Three months out

One thing I forgot to  mention in the last post was it's been three months since surgery. Doesn't really feel like it!

Here are a couple comparison pics, day of surgery and then from last week's pictures.

I can definitely see a difference there. Mostly in my face, but also in how the clothes fit.

Week 13

So much for weekly postings right? I'm sorry, it's been nearly a month since my last post, but here we go with a new one and some pretty cool news.

First off it's been a rather frustrating month for weight loss, which consequently is why I hadn't posted. I felt frustrated about the small losses, and one week the small gain.

For about the last month, I've been on prednisone, trying to maintain my gout so that I would be able to go back onto the Allopurinol, which I can't take during a gout attack. I'm finally back on that and going off of the prednisone.

If you've never been on prednisone you're very lucky. It makes you ravenous. Seriously ravenous. I would eat, and still be hungry, which considering the surgery I had, is ridiculous. I pretty much felt like this:

We didn't' have any watermelon or cake, but if we did it wouldn't have stood a chance. Now despite being hungry all the time, I wasn't actually eating that much, simply because I can't. I don't have the room for it. Yes I was eating more, but not enough to negate the calorie deficit that I had. I would have to consume over 2500 calories a day just to maintain my weight. If I was consuming 1500 I'd have been surprised.Even  still that gives me a 7000 a week deficit, which basically equals a 2 pound loss (3500 calories burnt equal one pound). Talked to my doctor this week and yes, Prednisone not only makes you hungry, but it also makes losing weight harder, even if you control the hunger.

Despite all that, I can't be too mad at Prednisone, it made that evil bitch  Gout leave. So I'm ok if Prednisone stayed around a bit longer than I'd have liked as it keeps her away.

My weight loss over the last month has looked like this:

Gained a pound, lost two, and then finally lost ten. The week prior to the gain was only a two pound loss also. Quite a drop from the numbers I had been seeing. I know I was due for a plateau, and as long as I'm losing I should be happy. 

Last week I did have a ten pound loss, which is super exciting. One it's a nice loss after the weeks of crap, two it put  me under 357. When I had my first appointment with my surgeon back in January I weighed 457. This means I've officially lost 100 lbs. 

Pretty crazy right?! That's HUGE. I should be ecstatic. I'm not. When  I look in a mirror, I still don't see the loss. I can feel it, but I have to be looking at side by side pictures to really see it. I ended up doing a Google search, to see what 100 lbs really looks like.

It looks like that. That is 100 lbs of butter. A bit more impressive that way no?

Anyway, I'm going to try to be a bit more contentious about updating. Even when it's a bad week. Only posting on the good weeks does me a disservice and is completely counter productive to why I made this blog in the first place. The bad is just as much a part of the journey as the good is.

On  that note, here are this week's pics and stats.

Current Microgoal: 325