Weekly Weigh-In & Thoughts

I was weighing myself on Fridays. But this past Friday, I had a visit from my, ahem, "Aunt". And when that happens, I blow up like the Hindenberg. So to keep from depressing myself once a month, I moved my weigh-in to Mondays

I also bought a new scale. The old dial scale had a tendency to bounce around & it was hard to get an accurate weight. The new scale is digital. No bells or whistles like body fat %, but since I'm on a budget, I'll take what I can get.

The downside to the new scale? The weight on the scale runs about 3lbs higher than the dial scale. Which means it's probably more accurate, because that was about the difference at my doctor's office.

So I have to readjust my starting & current weights.

Started: 253lbs (6/10/2010)
Current: 241.5lbs (7/5/2010)
Lost: 11.5 lbs

I'm not too bummed about this. That still means a 1.5lb loss this week, even with the evil old Aunt Flo visiting. That's still small compared to my previous 2 weeks of consecutive 5lb losses, but I've heard others refer to that big early drop as the "honeymoon" period. Well, the honeymoon is apparently over. But as long as I can stick with a 1.5 to 2lb average weekly loss, I can meet my long term goals.

I met with Dr. B, my OBGYN, last week to go over the results of my bloodwork. Yes, I am insulin resistant (very much so), but I'm not diabetic (yay). The other piece of the puzzle is my testosterone levels, which are through the roof. Since I'm a woman, that's definitely a problem (thank you PCOS!). So Dr. B is trying me on a "monophasic" set of BC pills called Sprintec, which should help regulate my hormone levels more than the "triphasic" pills I was on. In fact, the triphasic pills can cause elevated testosterone levels. Since I was taking those for 10 YEARS, I can kind of begin to see why I've had so many hormone issues over the years.

This is a great lesson for women of any age: if you are having weird hormone issues or irregular periods, please go see an OBGYN instead of your regular doctor & demand that they check to make sure it's nothing out of the ordinary. And if you don't like their response, get a second opinion. It is not always just "irregular periods, here's some BC pills to fix that".


Maggie: Hey Momma, I can pee on the scale for you if you like. Just to teach it a lesson.