Ken & Leslie Scott - Our Weight Loss Journey 2008

Well, I have not been paying attention here, but I have been doing pretty good with the scale. It isn't official yet, since I didn't hit it into the memory, but I was so excited yesterday when I got on the scale and went down another decade. My dd asked what that meant and I told her that meant the middle number changed. I am almost to my pre PG weight... which I don't think I have been to since I had her 10 years ago. I am below my PG weight... but since there is only 4 lbs difference between my Pre-Pg weight and my delivery weight. I have said I don't get to blame her since I only gained 4 lbs. I actually had to go buy a belt this weekend since I can't afford to go buy new pants. Just wish some of the other padded areas would disappear.

For me the biggest difference was when I was looking at my passport photo. I had pulled that out the other day. I don't ever notice a difference, since I see myself every day... but looking at that photo... Oh my goodness. It was only taken a year ago, the end of November/beginning of December (I can't remember the exact date, but I was wearing a Christmas shirt) and I know I applied for it before we went to the DR in January. I showed my hair stylist yesterday when I went to get my hair cut and even she and her dh saw a big difference.

Dh joined Fitness 19 Friday. There was a flier on the car when he took me to the mall to drop us off for the Cookie Shop (Girl Scout cookies). He said he wanted to do something and doesn't like our karate studio. At least he is moving in the right direction. I figure he will catch up to my pound loss before I make it to OnederLand. (I was talking about OnederLand today when I was talking to a gal about the PRISM program at church and she hadn't heard that before and thought it was really cute) I told them when I hit OnederLand that everyone in Colorado would hear me hollar.

Anyway, Dh is recovering well from his surgery on Wednesday. I forgot to tell a whole lot of people about his surgery. Basically the only people who knew are the ones who saw me every day. I did end up sending a bunch of emails while I was sitting in the waiting room waiting. I was not a happy camper with his whole discharge process... or the nurse that did it, but I got him on some oxygen when we got home and I feel much better!! (his oxygen level was dropping and with the wife being a Respiratory Therapist, you don't mess with me or the dh. I just said 'screw you' and took charge of the situation and called the doctors office myself. I am just glad it was me and not someone who had no clue when she was talking to us that way... cuz someone else would have been devastated with the way she was talking to us. I am still thinking of calling the hospital and reporting her. Dh says I am over reacting and just to forget it... but then again, he was post op and still groggy from anesthesia. His pictures are on flickr

Lots of appointments tomorrow. He should get his stints out, dd has an MRI of her knee, Dentist appointment and in the middle of it all, I am hoping the dentist can squeeze me in to get my root canal on my teeth that are hurting so bad!!! (they aren't scheduled until the 6th of March) Have a great holiday. More posting coming later!!

I have had this horrible nasty respiratory crud for over a week now. Having asthma, I did not work out at all last week. I didn't go to kickboxing yesterday, and I was not planning on going to karate tonight... but I did. I decided that even though I was sick, I had to get back into working out. So, tonight I took my inhaler, did what I could as far as the warming up. I didn't do it all, but I didn't sit out either. My breathing is really nasty, but at least I am doing it. The other part that stinks is that I missed the show, and got home in time to see Jenn voted off. I am going to go downstairs and see if the DVR recorded it like it was supposed to.

I did not weigh in this morning. Ken on the other hand did weigh in. He lost 2.2 lbs... but he has the crud now. Just need to get him on board and doing more than adjusting his food... which is better than nothing.

Oh, and we got a cool certificate from karate tonight for being a supportive family, I believe it said.

Yah, I guess I need to break down and actually see how horrible the number is today. I can tell you this... I won't be surprised with a gain, I will be more surprised with a loss. The biggest reason... I am SICK!!! and when it is my throat, I drink soda... and YES, it may be diet, but it is still NOT water. When I don't drink my water, I don't lose. My body holds on to EVERY little bit of fluid that goes in there. But the good part is, when I start drinking my water again when I feel better... I will then have a nice big loss!!!

I was even good this weekend with the dd and all the birthday stuff and cake and all that. I had a little piece of her birthday cake and a LITTLE scoop of ice cream. I hardly ate any of it. I did make Pazelle's this weekend. I made one batch with splenda and everyone tried to tell me that there was too much baking powder. (I have to cut a half cup of the flower because of the altitude) So I made a second batch with regular sugar... tried it with less baking powder... yah, that didn't work. I added the other teaspoon of baking powder back in... it was the difference between splenda and sugar. The good part is, that even when you make these with regular sugar, each one is still not a bad thing. You put in 1 1/2 cups of sugar... and the other big problem is the 1 cup of margarine. but you get probably about 45 cookies out of a batch... and if you divide the 1 1/2 cups of sugar by 45, that isn't too bad at all.

Ok... I will do it... I need to take a shower anyway. I didn't go to work and the steam will clear my sinuses. And since I am stripping I will get on the scale. It won't be exact since I already ate today, but it will be close enough. Ken gained. He is back to his starting weight of 298.8 this morning. (I need to log in and fix his ticker) but he also ate more of the birthday cake... and he doesn't do well with chocolate. I am surprised he didn't have a migraine this morning. (gave it to my boss)

see... I knew it. I gained 3.2 lbs, putting me at 227.2 today. I bet if I drink nothing but water the rest of the day I would still show a loss tomorrow.

Last night I went to karate practice. It went well, and man, considering we didn't have school yesterday, I was surprised at how many people actually came. It was so darn cold in there. (it was about 4 degrees when we went at 5:40) and since we meet in a building that use to be a fire-station... it isn't like the work out room is well insulated. About like a garage! My biggest problem was that I couldn't hear the instructor. Any time he turned his back to me, I couldn't hear a word. It was not only noisy in there, but my hearing is going. My next set of hearing tests are next week. They only do the tests that I need done in the morning, so it was either this morning, Monday or Thursday, so I opted for Thursday since Monday is a holiday and my parents are still here.

I didn't get my water in yesterday and I can really tell. Not only do I feel like I am swollen, the scale showed it this morning too. I didn't do an official weigh in, but I was curious, since I felt so bloated. I was up about 1.2 lbs... and since we live at 7K feet, it is even more important to drink our water than people at sea level. But drinking my water is the biggest thing that I know that works for me. The other is getting in my dairy. Even if I have it as a bed time snack, if I get in some milk or dairy, I will lose.

See, with being a life time member of weight watchers, I know how this all works, it is just a matter of doing it. For me... it was the moving. I had to start moving. And I am finding that the more I move, the less I hurt (and then again, there are parts that hurt worse). My elbows are both bad, but I can use my splints and life will be better. I did see an ortho doctor this past summer because of my right elbow, but since the EMG I had in May came back that my arm was fine, they didn't do anything. And my left elbow I hurt doing a triceps lift at Kickboxing last week. I am not sure if I hyper-extended or if I just tried to lift with a weird angle, but it has been bothering me every since... and driving just aggravates it!

Ok... off to work on the guest room, since dd is in school, it is the only way it will get done... because we have girl scouts right after school. BTW, selling Girl Scout cookies during this weight loss challenge really bites!! It just makes me want to eat cookies. The good thing is, they have 100 calorie packs in our new cookie. You get 5 packs in a box. Just don't eat them all in 1 sitting!!! :)