…and that would definitely be me. I tried to stay mostly on track for the weekend and for the most part, I think I did really well (except for that Sonic cookie dough blast on Saturday…mmmm….so worth it, though.) Last night, I met some old HS friends for dinner at PF Chang’s. I went, totally prepared to order my Buddha’s delight (400-something cals) but of course, this group all wanted to share. And everyone likes meat, and it had to be fried. So I tried to eat small portions and overall, I left feeling very satisfied and not stuffed or uncomfortably full, which is a big accomplishment for me.
On the 20something’s forum at 3FC, there is a thread going on about when you noticed the weight loss changes. A lot of posters responded that they still don’t notice, even after 20, 30 lbs. I think that is so true, and for me, it was the opposite as well, as far as gaining weight. I look in the mirror and I STILL don’t think I look that fat. It’s only in photos that I grimace and go, what the heck have I done to myself? When I look at photos of me when I weighed 130, I can completely tell the difference. But for so long, maybe because of denial or something, I just thought that I looked the same at 200 lbs than I did at 130. Apparently going from a size 6 to a size 16 didn’t register.
My doc put me on Yaz to help with my anxiety (hormonal related) problems and I’m supposed to start a new pack next week. Apparently it’s also supposed to help you with weight as well. We shall see. On Saturday, DH and I went to Wal-Mart and got those 7-day pill sorters, you know, like old people have so that they remember their medication every day. Yeah. We got those. At 25 years old, I have a pill box.
But I figured it’s a good way to help me remember to take all my different vitamins. For the heart stuff, I’m supposed to take flax oil pills, baby aspirin, magnesium and potassium. For sans-gallbladder, 1 bile salt tablet with each meal and digestive enzymes. And then there is the B-complex vitamin and vitamin C for overall health. The only ones I don’t really like to take are the B-complex vitamins and the bile salts, because they taste like poo, and are big horse pills. On a funny side note, when you take a B-complex vitamin, your pee will turn neon yellow. I don’t understand why vitamin companies think you should get 1000% of a vitamin. Your kidney is alive and kicking, and will just filter out the excess stuff (hence the neon pee). Also, B-vitamins are water-soluble, so you can’t overdose on them…again, you’ll just pee it all out. So why make a vitamin with excessive percentages? Anyone, anyone? Beuller? It just seems like such a waste (literally and figuratively).
I totally diverged from the original intent of this post. So yesterday I had dinner with my HS friends. One of them I hadn’t seen since Hs graduation 7 years ago. I weighed around 150 in high school and obviously more now. It was hard being the fat one. Even my friend that just had a baby 7 weeks ago still weighs less than me! Like the quote below I posted from Glory87, I REALLY wish I had done something at 150 lbs instead of waiting to hit 200 before trying to get my healthy figure back. How did I let myself get this fat?
It’s Monday and a new day. My goal is to hit the gym for 30 minutes today. I’ve planned out all my meals for this week, but I don’t plan on weighing myself until Aug. 24th. I don’t know why I picked that date. It’s actually the date my new semester starts so I’ll probably be depressed and eating chocolate anyway, haha.