Just thought I would post this summary of my weight loss history.
House will be listed tomorrow. Hoping once it sells, our new traveling life will be happier and more physically active. And I'll lose a bit more, and get a lot more fit.
- First year: 293 to 205.
- Year 2-3.3: 205 +/- 5 lbs.
- Years 3.3 - 6: Slow drift down to 170 - after getting to 190 without doing anything in particular to "earn" it, I started working out with a personal trainer
- Year 6: Got to 169 and had arms and lower face done as a first procedure of getting circumferential body lift, thighs, boobs, and mid-abdomen do-over - but had a horrible reaction to Reglan given post-op and basically had a breakdown; ended up having panic attacks, suicidal ideation and depression (and never had the other procedures). I was put on an antidepressant that wasn't supposed to cause weight gain, and quickly gained back to 205.
- Years 7-11: pretty steady at 205.
- Year 12: I'm 62, and it's been a rough year emotionally - we're selling our house because we can't afford it, and planning to full-time RV for a year or so, and then settle down somewhere cheaper and away from our family. I became VERY sedentary and lost my appetite. For the last 8 weeks I've been living essentially alone in our old RV with the cats while my husband readied the house for sale. I've tried with mixed success to be more active (some of which I can't avoid because of my circumstances), while trying to make sure I'm eating mostly properly.
- Today I weighed 179.6 - first time in the 170s and more importantly, first time merely overweight rather than obese, since early 2010. But I'm worried that most of what I have lost is muscle mass.
House will be listed tomorrow. Hoping once it sells, our new traveling life will be happier and more physically active. And I'll lose a bit more, and get a lot more fit.