This Is the Best Day Ever

Well, not quite but it's pretty good.

Color me surprised. I had thought at the rate I was losing weight I would reach 230 lbs. by today. Then things slowed down this week and I thought no way. But I got on the scale this morning and I hit 230 right on the nose. I still have doubts I can make the informal goal I set of 225 lbs by February 1 but who knows. I'm on track, now having 6 days in my chain. I feel pretty good with minimal hunger (or maybe I'm managing it better) and I'm sleeping very well.

The only thing that bugs me is not being able to weight train. I'm bagging for it (family inside joke). With the setback to my hand/wrist rehab this week, I think I might have to wait until the rehab is finished to get back to training. So bummed. I've been walking almost every day but it's really not a substitute. As far as rehab goes, we've switched to ultrasound treatments and I'm continuing with the stretching and icing. We're also focusing on the ergonomics of my workspace. I need to figure out if that's what causing my problem and how to fix it. I've also started doing some trigger point therapy on myself.  The PT started probing my upper arm and found some very tender spots. This could be causing referred pain in my wrist. I massage the tender spot above the inside of my elbow and it does seem to lessen the pain.

On another good note, my resistance to carbs is getting stronger. Either my willpower is stronger or more likely the new supplements are doing their job. Our Wisconsin friends are coming this weekend to watch the Packer game and I told them "no brownies!" Brownies are my kryptonite and I don't need that temptation. I'm not ready yet to face the mother of all carb cravings. I'm giving the supps two weeks of evaluation. Maybe the true test will be the Super Bowl party, which we host every year and is a huge trigger of binging for me. All those people in my house and all that food to sooth the anxiety (big parties are an introvert's worse nightmare). I don't want to test my carb resistance too early but that would be the perfect opportunity to see if this is real.