NSV Of The Week

I've decided I'm going to try and have some sort of NonScaleVictory each week. Some weeks it maybe something really small since I'm going to do one every week. But I figured it could be a good way to stay motivated!

So this weeks NSV was:

My Dad, Grandma, and Aunt could see that I had lost weight!

I'll be honest, I love to be comfortable. I'll try and dress up a bit when I'm going to be out in public, but when I'm at home I'm usually in a t-shirt and yoga pants. So Friday when I actually got dressed in something nice, I personally didn't think I looked any different. Gotta love how your mind does that! So I went through the day feeling like a cow. When we got to my parents though my dad said he could tell I had lost weight, especially In my face and tummy area. It made me feel really good, my dad usually doesn't say anything about it so it was nice to hear it from him.

Then today my grandma and aunt came up and I got to see them for a minute and they both said that I looked like I had lost. My grandma even grabbed my shirt and said,"This shirt is even lose on ya."  This again made me feel really good! It's nice when people actually can see it. 

I still have a ways to go! And have yet another doctors appointment this next week, I'm hoping I can get a few more answers to some things. 

But that's this weeks NSV, now to look forward to this next week.

Hope everyone has a safe and great Memorial Day Weekend!

Quick Question

I was curious if any of you that follow this blog are on any of the following medication..

Synthroid or its generic

Metformin 

Provera or the generic Medroxypr

I'm curious as to side effects you may have had on any of them or on a combination of them.

I take the Synthroid first thing in the morning, like I was told to. Then I will wait and take the other two at lunch time. And then my vitamins(prenatal, vitamin D3) before bed.

Heres the thing when I take the Metformin and Provera I'll take it and then make my lunch, but by the time my lunch is ready I don't feel hungry and what ever I cook seems completely gross. Which then will lead to me not eating very much through the day because everything doesn't sound appatizing and I just don't feel hungry.

Now don't get me wrong not wanting to eat everything in sight can be a positive thing. It's just that I want to be losing fat not muscle. Knowing if I don't eat I'll lose weight but be a flabby mess doesn't sound attractive to me. And where I'm not exercising a lot, especially compared to what I use to do, I'm really nervous I'm just going to lose a ton of muscle mass. 

Like I said in the last post, I do think a lot of what I have lost has been water weight though. I couldn't believe what my waist looked like today when I was weighing myself, wish my tummy and hips would actually go down I lose from there last though. 

Anyways I'm getting off track...have any of you had similar experiences on these medications or ones similar to them? 

And how do you make yourself eat when you don't feel hungry or when everything sounds gross?

The best way to describe the way I feel after taking the pills is that it's similar to the feeling of morning sickness. Not like you want to puke per say but just that yucky feeling when you are almost thinking maybe if I threw up I'd feel better.

*and I'm not pregnant, so don't suggest that maybe thats the reason, ok..Thanks!

Also while on Provera did you have cramping from your ovary/ovaries? 

Mine are bugging the heck out of me and its just been since I started taking it.

Anyways thanks in advance for any answers or help you give me!!

Damn!

I was going through some of my old feeds on MFP last night and found this picture...

I don't know whether I want to barf or cry when I look at it.

I know to some ppl this would still be considered heavy, but it was the lowest weight I had been at in years. I miss looking that way!!

Over the past few months I've tried really hard to be upbeat and not get down on myself, since I couldn't control a lot of what was going on with my body. It's been really difficult though. 

It's now been 20 months since I actually felt really good. I would go through those first 10 months again, I did get my son out of it! But these last 10 months have been difficult. Not being able to figure out what's going on with your body and not being able to control how your going to feel from day to day has been very frustrating! I mean should I really feel like my body is falling apart at the age of 24?

I'm grateful to have gotten the answers I have about some of the things going on with me, even though I know there is still more to try and find out. I am slowly feeling better, I'm just not a very patient person. 

This picture is also motivating! I know I can lose the weight, because I did it once and I can do it again! 

I'm about half way to my first major goal, which I find exciting! I do think its been a lot of water weight, seems like I am going/running to the bathroom constantly. I am now lower than I was when I had my son last July, I never really lost weight after I had him...so that's another plus! I had really only gained major weight in the last 2 months of my pregnancy which would make that starting to happen a year ago, so I am hoping that at least the next 20 come off pretty quick. I guess we will just have to see though!

Sorry if I sound whiny, I just got depressed seeing this picture. I remember when I took it and feeling like I still was so big and now I would give about anything to be there again. Hopefully with a little time, dedication, and motivation I can get back there!

Hi Again!

It's been a crazy few months, to say the least! 

In Febuary I was diagnosed with hypo-thyroid

In March found out I was deficient in Vitamin-D

In April I was diagnosed with PCOS

Now in May found out I'm low in progesterone hormone.

It's been one thing after another! I'm hoping and praying that's the end of everything that's wrong. Little tmi but I've been bleeding for about a month now so if the progesterone they put me on doesn't stop it within the next week I've got to go in and have more test done...ugh

Anyways with dealing with all of these I did hit my highest weight again. Which was not only fustrating that I saw that ugly number again, but that I was eating 1300-1500 calories a day and was still gaining like crazy. 

Thankfully with all the meds. I've been put on I'm starting to feel a bit better. The past two months I've been able to mostly maintain my weight with maybe a pound lost here or there.

A few weeks ago after doing some research on the thyroid and PCOS I decided to try and go gluten free. It's been difficult, and I have slipped a couple of times but I'm trying to get use to it! 

With going Gluten Free and the combination of meds. I have now been able to lose 21.2 pounds! Which makes me incredibly happy since I know with the thyroid and PCOS problems it can be very difficult to lose weight. 

I'm hoping to be able to get more exercise in, since its still been difficult for me to get some in. 

My first main goal is to get back into the overweight BMI which is in about 27 pounds. I'm hoping to be there by my sons first birthday in July but alot of it will depend on how my body reacts and me keeping up the dieting and more exercise.

I will hopefully be posting here alot more now that I'm getting back into the swing of things. Thanks for all those who actually still follow me!