Minus 40 pounds and counting.
Last January I was resolved to get my various maladies under control. I had already medicated myself with naproxan to settle down all the the arthritis hot spots, and was doing my stretching exercises daily. I was seeing a podiatrist for the never ending plantar fasciitis, and was wearing a night splint. I had seen an orthopedic specialist for my back, and was keeping the spondylolistheies symptoms under control.
I knew there was one more thing I could do for myself. It was time to get serious about losing weight.
Through another blogger I learned about an on line calorie counting program. I signed up and started recording everything I ate. I am still doing that whenever I am at home. I do spend a lot of time thinking about food, planning meals I can eat and share with Tom, making sure I have the right foods in the house, and not the wrong ones.
In March I got a referral to a Group Health orthopedic specialist, Dr. Walker, (don't you love the name for a foot doc!) who gave me more heel stretching exercises to do. I have done those too. I checked back with Dr. Walker the first of July and was told " Continue the stretching and the weight loss".
It's up to me to heal myself, obviously. Am so I'm continuing to work on it. I set myself 10 pound benchmarks. I've reached four. Now on to the next.
The foot pain? Oh, it's still there, but I can walk a lot longer and farther now before the pain hits since I'm packing much less of me around.
Good luck on the weight loss Linda. I have been keeping a record of everything I eat and it is the only way I can lose weight, which has been 9 lbs. so far. It has been an up and a down thing up to now but I know if I lose this ruddy weight I will feel a whole lot better with the aches and pains, and that is spurring me on. I hope your health issues will be a whole lot better too.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Linda! That's terrific! Good for us in many ways when we set goals for ourselves AND continue the effort to achieve them! Good for you!! Hope you have a great weekend!
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Forty pounds is a great accomplishment! Congratulations! I would be so happy if I had that much weight off. What is the program you were talking about?
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Linda! 40 lbs? Wow! Glad you can walk longer now.
ReplyDeleteYou should really be proud of yourself. I hear you on the part about taking care of the maladies. During the school year, I gained weight again. I am being very careful now and following weight watchers plan. I'm losing and brought down my A1C levels, so I must keep it up. You provide great inspiration.
ReplyDeleteThat is great! What an accomplishment. Weight loss is a constatn struggle for me, but the health benefits are so obvious once i do the work.
ReplyDeletewhat an accomplishment. I lost 30 pounds but have put back on 10...
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful, Linda! And I know you feel so much better. I lost a total of 15 pounds and am now feeling quite a bit more energetic. Amazing how much better I feel when I don't have to carry around all that weight!
ReplyDeleteThat is so amazing, Linda! I'm so proud for you! You look terrific and they always tell you that losing extra weight really helps your health. But...40 pounds? Wow!
ReplyDeleteThat is amazing and something I should do...CONGRATS and good health Linda...Michelle
ReplyDeleteGood for you!! I know that these changes have taken both diligence and persistence. You should be proud of yourself.
ReplyDeleteFabulous. Congratulation!
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