I have not lost any weight since February, in fact according
to the scales from my visit to the clinic today I have gained a few pounds
back. I could contribute to a few things. But I fear it will be sounding like I
am just making excuses. Bottom line I lost my momentum and suffered from a bit
of depression. But after my visit today, I have come to realize that some of it
may not have been completely in my control. Though a good amount of it is:
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I have not done a 5k in the past two months, but
that is being rectified I have already selected two I will be participating in
for May and June. I will still do twelve 5ks in 2012
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I am able to eat things I should not be able to
eat such as breads, but after this current fill I don’t think I will be
consuming too much of it (not that I do a lot anyway)
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I am supposed to eat 4-5 small meals a day.
Honestly I eat 1-2. Yes I know this is not good for me I know this effects my metabolism
and I should remind myself of the effects of doing this during middle school and
high school got me to my current dilemma. So even if I have to package my meals
daily this is a habit I seriously need to modify.
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I stopped drinking my protein drinks, and while
I was going to my work site I had been purchasing commercial smoothies. Well they
didn’t have enough protein and too much sugar. About a month ago I started to
lose a large amount of hair. As in chunks. I spoke to a friend who had the band
and also did a bit of WebMD Google research. The hair loss is directly related
to lack of protein. So I am back to drinking my protein drinks. I still have
hair and the amount I am losing has changed drastically since my protein intake
has improved.
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Multivitamins: let’s face it I have not been
taking them consistently. My lab work
showed that I was ok with iron and various other levels but my vitamin D was extremely
low, in the teens. I was a bit low prior to surgery. But even lower now. I just
found out some interesting things about vitamin D. Being vitamin D deficient increases chances
of diabetes, cancer and impairs the immune system. It can also cause fatigue, bone weakness and
muscle pain. Being vitamin D deficient can also cause depression and……affect
weight loss. Needless to say I need to get my vitamin D levels up. Due to this
I was given a prescription for Vitamin D that I have to take once a week, its
50,000 units. Now that’s a lot of vitamin D.
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Good news from the lab work I not anemic and I
no longer need to take my pre-diabetic medication. My blood sugar is very much
under control.
I could beat myself up on things I should have been doing,
but I can’t dwell on it. I just need to improve things and go forward with
using this band as tool it is supposed to be. It’s up to me from here on out.
