Angela's Diary

Trops said:
How funny would it be to change Mike's ring tone to that, and of course you don't tell him. :biggrinjester:
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Trops you are a frickin genius! I'll do that and then call him at the most inopportune moment. Maybe while he is with the student advisor . . . heheheeee
 
I knew you would love that. By the way, it's Evil Genius.:reddevil:

By the way, have you ever heard of the Evil League of Evil?
 
Just stopping in for a quick update before the troops (or should I say Trops?) calls me out for not updating. :)

I had a gain last week but that was not surprising due to TOM. I knew the scale would catch up with me and it did. Friday's weight was 219.0 and this morning I weighed in at 217.2. I'll take it. :) I went to my doctor the other day for a physical and labs. All is well physically and my blood pressure was normal. That is really heartening. I remember once upon a time I had high blood pressure and was on meds for it. I think I was maybe 21 or 22. Not cool. Thankfully my BP is where it needs to be. I haven't gotten my labs back yet. I am interested in seeing what my cholesterol level is. It has been high for as long as I can remember. I haven't had it checked in more than a year, but since that time I have dropped some weight and I eat pretty healthy. I have had oatmeal for breakfast every morning for three months. Surely it is down. I wouldn't be totally surprised if it isn't in healthy range though. It runs in my family so I may be dealing with genetics here. We'll see. I also told my doctor about my inability to become satisfied when I eat. doesn't matter what I eat, how healthy it is, how much protein is in it . . . I just can't feel full/satisfied. I can eat a whole meal and an hour later I am hungry again. My stomach twists to the point of pain. And it is not thirst, either. I get plenty of liquids. She said that the fact that I am overweight coupled with my eating habits in the not-so-distant past my system may just be out of whack. She said that happens to a lot of her new moms, who went from eating a lot during pregnancy to having to reduce their calories afterwards (if they bottle feed.) She suggested a trial run with an appetite suppressant so that my body can get regulated without driving me crazy in the process. She said I could take it for a month and then we'll taper off and see how I am. It only takes three weeks to establish a new habit. During this time she stressed that I should eat all of my suggested points (calories) and that I should establish a routine so that I am eating at a certain time every day. I have taken this thing now for two days and I have had this incredible energy. I don't feel like I will fall asleep all day and I am not seeking snacks to wake myself up. (Yes, I do get enough sleep.) AND I am not hungry between my meals. It is such a relief to be able to work without having food on my mind literally all day long. For the first time in probably a decade I feel in control of my body and my cravings.

*I should note here that I AM NOT pushing weight loss drugs. I have always believed that they are actually bad for losing weight because it does not teach you how to eat. If you have bad eating habits and take a weight loss drug you are really doing nothing to help yourself in the long run. I feel the same way about bariatric surgeries. If you have that surgery done and eat healthy foods, then it's not so bad. But if you have it done just so you can eat what you want in smaller portions, I say save your money. You'll be worse off in the end, even if you do lose weight. I know this woman that had that surgery done and lost a bunch of weight. You know what she ate every day? Snickers. All day, every day. Oh, she'd throw in other stuff as well, but Snickers was always being shoved in her mouth. Eventually she developed some serious health problems due to vitamin deficiency. It's great if you lose weight but it is not okay to eat junk all the time. That's true for thin people as well. I have a cousin that can eat anything she wants, in any amount she wants and never gain an ounce. I'd really hate to see her arteries, though. That girl does not know what healthy food means. Anyway, this is not a weight loss drug per se, nor am I treating it as one. This is just to help suppress my appetite for a very short period, during which time I plan to eat just as healthy as I have been doing.

Anyway, hope ya'll have a great Tuesday! :D
 
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Good for you. Coming back here without my prodding. I think that Phoenyx used some sort of appetite suppressant and has had good results. She's off it now and still doing great. You might want to check out her diary.
 
Trops said:
Good for you. Coming back here without my prodding. I think that Phoenyx used some sort of appetite suppressant and has had good results. She's off it now and still doing great. You might want to check out her diary.
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Good suggestion, thanks!
 
Trops said:
Hey, I forgot to ask. Did you change Mike's ringtone? :D
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Not yet. I was actually trying to find one more annoying than the Gummibear song - if that's possible. lol

Quick update: My doctor advised that my cholesterol was higher than it was the last time we checked it - and I am eating healthier than ever before, I have quit smoking, and I have lost weight. Grrrr! So, she is putting me on something to get it down. I am hoping that once it gets back in the normal range I can go off my meds and just "maintain" the good levels. Perhaps once I get more weight off I'll be good to go. I seriously think genetics is playing a hand here, though. I hit a new low this morning, so I am happy about that at least. This appetite suppressant is really great - I find myself at the end of the day with extra points I need to consume whereas before I would have used half of my weekly flex points (an extra 35 to use however I see fit) by now. It is such a relief to finally "eat to live" instead of "live to eat." For once I am looking forward to weigh-in day. :D
 
Good about the new low. Bad about the cholesterol.

