103 problems of weight loss

Well, what do you know, I have disappeared from cyber land the last few weeks. Sorry folks.  But taking this 18 units of credit has been kicking my keister, and we have been incredibly busy traveling into various states to see family. (Next semester, my plan is to take 22 units..)

Transition, is rocky. I know now that transition will probably be the hardest component of the program. My brain has tried to tell myself that since I am done losing the weight, that I can eat the candy bar (snack size) or the ice cream, cause they won't make me get fat overnight. The truth is, this information is false. Living by that philosophy, is exactly how people manage to get fat again. The one candy bar will multiple, and then you ended up eating a kazillion calories for one day.

I have also had a terrible time with the temptress of fast foods, or to go foods. Especially when I am an idiot and leave my lunch pail in the car.  I usually just get a salad, and decided that that's too expensive. Its time that I slowly start weaning myself off of the meal replacements. So I think I have devised a plan to wean myself off of the meal replacements, but still have healthy meals six times per day. On Sunday I am going to cut up fresh vegetables, and portion them out for the week and place them in containers so all I have to do is grab them from the fridge, throw them in my lunch pail and eat. I  also set aside fresh fruit (not packaged ones due to the high content of sugar that's added to the syrups).  I hope that this method wont cause me to gain weight back. Dean doesn't want me to do it though, because he thinks that is still technically MediFast.

So, I went to the doctor yesterday, and he could barely recognize me! I showed him my photo, and he said that I am at  a good consistent weight. He also said that I did not previously have cat scratch disease, as I was previously diagnosed. Instead he said that I had "Tiana was fat disease" but isn't anymore, so there will pockets of fat and skin that will just hang out forever, there not harmful, just there. He also gave me some warnings that since I am thin now, it will hurt to sit on hard surfaces, do certain activities, etc.... I told him that I already noticed these adverse effects.  I have often been told that I should wright a book, and one day I might. And in that book there will be a chapter entitled 103 problems of weight loss.

Oh, as for the exercising portion:  I had been in desperate need of a new swimsuit. After losing so much weight, the old one was not plausible to utilize. While we were in Utah this weekend, we stopped at a store called Scheels. As we were riding the Farris wheel located inside, I noticed that they had a section of swimsuits.  We headed over, and I tried on several. I was disappointed when I looked at the price tag.... 70 bucks! But then, after logically thinking about it for quite some time, I thought "Pay the 70 now and be healthy, or not pay the 70 bucks now, and get fat again, and then have to go back on Medifast again, which is way more expensive then 70 bucks." So, I did in fact purchase the new swimsuit!  I went swimming yesterday, that is always nice!

So, I know I haven't publicly posted my weight in several weeks, but I have been keeping a keen eye on the scale, I am consistently around 145, (it ranges from about 143-145), depending on the day, time of day, etc. So I am still, right where I need to be!