Just what the Doctor ordered...
So yesterday I had my yearly physical with my doctor. I had quite a few awesome moments during that visit...the first one was when I got on the scale...The nurse automatically shifted over the "100" marker, but then went to the pound by pound marker, instead of next reaching for the "50"...she slid the pound by pound marker all the way over and realized that she would have to use the "50" instead, but to have her automatically assume I weighed less than 150 was pretty cool...so I weighed in at 153, which I was really happy about. It was cool to see her inch that pound by pound marker to the left and have to keep going...keep going...keep going...just 4 pounds away from never having to use that "50" pound marker again!! WOO HOO!!
The next cool moment was when my doctor came in the room...he was looking at my chart and the first thing he said was "WOW! Someone's doing fabulous on her weight loss!!"...that was such an awesome moment for me...to have my doctor say that...he was SO giddy about my progress...throughout the whole appointment he kept saying little things here and there & reinforcing that my awesome weight loss is definitely improving anything that might have been a complaint last time around. I weighed 173 last year when I saw him...this time around I was 153...that's 20 pounds!!
And that comment he made was really a light-bulb moment for me...there are so many times when I bemoan the fact that I have ONLY lost 23 pounds over the past 34 weeks...I do realize that is more than 1/2 a pound a week, but still...I see so many girls at my WW meetings lose weight faster than that and sometimes it is frustrating for me. Yes, I do know that the less you have to lose, the slower it is...and that right now I am working on the dark meat, but still...I have moments when I just want the weight off NOW and I beat myself up for not having it all off by now...but when he came in and commented on my fabulous weight loss and was SO GIDDY about it, a switch went off in my head and I finally saw my progress through another person's eyes...his reaction to my weight loss really made me see how awesome it was! His excitement made me excited and proud and accomplished! Everyone, friends and family, have always told me how great I am doing and all that, but hearing it from my doctor, it was somehow different. This is a man whose opinion I really respect (not that I don't respect my friends & family...you know what I mean here!)...and when I go see him, I always want a good report...this was akin to the teacher giving you all gold stars...and being so happy to give you all the gold stars...it just makes you feel SO good to get them and really be aware that you deserve them...that 20 pounds lost in one year is indeed fabulous and nothing to bemoan. So I really had a true lightbulb moment there!
Then he listened to my heart...and exclaimed that my heart rate was so slow and "definitely a runner's heart beat"...that was so cool to hear. My doctor is a runner, major time...and is very physically fit...so for me to go from not running much at all last year to doing what I do now was a major accomplishment...and to have my doctor, who is a big time runner, consider ME a runner, that was icing on the cake!!
We talk some more and as he is leaving the room he says "Laura, you are a true inspiration...It isn't often that I see my patients lose weight, especially this much...more often than not, the scale goes up..." I was just floored and floating on cloud nine the rest of the day! To have my DOCTOR say I was an inspiration...that was truly amazing!!
And then today at my Weigh In...I lost 3.8 pounds...I am at 151.2!! Only 3.2 pounds away from my WW goal...I can't believe it...when I got on the scale first thing this morning, I actually saw a ZERO behind that five! Then of course I had to get dressed cause they won't let you weigh in naked!! But it is within sight...and some day soon I will actually see a four in my numbers...ah, I can't wait!!! I see the light at the end of the tunnel...it is so close! I am going to do everything in my power to get to my goal by New Years...that is 3.2 pounds in 5 weeks...it can be done :)
The next cool moment was when my doctor came in the room...he was looking at my chart and the first thing he said was "WOW! Someone's doing fabulous on her weight loss!!"...that was such an awesome moment for me...to have my doctor say that...he was SO giddy about my progress...throughout the whole appointment he kept saying little things here and there & reinforcing that my awesome weight loss is definitely improving anything that might have been a complaint last time around. I weighed 173 last year when I saw him...this time around I was 153...that's 20 pounds!!
And that comment he made was really a light-bulb moment for me...there are so many times when I bemoan the fact that I have ONLY lost 23 pounds over the past 34 weeks...I do realize that is more than 1/2 a pound a week, but still...I see so many girls at my WW meetings lose weight faster than that and sometimes it is frustrating for me. Yes, I do know that the less you have to lose, the slower it is...and that right now I am working on the dark meat, but still...I have moments when I just want the weight off NOW and I beat myself up for not having it all off by now...but when he came in and commented on my fabulous weight loss and was SO GIDDY about it, a switch went off in my head and I finally saw my progress through another person's eyes...his reaction to my weight loss really made me see how awesome it was! His excitement made me excited and proud and accomplished! Everyone, friends and family, have always told me how great I am doing and all that, but hearing it from my doctor, it was somehow different. This is a man whose opinion I really respect (not that I don't respect my friends & family...you know what I mean here!)...and when I go see him, I always want a good report...this was akin to the teacher giving you all gold stars...and being so happy to give you all the gold stars...it just makes you feel SO good to get them and really be aware that you deserve them...that 20 pounds lost in one year is indeed fabulous and nothing to bemoan. So I really had a true lightbulb moment there!
Then he listened to my heart...and exclaimed that my heart rate was so slow and "definitely a runner's heart beat"...that was so cool to hear. My doctor is a runner, major time...and is very physically fit...so for me to go from not running much at all last year to doing what I do now was a major accomplishment...and to have my doctor, who is a big time runner, consider ME a runner, that was icing on the cake!!
We talk some more and as he is leaving the room he says "Laura, you are a true inspiration...It isn't often that I see my patients lose weight, especially this much...more often than not, the scale goes up..." I was just floored and floating on cloud nine the rest of the day! To have my DOCTOR say I was an inspiration...that was truly amazing!!
And then today at my Weigh In...I lost 3.8 pounds...I am at 151.2!! Only 3.2 pounds away from my WW goal...I can't believe it...when I got on the scale first thing this morning, I actually saw a ZERO behind that five! Then of course I had to get dressed cause they won't let you weigh in naked!! But it is within sight...and some day soon I will actually see a four in my numbers...ah, I can't wait!!! I see the light at the end of the tunnel...it is so close! I am going to do everything in my power to get to my goal by New Years...that is 3.2 pounds in 5 weeks...it can be done :)