Thursday’s Followup

I have another appointment with the nutritionist in a couple of days, but I’m double booked with a meeting. I’m hoping it will be okay to have a colleague sit in for me at the meeting so I don’t have to reschedule the appointment and interfere with my timeline, pushing back my surgery date. My fate hangs in the balance as I await a response from my superior.

I haven’t done well in the weight management department, we know that. But there are other ways I have demonstrated improvement:

• Decreased from 3 doses of Miralax to 1/2 dose a day.

• Eliminated caffeine dependency.

• Decreased soda consumption from about 10 cans to 2 cans a day.

• Increased water consumption from 48 to about 64 oz a day.

• Better tracking of food and activity.

So I’m hoping that this 2-3-pound gain isn’t going to set me back. It could be water weight, they don’t know.

But I have to say, it is increasingly hard for me to move. To walk upstairs, get up off the couch, get out of bed. Even sitting up straight is uncomfortable because my stomach is in the way. And of course, my clothes are tight.

I bought some melatonin this morning, I’m hoping it will help me sleep. Then I won’t be up, eating. Then maybe I won’t gain anymore weight.

Anyway, it will be nothing if not…educational.