So this past week has been tough, if you've seen any of my earlier blog posts.  I've been hungry, food has consumed my thoughts, and some days I haven't done as well as I felt I should have.  Still though - I did WAY better than a typical day prior to my pre-surgical consumption.  So I SHOULD be seeing some loss, even if it's slow.  I had lost 12 lbs. in the first 12 days since my no-carb diet started 7 days prior to surgery.  That was my last visit to my surgeon's office.  I have a scale in my bathroom too - one that I rarely used prior to beginning this.  I've tried to weigh in just once or twice a week, but this week has been every day.  Because I feel like I'm mentally a bit out of control, but I wanted validation that I was still doing well enough to be making forward momentum.  A week ago on Thursday, I'd lost another 3 lbs., according to my home scale.  That was a total of 15.  I was really encouraged by that.  But these past few days the scale has gone back up - frustrating.  And it didn't seem to matter if I had a near perfect day, the scale was telling me otherwise.  I communicated all this to my husband last night, saying that I was afraid that when I went to weigh in today at my doctor's appointment, the scale might show that I'd gained a few of the original 12 lbs. back.  He told me that the scale is a whacky one - that it never gives an accurate reading unless it's perfectly flat.  And that our tile floor certainly wasn't that.  For a moment, I had hope.  Then I realized that even if it's off by a few lbs., I should STILL see it going down.

Today I have my first fill scheduled.  So I figured I'd get on the scale just because I wanted to see how close my doctor's scale is to mine (I realize this is pointless since I'll have weighed myself at home buck naked, prior to any food or liquids being consumed.  And by contrast, I'll weigh in the afternoon at my doctor's office, fully clothed after having had both breakfast and lunch.  But still.)  I made sure to put it on tiles vs. any of the in-between sections between the tiles.  I was expecting it to say what it had in the past few days - which was around 308 (I'd started out at 318).  To my great surprise, it said 299.6!  WHAT?!?!?  I got off and got back on.  The same.  I got back on after moving the scale slightly, and it said 300.00.  F THAT noise!  I'm 299!  Lol.  Then I moved it a lot, very haphazardly, and it was 303 or so.  BUT THAT's STILL GOOD!  I'm now very excited to keep going.  This was just the boost I needed.  If my scale is accurate, I'm BACK in the 200's after several years above 300, and it would mean that I've lost 19 lbs. since Nov. 3rd. - which is 2 days shy of one month.  I lost 25 lbs. in about 4 months a good 10 years ago now (when I went from 250 to 225), and it was LIFE CHANGING.  I never thought I'd do this so fast.

I won't be surprised if my doctor's scale says I'm still above 300 later today.  I'm expecting that.  But still - I'm on the right track.  I just wish I could start to see the difference in my clothing or body/face overall.  I figure a few more lbs. and that'll be inevitable.