Confessions of a Veteran Dieter

I did have another stomach problem earlier this week, not as bad as the one two weeks ago, but bad enough to keep me out of work. The doctor has diagnosed it as an acid reflux problem so I’m on Nexium and Reglan for the next six months. Who woulda thought that reflux could make me so sick, but I’m thinking maybe since I had my gall bladder out last September, this problem could be a result of not having an organ to process that bile.

But enough of the lovely bodily functions talk, as of this morning I have lost a total of 14 pounds. So that week 6 weigh-in was mostly a result of the stomach thing, but I missed only two meals as a result of this weeks problem. So I’m thinking this is a rather accurate measurement. Yippee! Also, since my last visit to the doctor last July, I’ve lost 21 pounds. Yippee, again!

I think I’m going to be a bit short of the 20 pound total goal where I wanted to be at the end of Month 2 (which comes next week), but perhaps I can make up for it in Month 3.

So this week I haven’t been as good as I could have been. The stomach virus was last week, and this week, I haven’t done my exercising. But I’m not gonna beat myself up about it. I did it, but I can fix it this week… starting today as a matter of fact.

And there’s no week 7 weigh-in because the Monthly Visitor was this week, and I learned from last month that that’s no time to step on the scales.