I got an email from someone today asking for an update on my medical weight loss study. And my response? There is no update. Nothing has changed. I weigh today the exact same I weighed on the day of my last appointment. When it my next appointment? Next Wednesday. Yeah. Not good.
And it’s not the exercise – other than a few days a couple weeks ago when I got more into Lego Indiana Jones than anything else, I’ve been faithfully doing at least 30 minutes of fitness at least 5-6 times a week. Sometimes I go an hour (for instance, this weekend I did one workout that was 54 minutes – 30 of which were just running in place). When I play Wii Sports, I play even longer – Denis and I played doubles tennis last night for over an hour. And sure, I didn’t get into it like I have in the past, but I still got a bit damp with sweat and could tell my heart rate was up. This morning after 30 minutes of Dance Dance Revolution I could have passed out because I got so into it. So exercise-wise I’ve been doing REALLY WELL and am more active now than I’ve been in the 12 years since I gave up going to raves in favor of marriage.
It’s the food. I’ve been VERY lax. I admit that I haven’t been tracking my calories, and when I don’t track, I eat a lot more than I should. So while I may be burning an extra 1200 – 2400 calories each week through exercise, I’m probably going 500 calories over my daily limit of 1300 – if not more if we eat out. So where’s the benefit? None.
Today I renewed a 30-day commitment. No eating after 9:30 p.m. That has been REALLY bad lately (I had several Oreos and a glass of milk at 11:30 p.m. one night last week). My late night snacking has got to stop. I’m also going to diligently get back into counting calories. The first month of the study I lost ELEVEN POUNDS by counting my calories each and every day. I have to get back in the habit of that again.
Also, it took me a long time to get back in the habit of taking the medical study’s pills. Bad girl. It’s the thing they lectured me on last month. I know I’ll get another lecture next Wednesday too. I just hope they don’t kick me out of the study (I don’t think they would, but you never know).
So that’s the update. Back in May I made the goal to lose another 20 pounds by Labor Day. There’s no WAY I’ll make that now. So I have to come up with a new goal. We’re going to NYC for Thanksgiving – but November is a LONG way off. So maybe I’ll say I want to lose 10 by Labor Day, and another 10 by Thanksgiving. That would bring my total weight loss to 50 pounds by T’giving. That would be what I weighed in 1999.