I've been avoiding taking the cholesterol meds because I was just borderline high, but now that my weight is down my numbers are good. I hope that the meds are a temporary thing.
 
Just popping in to update the journal like a good girl. I unofficially weighed-in this morning at 215.4, which makes almost 15 lbs lost since returning from my honeymoon. This appetite suppressant is great. I do not think about food all day any more. In fact, Saturday I got so busy cleaning the house I forgot to eat. Me. Forgot to eat. Hell hath frozen over. I didn't mean to do that and I know I have to eat all my meals/points to keep my metabolism up and not go into starvation mode, blah blah, but I don't think forgetting just that once will kill me. I do have to be a little more careful, though, so I don't do that in the future. I eat when I am not even hungry just because I know I have to eat. I can actually feel when I am satisfied. I can actually stop eating and leave food on my plate at the end of the meal. Probably for the first time in my entire life. I have finally canceled my membership in the "clean plate" club and it is liberating. I just hope that by the time I am off these things my body will have regulated to the point that I still feel this way. I do not ever want to be obsessed with food again. I didn't realize just how bad it really was until I wasn't obsessed any more.

I am ready for the upcoming holiday. I have my Thanksgiving recipes all points friendly and ready to go. My family is perfectly happy with one dessert this year - pumpkin muffins with cool whip. That certainly takes the pressure off as well. My family has been so supportive and my kids have gotten the hang of eating healthy. My darling three year old, bless her little heart . . . the other night she refused to eat fried apples and instead wanted a second helping of peas. Another night she opted for extra "trees" (broccoli) instead of a treat. And her favorite snack has become bananas. We compared a picture of her last year to a picture of her this year and her face has thinned out a little bit. It probably has a lot to do with her upward growth spurt but I think the healthy eating and activity helped a lot as well. At least I am not passing bad eating habits that I learned as a child on to my children.

One last thing: I am ten weeks smoke free. (I still can't believe I did that.) Funny how when you are a smoker the smell doesn't bother you. Now, if I am walking along and someone is smoking near me I gag. I can't stand the smell any more. Just one more step towards a healthier me. :D

Hope ya'll have a great Thanksgiving!
 
Ten weeks smoke free AND lost 15 pounds. Angela, that's great. Really great. I still haven't gotten out of the clean plate club. Serving size has gotten smaller, so the want is more. I did have a double serving of greek yogurt yesterday and I didn't want to finish it. I did because I wanted the protein in it, but if it was up to me I would have left it. Ah, the paradoxes we come up against.
 
Trops said:
Ten weeks smoke free AND lost 15 pounds. Angela, that's great. Really great. I still haven't gotten out of the clean plate club. Serving size has gotten smaller, so the want is more. I did have a double serving of greek yogurt yesterday and I didn't want to finish it. I did because I wanted the protein in it, but if it was up to me I would have left it. Ah, the paradoxes we come up against.
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Thank you, Trops. :D I had started doing to my kids the same as my parents had done to me: Eat all your food, don't waste, etc. Finally I realized what I was doing and backed off. If they are hungry, they'll eat. If not they won't. In general, kids have a much better sense of when they are full than adults do.

I remember once as a kid - I was probably 5 or so - I was at my aunt's house for a sleepover. The next morning she made oatmeal for breakfast. Her oatmeal was plain, unflavored, dry, and just nasty! And she gave me a huge bowlful. She would not let me leave the table until it was gone. I sat there for an hour listening to the other kids outside playing. When she wasn't looking I dumped my oatmeal behind the fridge and announced I was done. :sifone: She never mentioned it and didn't have a clue what I was talking about when I told her about it many (many) years later. She said she never found it. I hope that means her cat got it and not that she never cleaned back there. :leaving:

Greek yogurt? :ack2: I don't even like regular yogurt, lol.
 
hello!!!

greek yogurt is to die for - it is nothing like regular yogurt, it has 15g protein/serving and is ff :)

so yummy...expensive...but yummy.

one of our clients gave us 5 cases, it was like i died and went to heaven.
 
ali said:
hello!!!

greek yogurt is to die for - it is nothing like regular yogurt, it has 15g protein/serving and is ff :)

so yummy...expensive...but yummy.

one of our clients gave us 5 cases, it was like i died and went to heaven.
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What's different about it?
 
5 cases! That's great. Is it the FF kind, because I really can't tell the difference between full fat and fat free after you mix some honey in it. :D
 
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