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Weight: 233 lbs. (!!!)
So like I do every morning I wearily shuffled up and onto the scale for my morning weigh in, only to see it read: 233! Not that this number itself is skinny or anything, but that it represents probably the single largest loss in a day, since my surgery or soon there after. Now either I am dehydrating away, the bouts of stomach malaise that I had over the weekend have “paid off”, or I am actually back into the swing of losing. It has been such slow going for a while, plus I often regain a little of what I lose before losing it again “for real”, that I have come to expect little from the scale. I really hope that it isn’t just toying with me, and that after tonight’s casino buffet and some drinking (of water!), I won’t be right back up again tomorrow. Fingers crossed on this one!
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weight: 236 lbs.
Today started out to be so promising before it ended up going to hell in a handbasket. (What a strange saying!)
I rose very early just “cause, and was out the door by 8:00 am in pursuit of more garage sales on my way to more legitimate shopping. I found one mega sale in the city, and bought the hugest box “o crap for under $20. It included coffee table books, knick knacks, numerous items for my new shadow box also recently acquired at a garage sale, a huge pop up canopy for the yard and some assorted doohickies. I was on a roll, and then was equally as pleased when Walgreen’s had my favorite liquid “D” (1000 iu.) on sale for $6.99, plus buy one, get one free. I bought 6 bottles, plus some other half price supplements for both Tom and myself. Mostly I rely on the products from Celebrate Vitamins, but for additional requirements, I generally rely on liquids now. Unfortunately, my sublingual B wasn’t discounted yet, but I will keep an eye out!
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Weight: 236.5 lbs.
It is absolutely beautiful out today! You know, one of those pre-fall yet crisp and 100% sunny days where the sky looks especially blue and the air is fresh. Maybe my senses are heightened off of Paxil, but I felt such joy while out in the sunshine today, rummaging for bargains and meeting new people. I must be past my burnt out moments, because I awoke with good energy and enthusiasm for our usual marathon shopping junket.
And buy we (I?!) did - including a beautiful solid wood and ornate bookshelf for $15, the cutest kitchen set that includes a stand and a stool, handpainted and in our apple motif, for $20, and a new ab exerciser for $5. The latter was Tom’s idea, but perhaps I’ll consider using it someday when I am ready to embrace the concept of formal exercise once again. Like in winter, maybe!
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Weight: 237 lbs.
Well, it’s taken me a week to get back down to what I had lost down to, many days ago. I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I was at least a little discouraged by my slow progress — but, on the other hand, it’s not like I have been expending much more than emotional energy lately, and I have been eating (and drinking) like crap.
I have been feeling sluggish and achy, although I continue to plod through each day and all my obligations, regardless whether I feel like the walking dead or not. I did sleep soundly and longer than usual last night, but I think I still need another few days of physical and mental rest before I am past this burnt-out feeling.
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Weight: 237.5 lbs.
Unspeakable exhaustion. Bone-crunching tiredness. Mind-numbing, body-aching need for sleep.
That’s all me right now. I got up with Tom’s alarm at 5:00 am, pulled myself together, ran off to pick up the Chinese Auction baskets, got to work early, and got home late. Saw way too many clients, refereed at a meeting, and got the life sucked out of me by clients’, collateral, and co-workers’ excessive neediness today. Then I came home, starving and drained, to Tom, eager to tell me about his hard day.
I ate whatever was within closest reach again today, including two cheese sticks, some canned cashews, cold cuts/sliced cheese/crackers, and a tomato. By my math, only about 2 1/2 food groups were represented, coffee products were my primary form of hydration, I got little real protein, and my diet sucks.
I am so messed up biologically right now, that I’m not sure which I need most: proper nutrition, hydration, or sleep. I’m voting on sleep, especially as I drifted off in front of a 7:00 pm TV show and had to grudgingly rouse myself just to write this today.
On that happy note, GOOD NIGHT!
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Weight: 238 lbs.
I am drinking peach coffee as I write this tonight. We got a coupon card in the mail recently that is for a free 12-ounce cup of coffee from Dunkin’ Donuts, every Wednesday until October 14th. So, I decided to drive thru on the way home and pick up a cup of high test for Tom. His favorite flavor is vanilla, which I planned to get for him, until they listed all the cool, exotic alternatives that could also be had for free. They use sugar-free syrup to flavor the coffee, and when the man said “peach,” I just had to try it! Not that I should be or usually do drink all caffeinated coffee myself — but I figured I’d give it a taste, and that surely Tom would drink the rest.
