Friday, September 16, 2005

WW Weigh-In: Week 5 -- 276.4 lbs (0.8 this week; 12.8 total)

Well, I opted to go weigh in this morning. Hubby was good enough to get up and take me. I tell you, for all his late-night french fries, that man is a prince. (A prince who is likely counting the days 'til I can drive without a co-pilot, I'm sure!) I didn't stay for the meeting, but instead came home with Hubby. I don't have to be at school for another three hours, so I'll eat lunch here before I go (thus taking care of the staff potluck situation).

I knew walking into WW this morning that I wasn't going to see much change on the scale. I'm feeling kind of "heavy" today, partly because I wasn't thinking about the sodium yesterday. I'm also struggling a bit with working my efforts around my school life. It's not that I'm over-eating, or giving in to temptations at school. It's just that the water isn't getting into me, and I'm not planning things very well. I have to put more time into it than I'm used to, and may have to start getting up earlier.

The other thing that concerns me is that I'll soon have to go back on some medication that's somewhat legendary for causing some people to gain weight. I have Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) and we're starting to get to that time of year when I should be easing into the meds. It takes three weeks to become fully effective, and my body usually starts heading into "hibernation" in early October. I know I need to take the meds, because without them, I really have difficulty functioning on any useful level for about five months of the year. But I'm also afraid that they will undo all of my hard work, and make continuing to lose weight difficult, and I'm dreading them.

Take each day as it comes, I guess. As long as I've made my lunch first. :)

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