8January2008
Posted by Les under: GI; WLS; Weekly Weigh-In; Weightloss.
Since today is Tuesday and The Biggest Loser is on tonight, I weighed in today. My starting weight last Thursday when we got the scale was 228.8. Today’s weigh in is 225.2 which is a loss of 3.6 lbs or 1.57%. Hey, that is the lowest I have been in probably over 5 years.
Yesterday I went to the GI doc. We got to talking about my weight loss, mostly because the last time I actually saw her… was when she did my colonoscopy when I was trying to get approved for WLS. She had only looked at my last weight, which was only an 11 lb loss… but then when she went back and saw how much I have lost since Dec. 2005, she was impressed. Yah, that would be the ticker!!
Anyway, I can’t believe that today I am sick. After seeing the GI doc yesterday, today I am home with a sick stomach… It really bites!!!
7January2008
Posted by Les under: Karate.
I went to my first kickboxing class today. It was really cool. The cardio part was really kicking my butt, or should I say my legs. 
I was able to keep up for the most part… there were only a few times that I had to slow down… and I did have to take an inhaler… but that is ok. Especially since I know that if I keep going, I will be able to keep up without a problem!! The part I really liked was when we started the boxing… I already knew 2 out of the 3 we did… from Karate!! I has learned #2 for the big show, and that was the one thing they didn’t change on us. The best part of all was when I put on my pants (the kickboxing pants have a white stripe down the leg… like my belt… which will have stripes through the middle) they were HUGE… and they were the same size as my karate pants when I got those. It felt good being able to take those back to her today and saying, I need a smaller size please :) Oh, and when I put it in the calorie calculator… 1085.9 I felt like it was definitely worth it!
7January2008
Posted by Ken under: Life.
Just checking to see if everything works from Windows Live Writer, if I get the urge to post something from the work computer.How do I look so far?
6January2008
Posted by Ken under: Life.
Just checking to see if I can post with my blog editor. If this works, then next is Windows Live Writer tomorrow.
6January2008
Posted by Les under: Life; computer stuff.
It’s a new year… so we will have a new look!! And to top it off, Ken is going to join me on here. Yes, I will probably use this to talk about all my medical stuff, but we are working on weight loss and signed up for the Biggest Loser’s Million Pound Matchup. At this point, I had to reinstall wordpress, so I am just trying to see if this even posts!!!Oh, and in the process of uploading all the new files, I lost all my side bar stuff, which will make dh happy!!! Yes, with him participating, I won’t have all my fun and frilly!!
4September2007
Posted by Les under: computer stuff.
(and for some reason the nice long post I had written back in September… disappeared when I hit save!!)
19July2007
Posted by Les under: Dr Appointments.
So Monday I went to the Orthopedic doctor. Ok, that was a HORRIBLE experience. I should have followed my gut. They sent me to a different office than the ones that did Ken’s ankle. I decided to just go where the PCP referred me. Oh my. That office was HORRIBLE. When we went to Ken’s post op appointment today, I asked his ortho doc if he does elbows. He said not for what I need (he does ligament transplants) but he has a partner that is really good at what I need.
Basically I went in, spent the $50 for our copay to have him tell me I have ‘carpal Tunnel’ of the elbow (it had a different name, but it was carpal something). Basically I have an Ulna nerve compression. So, I am to wear my splint… and not use my arm… yah, I am right handed. He said that since my EMG (he just kept calling it a nerve test) was negative in May that there isn’t anything they can do… but I am classic, with the radiating pain and all. Yah, so what he wanted me to do is come back in a little over a month and if I still have symptoms, then he will order an EMG. I am hearing $$$ signs going in my head, and I said, ‘Well, since I am already a patient of Dr. B, why don’t I just get the EMG (and I am using the actual test name) before I come back, because I will obviously know if I am still having symptoms. It was like a light bulb went off or something… he thought that was a really good idea. What he doesn’t realize is that I am not stepping foot back in that office and when we were at Ken’s appointment, I made an appointment for a week after my EMG to see a different doctor at the OTHER orthopedic office!!! I will be sending for my films!! (the doctor was ok… for the whole 3-4 minutes I saw him… long enough to tap on my elbow and ask if it hurt… DUH, and then he tapped on my hand and said, sorry, nothing I can do). Can I blame it on him being a Man???
9July2007
Posted by Les under: Weightloss.
I have no clue if I have lost weight or not, cuz the scales we have at home SUCK (yah, I think I am back using that word again… I need to break that habit again.) So, my goal for today is to go weigh myself at the doctors office, since that will be consistent. (and I will coordinate the 2 when I get a new scale).
Anyway, on Micheal’s birthday party, I saw my friend (and Kerry’s SIL) Desireé. She is on a weight loss list with me (Skinnie Mommies on yahoo) and so I knew she was working on losing. She looks SOOO great. Last year she decided she needed to lose the weight, and she said on July 31, she went in for her last Latté (which she then found out they have Non-fat :)) She is like this skinny woman… and totally motivated me.
Ken gained back almost everything he lost last summer, and with him being home and not being able to do ANYTHING til he can walk again, I decided that I was putting all of us on a diet. (Ok, eating better) So, I cut him back to 1 sandwich again, and started including a salad at lunch. All I know is on the 4th, I spent the whole day pulling my pants up, cuz they kept sliding down. (when I weighed myself last week, I am not sure where I was, cuz AF was visiting)
Then last week, Ken, who is a faithful reader of my friend Carrie’s blog, was completely motivated by Carrie. She did a Couch to 5K program, and on the 4th, she actually ran a 5K, (and she wasn’t done with the program) and she not only completed the 5K, but she did better than her goal. (she wanted to do it in an hour). Anyway, he said he wants to do this program when he is walking again. I asked him if it was something we could do together, and of course he then asked me if I could run? Well, if I PRE-MEDICATE, I am thinking if we work up to it, then I probably could. If nothing else, I can try, right?
So, I did go buy a bottle to have my water in. I even took it with me to Omaha this weekend, it is sitting here on my desk, so I will keep doing that. I know that for me, that drinking water is the biggest key to my losing weight. I just need to be consistent!!!