Final

11 plus pounds and 8.5 inches!

Coming Home

I decided to come home a week early. With my feet problems it is evident I am not going to loose the kind of weight I expected. I have gained  alot of strength and endurance that will carry me to better fitness when I come home. I have learned alot about diet as well. I do belive however that the diet here is way to carb laden for me. Even though it was only 1200 calories a day we had very little real meat, mostly beans, tofu, rice, fruit, taco's and wraps etc. I could do well with a 4 OZ chicken breast, some asparagus and a small freen salad.
I will finish out the week since the steroids will take a few days to do their job and I dont want to hobble through the airport in Vegas as it is very big. In the meantime I can continue working on upper body strength and some cardio on the nustep machine (pretty much non weight bearing). We also have stretch and toning classes that I can benefit from. I would say pool classes too but it got really cold and windy this week so I am skipping pool for a couple days.
I will be home at 11pm Monday night. I have to leave her by Sunday am, so my roomate has 2 free nights at the Monte Carlo in Vegas and I will stay over alone on Sunday night. I am broke so not much chance of loosing my shirt in Vegas!
See you soon.do a final weigh in saturday morn.

Decision Time

OK...I am back from the urgent care clinic. The diagnosis is Inflamatory Arthritis. He put me on steroids and said I can return to activities when joint pain subsides.
Not sure if I will stay or go home.

Urgent Care

OK...I feel like a Loser...but not THE BIGGEST LOSER! Today I can barely walk.I have been battling this for over a week now and today is the worst even with rest over the weekend. I need to make a decision weather to stay or go home. I am wasting allot of money by not being able to get everything out of the program it is designed to do. I weighed in yesterday and only lost 2 lbs this week for a total of 7 in two weeks. I feel like I am letting everyone down who is rooting for me.
They are taking me to Urgent Care in town in 30 minutes to see if I can find out whats really going wrong. I will let you know when I get back.
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Update

I am getting leaner. Only weighed in once last Sunday lost 5IBS. Will weigh in tomorrow.


30 IBS isn't going to be realistic. I hope for 20.

I have injured both of my Achilles on the hikes the first week so I am no longer going on them nor can I use the treadmill.

I hope that doesn't stop my weight loss. The food sucks but I am to busy to really notice. Allot of Tofu!

I am still working out in 5 classes 45 minutes long each at least 3 of which are strong cardio.

I can get up to level 11 on the bike during class but usually hold at about level 5 and a speed of 85-90 for the 45 minutes. Plus I do an hour and half of gym and cardio on my own while everyone is on the Hike. We have water classes once a day which are hard but allot of fun. I am getting a nice tan from being in the pool so much.

The sky is always blue and the sun is always shining!
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Day 8

What a good day! I had a great hike today and found that I am standing taller and moving quickly right up the inclines with relative ease! I am starting to feel like I can do this.
We had Garlic shrimp for supper tonight, YUMMY!
I have made many new friends. It was sad to see people go home on Sunday. You can't imagine the bond that form with people on your team that help and encourage you to get through things. I am on Blue team this week with many new people.
Well I am off to tend to my blister and hit the pillow, 5:30 am comes quickly.
Nite
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