The follow up
Went to see the doc today for my follow-up. It’s amazing what a 12-pound loss and great labs will do for her attitude about me. Basically my labs were perfect (152 cholesterol TYVM), she was impressed with my food journal (yes, I did print it out for her–30 pages) and told me that she rarely sees this level of dedication. I was dumbfounded because I didn’t think I did anything spectacular. What I mean by that is that there were times where I, even though I was close or within my nutritional goals, wasn’t perfect. I’m noticing, though, that what I’ve been eating hasn’t been all that bad; it’s the portions that needed tailoring. As far as exercise I’ve not been consistent so there was another area where I didn’t feel that I was doing all that well with. In my defense, the weather, being sick and some days the exhaustion affected my consistency. All in all I think it’s about moderation and that has won out so far.
What I need to watch:
Things that are good:
She told me I should be really proud of myself. The funny part is that I told her about SparkPeople and she was so impressed that she wrote down the URL and said she was going to post it at the office and suggest it to her patients. I’m becoming a SP cliche. I’m spreading the Spark. Oy.
It was interesting because despite buying a scale last week, I had not weighed myself until today at the doctor’s office. On a certain level I’m afraid that once I step on, I’ll be on it every day and I’ll obsess about it rather than focus on the lifestyle changing aspect. Yes, it’s important to keep track of weight but given the daily fluctuations, I don’t want to get bogged down if there’s a day where I seemingly gain two pounds. So, what should it be? Weekly? Bi-weekly? Once a month?
She’d like to see me back in a couple of months to see how I’m progressing. Oh, and Iz came along today. She was coloring in a coloring book with markers on top of the patient table and told the doc that she was going to teach her how to color. It was too damn cute. The doctor sat down, grabbed a marker and started coloring with her. At the end she thanked Iz for teaching her how to color. That girl, she can be a gem.
