DH update: He had an appointment with his endocrinologist, who he sees for treatment of a pituitary tumor and because he was originally diagnosed with type 2 (which was how we learned about the prolactinoma, when we asked the doc if he would check DH's hormone levels).
All of the lab results like cholesterol continue to go down appropriately (or up, in the case of HDL). A few are still higher than normal, but lower than last time.
He's ecstatic with DH's weight loss, and even though DH has a lot left to go, said that even if DH maintained over the next year he would be happy. The doc seems to understand Robert's metabolism, and of course the pituitary thing makes things slow-going.
And best? The doc says there are absolutely NO signs that DH still has type 2 *at all*. This is SO cool.
Of course, he forgot to include the prolactin in the lab, so we'll get an update on that (he's in his 3rd year of treatment for it...it takes a LONG time) by phone in a few days.
Yay for DH!
Oh, and the doctor's scale, which has caused emotional trauma for DH before, went the other way this time, and showed a 40lb loss.
Same here!
Ok, weekly weigh in report. Down (that there is enough to be happy about after my five-day "it's Christmas" feast) 1 lb. A whole pound! I was shocked as my scale here only gave me .2 lb. 71.8 total. I'm happy! What a great way to start 2013. I never dreamed a year ago that there would be this change in me. I had given up losing weight and decided I was just destined to be a plus-size gal. Then the doctor threatened to increase my bp meds and my daughter joined WW, and the rest is history. And history is where those pounds are going to stay.
Woo! It's funny how we can gain and lose weight on the way to weigh-in.
I, too, never could have guessed that I would be so much smaller just a year later. I was still very much in denial a year ago.
And just the other day I was able to pull out some pictures that I knew I had laying around, like the Chef Mickey picture from September 2011, and actually look at myself. Quite a difference from our Goofy's Kitchen photos from October of 2012!
Hello everyone! Just joined Weight Watchers last week - weighed in at 267.8 - eek!
But I don't want to obsess over the number, I want to focus on living a healthier lifestyle.
I used to do a bunch of 5Ks and would love to get back in that mode. Heck, I would really love to do the WDW half marathon at some point!
Look forward to getting healthier with all of you!
Congratulations for joining!!!!!!
Hi I am new to this board so I thought I would introduce myself. My name is Shana and I joined WW online in November with a starting weight of 252lbs. I am down 14lbs so far but have many more to go. I love food and I am a stress eater. Too make matters more challenging, I love to craft and read - neither of which counts as exercise. LOL.
Congratulations for joining!!!!! That's funny about crafting and reading.
Nice thing about crafting, though, is that it's hard to eat while doing that. I find knitting to be helpful to keep the hands out of food.
You could get an ebook reader and walk on a treadmill...get two things done at once!
I am ready to get back to tracking. I started planing my week already. And, I will WI next Wednesday to see the damage. Last time I had my WI, I was 212.4 pounds, so at 23 pounds lost.
Have a good week everyone! Happy new year!
Good luck at weigh in! Knowledge is power, when it comes to weight loss.
You are AMAZING!
ETA: So you are only 16 lbs from goal and still losing 2+ lbs per week? Wowza. Have you talked to your leader about approaching goal yet?
Ooh, good point! That IS amazing!