He hated it and, rather than see it go to waste, I have been nursing it for like the last three hours — and no doubt will both be up all night and bore an ulcerative hole through my pouch as a result. But, it sure is yummy!
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Weight: 238 lbs.
Ack — I hate when I gain weight the day my weekly weight posts! However, considering what I have eaten lately, I can’t blame the scale!
Well, I am off to another productive, energetic morning, bordering on mania. Again I got up early for no real reason and begin a million projects before the light of day. I must say that I took special pleasure in programming the $5 TV/VCR purchased at this weekend’s garage sales, and found it one of the most intuitive systems to use (which is good, since it didn’t come with a manual!). Normally I can’t even remember how (or why!) to use a VCR, given these days of DVRs, but I am recording tomorrow morning’s episode of Good Morning America for work, as the heads-up is that an all-developmentally-disabled band called “Flame,” also from NY, and who rivals the Aspire band I recently saw, are guests. I am always so inspired when individuals with disabilities triumph and excel in such talented ways, and look forward to watching them!
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Weight: 237 lbs.
Today began with an insanely eary arising for no real reason, and ended in exhaustion. Why I felt the need to get up even before Tom left for his 6:20 bus run is beyond me. I have noticed that I have had more early energy lately, though, as if I am returned to the me I used to be who rose well before any alarm and had to be in bed by like 9:00. I wonder if being off the Paxil (yes, I am totally done now!) has something to do with this and the fact that I have almost manic energy at times. Not that I’m complaining…!
I also have noticed that many of my weird and annoying symptoms have subsided, and that I am not nearly as dizzy and “fuzzy-headed” as I had been, although I do tend to feel headachy quite often. I also remain much more sensitive emotionally; I’m not sure if this real me had been muted by the Paxil, or if there is something about going off of it that has unearthed deeper feelings — or perhaps it’s a temporary emotional reaction to withdrawal and other biological upheaval.
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Weight: 238 lbs.
I’ve been a very bad girl today! Although I was off like gangbusters tending to laundry and many other household chores, I knew that I couldn’t be focused or “good” for long and, as I’d anticipated yesterday, I felt compelled to attend today’s Ukraine Festival at a nearby church. While out garage-saling yesterday, Tom and I spotted the sign indicating that the annual festival was today and, as we had gone last year and remembered it fondly, we thought that if we could stand one more social event this week, this could fit the bill.
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Weight: 237.5 lbs.
Tom and I spent upwards of 6 hours at garage sales today, and this after I have written all week about how tired and burnt out and yucky I am. Nevertheless, Saturday just wouldn’t be right without them, and we hit the road early. I feel a little guilty that we blew off our annual metal-detecting hunt, because I couldn’t imagine doing such a thing today, only to spend probably even more energy “hunting” for bargains!
And boy, did we find some good booty today! This includes a hot-and-cold water dispenser, nearly new, for $10. It even has one of those little fridge compartments underneath and, more importantly, I found just the right spot for it already in our kitchen.
Also, I got a large folding bookshelf for $3; several great travel books for 50 cents each; a small TV/VCR to be used in our den, for $5; pet steps for Callie, who is too old and too fat to get up onto the bed without clawing up our comforter and hanging by her toenails; and a huge assortment of other things equally cheap!
[Hey Roy and Jeanne, I even got you some more NY Times crossword books (5/$1) but, unfortunately, they are Sundays. Maybe you'll work your way up to the Sunday ones someday and, if not, we'll sell them to someone else at our own garage sale!]
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So like I do every morning I wearily shuffled up and onto the scale for my morning weigh in, only to see it read: 233! Not that this number itself is skinny or anything, but that it represents probably the single largest loss in a day, since my surgery or soon there after. Now either I am dehydrating away, the bouts of stomach malaise that I had over the weekend have “paid off”, or I am actually back into the swing of losing. It has been such slow going for a while, plus I often regain a little of what I lose before losing it again “for real”, that I have come to expect little from the scale. I really hope that it isn’t just toying with me, and that after tonight’s casino buffet and some drinking (of water!), I won’t be right back up again tomorrow. Fingers crossed on this one!
September 21st, 2009 | 
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