The Dr.'s scale showed a bigger loss than mine. Her's said that I've lost 17.5 lbs. Mine says 13.2. I think that I will stick to my scale because it is digital and it is the scale that weighed me the same as the expensive ones used at Weight Watchers. Her's was one of the regular Dr. scales on carpet. Anyway I have lost a lot in 9 days and the Dr. was so happy! I did find out that I have been doing exactly what she expected me to do. No bread, pasta, rice and potatoes, no sugar, no artificial sweeteners except Ste-via and no oil except Olive Oil so that also means no butter. Trust me it can be done and I've been o.k. other than the withdrawals. She also has me eating low glycemic and maybe this weekend I will do a post with nothing but the information sheets that she gave me if you think that you would like to follow it.
I showed her the True Lemon drink additive like Crystal Light that I have been using that does have 1 gram of sugar in it. She said that it was fine. I also got approval to use My Fit Foods Protein Supplement Mix which I really do like that is sweetened with Ste-via. I told her that I had gotten my Diet Coke Zero down to 1 a day at dinner and I was going to try really hard to give it up this weekend. I told her that I just enjoy it with my dinner. She asked me when I had it did it make me hungry in the evening and have cravings and I told her "No." She told me that I could have 1 a day as long as it didn't cause cravings or increase my hunger.
She did look over the 9 days that I tracked on My Fitness Pal and was very impressed with how I was eating. She told me that I did not have to track any more. She agreed that tracking is not good for people who have Eating Disorders because it makes too much focus on food. I also told her that I got so focused on calories that I stopped eating mindfully and she did get a little excited about that and told me "No, you must continue eating mindfully! It is important to just eat enough to satisfy and not be stuffed or full." I told her that I would start doing that and with no tracking and weighing and measuring some things that I would focus more on that. She doesn't want me to weigh and measure anything. She said if you eat like you have been mindfully you will still have good weight loss each time we see each other. So for the next two weeks I'll eat like I have, forget that my nutrition shows that my fat is 50% of what I'm eating but she said it is perfectly fine because it is healthy fats. Olive Oil and Avocados plus the trace amounts in the other things. This is real different from anything I have ever done.
I did talk to her about our anniversary being this weekend and how I have been craving a potato. I asked her if I could have a few bites of potato this weekend and she said yes. She said to me "Laura, this is not a diet but a lifestyle. I didn't take away things to make you miserable but I had to so that you would become sensitive as to how carbs affect you a little at a time." She went on to tell me that if the potato made me want to have potatoes the next day and/or I felt bad after eating them such as a drop in my blood sugar that we would have to say good-bye to potatoes. She said if I eat them without any affect to how my body reacts or how I feel then "on occasion" I could enjoy a few bites of potatoes. The same with Ezekiel bread. I can try it doing the same way. If it works for me then I can't have it every day but every once in a while. So these are the two foods that we are going to test the next 2 weeks and go from there. She really knows her stuff. I really do like her. So let's see what happens over the next two weeks making these changes. I'm so pleased with her approach and knowledge I really wish that I could have found her years ago!
Today we took Ernie in to see the Specialist and my baby has a nodule on his liver. It is only 9 mm and is smooth and not rough edged so that is good news so far. They are doing some extensive blood work on him including some of it going to Texas A&M to their Veterinary Clinic. They did start him on an antibiotic to see if it would help the liver counts due to inflammation. He will have to go back in 2 weeks when he finishes them for a repeat of blood work. Depending on this first batch of blood work they may want to do an aspiration of his liver in the near future but they didn't feel it is necessary at this point.
They did tell us that our Vet uses a Equestrian blood machine which is used for horses. They can give you some false readings. The are retesting him on a small animal machine which will be more accurate. The Specialist wasn't so concerned that his ACL count was up but at one point his Hemocrit level was high and that says more about the liver than the ACL. We really did like this Specialist it was more like talking to a Dr. than a Vet! His pancreas, adrenal glands, gall bladder all look good. The liver looks good with the exception of this nodule. His left kidney is showing some age but his right kidney is perfect. So if we can figure out this liver problem then our Ernie is in pretty good shape for a 10 year old little boy. Don't faint be we spent nearly $1,100 today! YIKES!
My ankles and knees hurt from all the walking, riding in the car and all that stuff. I also saw pictures today on Facebook showing that Downsize construction is progressing and will open next month. I can't wait to get started there. I know that is going to help my transformation along with this Eating Specialist and the work that I have done with the Eating Disorder Team.
Tomorrow, I'm going to have lunch with Doreen. That is if I can walk!
Wish me luck!
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