January 2013 Weigh In-

This month I could have done better. I also could have done a lot worse. I let my cravings and the holidays get the best of me. There were two weeks where I didn't even bother tracking my calories because of holiday sweets and cake. Still, I did manage to stay on top of my exercise, and I did lose weight. It was a bit of tug and pull though, I'd lost, then regained, then lost again.

We've also been battling a seasonal bug that swept through the house. Trying to keep up with everything while sick has been difficult, but I've done my best. I made sure to meet my weekly exercise goals each week although, again, my diet has been hit and miss.

I weighed in this morning at 175.8 lbs, down from 179.6lbs last month. So I've lost about 3.8 lbs this month. I lost another inch off my waist, and an inch off my hips. So, progress!

Since March 17, 2012:
Weight lost: 51.2 lbs

Inches off hips: 11.5

Inches off waist: 11.5

Total weight lost since January 2011: 74.2 lb

I'm still on Metformin, and I've recently restarted my Thyroid medication as well. I'm going to try and focus more on my diet, since I think that's the biggest obstacle for me these days. I'm also thinking of switching out some of my walking for light aerobics with an exercise ball.

Since I started losing weight, I've seen a huge improvement in my PCOS symptoms. I don't know how much that's the increased Metformin dose though, and how much is the weight loss. At my biggest weight (250 lbs) I was on 1,500mg Metformin daily, and my symptoms were awful.  I was getting an incredible amount of skin tags, and getting dark skin patches all over. Once I increased my dose to 2,000mg (and switched to ER), all those issues started to clear up. Here in the past year, I haven't had any noticeable issues with them at all. I think the Metformin has made a huge difference, but I think the weight loss has helped as well. I still have issues with a lot of my other surface PCOS symptoms, but those two issues were by far the most prominent.

Anyway, I'm still making progress and that's awesome. I just need to stick to my guns a little better and continue to reaffirm my resolve.