Monday, June 17, 2019

Body Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes During and After Weight Loss

Hello!

My body has been through a whirlwind of changes this year alone.  In January, my blood pressure and A1C levels were off.  The doctor tested my A1C for three months, and deemed me just fine.  It seems that my levels of all kinds are off, because of the tremendous weight loss, my insides are freaking out, and trying to keep up.  I thought, wow, I lose 100 pounds and then get diabetes?  What a twist of fate.  Everything was fine.  Then, my BP went up and down.  Too far up and too far down.  It was a roller coaster, and it was making me sick.  Turns out, I needed to come off two of my four BP meds!  Awesome!  Let's eliminate where we can!

I was also told that I would have to start magnesium and iron supplements.  That was easy, and the magnesium stopped my restless legs!  My protein was also low in my bloodwork, so I have been drinking a protein drink in the mornings to increase that.  I don't want as much meat as in the past.

Now that the emergent problems were handled, I started to see the leftover me that was happening.  Everything on my body is learning that gravity works, and is sliding down to my feet!  Okay, not to my feet, but enough.  For all of you who are wondering, because it is the top question I get, YES, there is extra skin when you lose the amount of weight that I have lost.  I detest it, and I want to eventually have a tummy tuck, but nothing else.  I have seen scars from friends who have had the arms and legs done as well, and they aren't pretty at all.

The choice to have surgery or not is a completely personal decision.  Frankly, I don't want to put myself through unnecessary surgeries.  I don't have the money, either.  I am already sliding, and there's another 80 to go!  UGH.  I'll look like a Shar Pei!   There are wrinkles in places you wouldn't think:  thighs, arms, and even your wee booty!

None of these unpleasant things are enough to deter me from losing, but I will have to find a way to live with it.  I wish I could get it all done in a way, and I'd have a brand-new me!  HA!  That's not realistic.  I just want my thin self to come back out - she was and is fun.  Not terribly thin, but healthy.

Thanks for reading!

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