Saturday, March 7, 2009

Scales are mean...

They remind you just how big you are and that you're nowhere near your target weight goal. After I had Beauty, it was so easy to shed the weight. I even lost extra weight and was the skinniest I've been since I was a teenager. I loved it; I bought new clothes and form-fitting jeans. Naturally, after I had Macho, I wanted to lose the weight just as quickly as I did the first time, and I thought I could lose a little bit extra too. Boy was I wrong!

Macho totally messed me up. My hips are wider, my stomach is bigger, and my metabolism isn't what it used to be. All I want to do is lose the baby weight from Macho, but it seems the "weight-loss gods" are against me. I've been trying to lose the weight for the past 4 months, but nothing seems to work. Then, I figured out one of the problems - my new medication for Fibromyalgia causes weight gain. Oy! Then, when I got the respiratory infection a few weeks ago, I was given 4 new medicines - ALL of them cause weight gain! That means for 2 weeks, I was taking 5 medications that made me tack on more weight faster than I thought possible. In ten days, I gained 10 pounds - that's a pound a day!!! Ahh!!

Now that I'm done taking those other medicines, I have to start playing catch up. I've got a lot more weight to lose than I did before and I'm not quite sure how I'm going to do it. I mean, I've already cut so many things out of my diet and I don't eat large portions. Plus, I don't eat sweets or sugary things. The unhealthiest snack we have in the house are cheesesticks and goldfish crackers. I think the only thing I can do differently is drink more water. Maybe that'll help.

Anyway, I'd like to know if anyone out there has some weight loss secret I don't know about. If you've got any tips for me, let me know!

3 comments:

  1. This is the only way I was able to lose all the weight after both girls. And it is what I plan to do as soon as I'm done nursing the boy

    http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/
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  2. I so understand your struggle, only medication hasn't stopped me, stress has.

    I've just refocused myself and have been working on doing the Weigh Down (Diet? it's really a lifestyle)

    It sounds like you are already kind of doing what you need to. Cardio and weight training help as well. I wish you the best. Hopefully soon we can both post good news here in this area.
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  3. http://www.weighdown.com/WhatIs.shtml
    I forgot to leave the link.
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