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I had a LOT of success with WW... at first. Of course, I was having a nervous breakdown at the time and it was the only thing I felt I could control so I worked that program like there was no tomorrow. :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you didn't have good luck with it. Keeping records of what works and what doesn't is never a bad idea! I'm so very glad that I did so I could come from an informed perspective when I started thinking about surgery.
If I can help at all, you know where to find me. :-)