Monday Morning Weigh-in and Other Stuff

This morning I weighed in at 138.4. This is down 3.2 pounds from last week. This diet is definitely easier but I still don't enjoy it at all and have been to many activities this week with food I can't have which is always hard. Plus, I am going on vacation this week and it will be hard to bring all of my own food and not eat what everyone else is eating which usually involves dessert at lunch and dinner of every meal!

I hope I can make it these last 2 weeks! Plus, I have contacted my dietitian since I haven't noticed any change to see if going on will be worth it or not. She will hopefully respond soon!

Potty training was hard last week. Timmy only ended up going once with Justin really coaxing him, but he is just not interested. There were times he was more interested and told me he was ready, just to get in the bathroom and tell me he was done. Oh well, we will try again after our trip.

I took Allison to the doctor for her 18 month checkup and she was 22.1 lbs (20th percentile), 32.6 inches tall (90th percentile) and her head is still in the 20th percentile. Tall and skinny with a little head, that's my girl! I asked the doctor about potty training and he told me that I could potty train Allison first and it would probably give Tim a big push! My goal with Tim is to get him potty trained before he is 4. He will be 3.5 in October so we have a little wiggle room.

That's it for now!

Monday Morning Weigh-in

This morning I weighed in at 141.6, down 2.4 lbs from last week. I was glad because the first half of the week I didn't lose a single point of a pound and then I realized I was eating too many macadamia nuts! I cut back on the nuts and started losing weight again! Here is the full update:

Starting weight: 152.6
Current weight: 141.6
Lost to date: 11 pounds

I stole a tracker from my sis-in-law Andrea's website to track my weight loss and my goals. 3 weeks down, 3 weeks to go!

On a side note, we are starting potty training with Tim today as soon as we can make it to the store and stock up on chocolate milk and buy him the toy he's been wanting for a long time. I believe he's ready, no more stalling!

Diet update

Justin and I were talking yesterday and I was feeling very down and started to cry because this diet is so hard and everywhere I look people are eating food that I can't. We both decided that if I do not see any improvement in 6 weeks then I will just be done. Most websites say that improvement will be right away but then they need to keep going on the diet for 3-6 weeks to really lessen a yeast overgrowth and then slowly reintroduce foods to see if their symptoms come back. This is of course for those struggling with a GI candida problem which I don't have. Since I never feel anything different than normal because I do not have a GI problem, then I figure by 6 weeks if I have not seen an improvement then I will be done. Going for an extra 2 weeks will not really magically make it go away if I have not seen anything happen in the first 6 weeks.

Anyway, that's the latest. I hope what I just wrote made sense!

Cute saying by Timmy

We were in the car a few days ago and Timmy and Allie sneezed about the same time. Timmy said, "Mommy, we did have 'bless yous' in us!" He says the cutest things some times!

Monday Morning Weigh-in

This morning I weighed in at 144. Last week I was 146.4 so I lost 2.4 pounds this week. The weight loss is definitely starting to slow down but it's okay! Now I just need to start exercising now that I've got some of my energy back :)

This week I am planning to deep clean my house and exercise and enjoy the nice weather! Oh, and the diet is getting much easier and while I truly miss treats, I am going to keep going!

New doctor, no luck!

I went to a new doctor today (a breast surgeon) to see if he could provide any insight on my condition and he offered no help. He said he just wanted to make sure that I didn't have cancer (which of course I don't) and said it will probably be something I will just have to live with if the diet doesn't work. My condition is not a big deal so if I do have to live with it, then it will be okay but it would be nice to solve the problem. He also said he doesn't think it isn't bruising but just the blood that stopped flowing in the area and has clotted to form discoloration. Hmmm, it just doesn't seem to be something that will EVER be solved!

I was hoping he would tell me it was something else that would be solved without changing my diet but alas, no luck. Let the diet (and on the positive side, weight loss) continue.....

Monday Morning Weigh-in

After starting this diet I have lost weight fast. It makes me happy but I know in reality if I went back to eating normal I would just gain it all back because most of it is muscle mass and water. I also know that because the websites all stated it and I feel very fatigued by doing any exercise at all, even running up the stairs too fast! I started the diet last Monday with a weigh-in of 152.6 and this morning I weighed in at 146.4. A big difference of 6.2 pounds! Oh well, I will enjoy losing weight quick while it lasts and hopefully when I am done with this diet I can maintain at least some of it!

Where will I find Tim next?

Yesterday I couldn't find Tim after searching the house and looking outside and calling for him. I was starting to feel a little worried so I came in to get my shoes on so I could wander outside the circle looking for him when I see him walking back into the circle looking dejected.

I told him he wasn't allowed to leave the circle without me and asked him what was wrong and he told me my keys were stuck in the mailbox. (Our community mailbox is around the corner of the circle just out of sight.) I went around the corner and sure enough, there was a stool that he brought and my keys were stuck in the outgoing mailbox instead of our regular mailbox which is up higher than he could reach even with the stool. He had bent my keys and I proceeded to bend them back the best I could and got out my mail and let him carry it back home. I should've been more upset but I just thought it was funny!

Also, Allison has really started talking more and I love it, she is adorable! She loves to walk between our legs a lot, it is so cute!

Here are some pictures from the last few weeks:

Heading out to the Days of '47 Parade

Cute Allie ready for Church.

When you ask Allison to smile, this is what she does.

Allie walking through my legs, too silly!

I'm sick of eating....

So, I know that I can have quite a range of food but I really just want cheese and candy and bread and rice and cereal and all the good stuff! Right now I am feeling really deprived and this just doesn't seem worth it! Hopefully I can get through this slump and actually enjoy what I am eating because right now I don't want another vegetable. I can honestly say that I do not really crave candy right now but I don't crave what I can eat either which stinks. I love food and love enjoying the food I'm eating and for 3 days, that has not really happened which is a first for me! All of you who have gone on sugar free diets for fun or for a contest, I don't know how you did it!

Keep going, keep going, keep going........

As a side note, the headaches have gone, hooray! Now to just start craving the good food, I honestly don't think it will ever happen!

And so it begins.......

This morning I started my morning with some eggs and when I get hungry, I'll have some veggies and nuts! I am excited to start this new adventure and I'm a little nervous for these first few days when the yeast starts to die off and I feel flu like symptoms as a result. After the first little rough patch, I hear I will feel great!

Back to my weight loss. After doing the NuvaRing and getting so ill, going on vacation and eating out every meal and then eating all of my favorite foods before going on this diet, I have weighed in at 152.6. However, this is on my new scale which is about 4 lbs more than my old one so for reference purposes, I weighed in at 148.5 on my last scale which is only 1.5 lbs more than my starting weight loss last time. Not bad but not great. However, I feel confident that I will be able to really lose weight on this diet and that is the biggest perk of all besides healing of course. I am not sure if I will weigh in on Friday or wait until next Monday since I won't be eating any bad food all weekend this time! :)

Here I go on my new adventure!