Weight loss/health update
...I am now down about 20 pounds in about 6 weeks (I didn't get a good starting weight, so I'm guestimating, given my current rate of .5 pounds a day). 40 more to get back to where I was when I left dave *shakes head* fat and happy syndrome- it'll kill ya every time. I should be down 20 more by Pennsic, which should 1.Make fighting easier, and 2. Make absolutely sure that none of my garb will fit- I'm going to do what I can to take it in; no sense making new stuff that won't fit me next year. I don't have an inches update, as Himself is going to being measuring me from now on, so that we can be sure that it's a consistent measurement (it's hard to measure one's self).
I've recently upped my exercise routine (3 20-minute sets on DDR 5-6 days a week- no DDR on fighter practice days), trading out slower pace songs for faster ones, to keep my heart rate up, and have yet to make it through 3 sets without my knee getting grumpy with me. It's just not too thrilled to have to build up all those muscles to support itself. But it's getting better each day, and I'm nice to it and ice it after each session :) Thanks to massagediva for the wonderful healing massages, and the advice to even out the workout between my two legs. Here, I just thought that my knee was doing better, because the calf muscles had been burning less, lol, turns out I just had stopped using it as much, so it stopped hurting as much. But the good burn is back; it feels just like physical therapy again. *rolls eyes* Why I'm happy about that, part of me isn't sure, lol.
Oh, and we bought a scale, and, get this- I HAVEN'T BEEN OBSESSING! Yay! I weigh once a day- in the morning after my bodily functions, before breakfast, and I log it once a week, on Sundays. I can walk by the scale all day, and feel no need to step on it to see where I'm at. This marks HUGE progress for me! It's the first time I could have a scale in the house without obsessing over it. I really have come to the realization that as long as I eat like this and exercise, I can't NOT lose weight. It's going to happen. So, there really is no need to obsess over it. I am going to eat healthy forever, so it's not like there is this great rush to "get this over with, so that I can start eating 'normally' again"- which is how I have felt on other diets.
My fibro has been fairly well controled by the eating right and exercising. Every week or two, I'll get a small to moderate flare that will confuse me, because it takes me a few minutes to figure out what's wrong with me, and I'm like, "oh, yeah, I have fibro- duh." lol Mostly I'm dealing with fog and fatigue. Pain is a 2-3 most of the time, only spiking to a 5 or so on a few rare occassions, which I'll take, given the stress I'm putting on my body with losing weight and exercising :)
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I've recently upped my exercise routine (3 20-minute sets on DDR 5-6 days a week- no DDR on fighter practice days), trading out slower pace songs for faster ones, to keep my heart rate up, and have yet to make it through 3 sets without my knee getting grumpy with me. It's just not too thrilled to have to build up all those muscles to support itself. But it's getting better each day, and I'm nice to it and ice it after each session :) Thanks to massagediva for the wonderful healing massages, and the advice to even out the workout between my two legs. Here, I just thought that my knee was doing better, because the calf muscles had been burning less, lol, turns out I just had stopped using it as much, so it stopped hurting as much. But the good burn is back; it feels just like physical therapy again. *rolls eyes* Why I'm happy about that, part of me isn't sure, lol.
Oh, and we bought a scale, and, get this- I HAVEN'T BEEN OBSESSING! Yay! I weigh once a day- in the morning after my bodily functions, before breakfast, and I log it once a week, on Sundays. I can walk by the scale all day, and feel no need to step on it to see where I'm at. This marks HUGE progress for me! It's the first time I could have a scale in the house without obsessing over it. I really have come to the realization that as long as I eat like this and exercise, I can't NOT lose weight. It's going to happen. So, there really is no need to obsess over it. I am going to eat healthy forever, so it's not like there is this great rush to "get this over with, so that I can start eating 'normally' again"- which is how I have felt on other diets.
My fibro has been fairly well controled by the eating right and exercising. Every week or two, I'll get a small to moderate flare that will confuse me, because it takes me a few minutes to figure out what's wrong with me, and I'm like, "oh, yeah, I have fibro- duh." lol Mostly I'm dealing with fog and fatigue. Pain is a 2-3 most of the time, only spiking to a 5 or so on a few rare occassions, which I'll take, given the stress I'm putting on my body with losing weight and exercising :)
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