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11.07.2003 Weight: 267Mood: Tired but happy The crimson tide is about to make its appearance, so I'm retaining water -- no biggie. Between eating more and busting my butt on the book, I feel really good about everything, even the abrupt drop in the temps. Yes, I know -- it's November, it was bound to get cold sometime, but we just had a front move in and DAMN, it's brisk out there. Lyndon loves it -- he was bred for this kind of weather. And I have to admit that it's putting me in a holiday mood -- I would kill or die to go to Chicago for Christmas this year, but we just can't afford it. Well, maybe some kindly company will need a buttload of web designing done in the next couple of weeks -- if I can get the week off between the holidays, we could easily drive up there (yeah, it's 19 hours, but that means we could also stop off and see Patrick). Hmm -- perhaps I should speak to Lyndon about this. I did promise him that we'd go to England for Christmas next year, come hell or high water, and he loves going to Chicago for the holidays. . . |
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11.05.2003 Weight: 265Mood: slightly less puzzled, now Methinks it's time to move on to Ongoing Weight Loss and bump up my good carb quotient with more veggies, berries and nuts/seeds. I just broke down and had a hamburger and some french fries from the cafeteria, and now I feel like I'm tingling all over (and this is definitely in a good, "oh, look, your left side just came back online" way). Oookay then. Goodbye induction, hello OWL. I'm going to start adding the occasional avocado, stir-fried veggies or cup of berries with cream to the diet this week and see what happens. I'll keep that up, adding 5 carbs each week until I reach my optimum level of carb intake, then we peg it there and keep going. In the meantime, I'm still at 265, a weight I haven't been since Montreal. I'm going to wait until I'm at 260, then I'm going to try on my G-Division jeans again and see if I can add them back into the regular rotation. If I can, it means that I'll only have the old, old, OLD Wranglers from back before I was married that I can't wear -- once I fit into THOSE, baybee, I'm in a whole new territory. Cool. |
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11.04.2003 Weight: 265Mood: puzzled Well, I went in yesterday to get the bloodwork done, and the doc called me this morning to say that my levels came back normal. BP was normal, too (at least I assume so -- he didn't make any comments on it). Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to tell him about the extra pill on Saturday evening, so I don't know if that threw off the reading or not. I'm going to muddle along for another week -- if there's no improvement, I'll go back in and ask for another blood test, and maybe exploration of other reasons why I've been getting dizzy and tired. I don't think it's the Atkins -- I eat a lot, I take a multivitamin and fish oil tablets every morning, I drink the required amount of water, and hell, on the occasions I did have some carbs I felt even worse. I dunno -- maybe this could be some kind of weird allergy? God knows Texas is allergy-central, and mucking around with my inner ear could cause the dizziness. We'll have to see. On an up note, I'm at a weight I haven't been since Montreal, and that feels great! I'm now 105 pounds away from my ideal weight, which is a huge fricking improvement over 130. Slowly but surely (and now you know why I call this blog "Getting There"). |
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