My visit to the Box Hill Hospital

Yesterday was a big day for me. I had an appointment with a plastic surgeon at Box Hill Hospital. I had to get a legion on my face removed (just under my right eye) as it has grown and changed lately so tey wany to check it for the big "c" word. I noramlly think ngatively about these things but this time I don't think it will be bad news. Who knows, right?

I was ver nervous all morning. Gary came homw at 11.00am to take me to the hosiptal. We arrived at about 11.45 and then waited for approx 20 minutes. I was taken in and out of rooms, asked a million questions and then it was time to jump on the trolley and get wheeled to surgery. The first painful part was when they couldn't find a vein in my hand to put the needle thing. Ohhh did that hurt. The nurse was jabbing it in this way and then that. She told me that my veins were running away from the needle. Not suprising really! A doctor saw that she was having trouble so he took it out and tried the other hand. As that doctor was working on my hand another doctor stuck the local into my cheek and another gave me a seddative. It hurt so much I started crying...

The actual surgery went for about 15 minutes but they kept me in recovery for nearly 2 hours!

Poor Gary had waited in the waiting room for 5 hours before I could come home. I was fuzzy and dopey all night.

So it is the next day, I am not allowed to drive or work today so I have the day off. I was that out of it this morning I woke up and forgot my husbands birthday. I am a terrible wife! I know it is because I am still affected by the medications, I would have never forgot such an important day if I wasn't.

I just rang Gary to say Happy Birthday and I was so upset for forgetting that I was crying and couldn't really get the words out. Luckily Gary is such a wonderful and forgiving man as he said it was ok and for me not to be upset.

Now onto weightloss - I was very happy last Monday when I lost 1.8kgs. I am back on track now for my goal at the end of the year of 110kgs.

Sonia

Slowly slowly - does it matter....

This week has been a long one. I have been thinking alot about how slowly I am losing weight. I look at my sister, she started the Tony Fergusson Diet 3 weeks ago and has lost 10kgs and I look at a couple of the girls at ww who are about my weight and are losing more quickly, I realise every loses differently but it is disappointing. I know the old me would have been really disheartned by this and would give up., I am not that person anymore. I am happy that the scales are going downward even though I might only lose between 0.1 and 0.5kgs a week but I worry that I won't lose weight quick enough to give me the best chance to get pregnant. I am 33 now, every year counts.

Gary and I went through what I eat on a weekly basis, just to check if I was counting points right and to see if we could alter anything so I would get better results. I have set a goal for myslef this year, I want to get to 119kgs my NYE. To lose 25kgs in one year, at my size, it shouldn't be a hard ask, but I am getting worried about it.

What I don't get is that my efforts don't correspond with the scales. I stay within my points each week, I exercise at least 5 times a week (except for the last two, I have had a really bad back and I had an accident with a door) but I don't much off the scales. Today I have been wondering what the other girls at WW do diferently to me. Why do they lose so much? I will have to ask Claudia, she is going great guns.

I am really proud of my sister. I think her weightloss is fantastic and even though she says it is easy, I know it isn't. She is doing a great job and I am not jealous of her weightloss at all. She is alos exercising which I am very happy about. It not only gets her healthy but she keeps me company sometimes at the pool.

Mum is also on a diet, not doing TF with my sister but she is watching what she eats and exercising. She is doing really well too.


To finish off tonight I am going to reiterate my motto "Its not a race, its a marathon".

Sonia

My damn back!

I was enjoying my swimming, my personal training, my deep water running and have just took out a curves membership, it was bound to happen - my back has seized up. Last Sunday I was in bed and couldn't move. After seeing my chiro twice last week he has told me that I am not allowed to exercise for at least a week, probably two.

If someone had told me 6 months ago that I would be really upset not to be exercising I would have laughed at them, but nevertheless I am upset. I have worked so hard to get my fitness levels up and I don't want them to slide.

This week I am going to try and eat within my points ( no exercise points) and make sure I eat 5 serves of vegies and fruit. I am also going to try and limit my sugar points (not sure how I will go with this one).

Weigh in day is tomorrow, I'm not looking forward to it. Last week I put on 700 grams and this week for what ever reason it looks like I won't take much off. I'm not sure why as I have been sticking to my points. The good thing is that my fat percentage was 55% and now it is 52.9 and my water percentage has gone up 2.5% to 34.9%

Crossing my fingers for tomorrow. I really want to get my 10kg star by easter!

Sonia