Congrats to all who are doing well. And for those who are currently struggling, do bear in mind that trying to cope with difficult children in the household can be a major distraction and as parents, we do get into the habit of putting ourselves last. It's also a huge risk factor for those who tend to comfort-eat - you can be nibbling on their leftovers without even realising.
And hey, sometimes it just happens. Fluid build-up, maybe you had a bit too much salt on last night's dinner - who knows why?
All we can do, is pick up and keep going.
With my apparent stop to the weight loss - I'll see my GP in two weeks' time (if I don't have to go see her sooner) and I'll weigh myself again on her scales. If I haven't lost enough in the month since I last saw her, she'll be looking into it. She doesn't know me well enough yet, I hope she will believe me when I tell her I've not changed my diet. I had thyroid tests done about two weeks ago, after I saw the neurologist. A copy of the results should have gone to my GP, so I'll find out next time. I remember sounding off to my neurologist about the way he was preaching at me about how easy it is to lose weight. I pointed out, "You're male. Plus, you can exercise. That's two big advantages you have over me, when it comes to being able to lose weight. Of course it's easier for you. Please be aware, it's not easy for me. Also be aware, I've had doctors telling me all my adult life, that I'm overweight. And yet when I look at the weight charts doctors use these days, I was not overweight until after I had difficult child 3."
The neurologist was going to ring me with the thyroid test results. So either the results aren't in yet (after two weeks?) or they're nothing out of the ordinary.
Whatever happens from here - I'm now well into the habit of my current eating pattern. The biggest problem now is likely to be malnutrition, because I have cut back so far. You can't get enough nourishment on this low a calorie intake. I'm getting two to three serves of protein (each serve equivalent to one egg in size), about a cup of high-fibre carbs, one serve of fruit and maybe two or three of non-carb vegetables a day. Dairy - about 100 ml of skim milk. That's the daily quota. No sugar, minimal fat (about half a teaspoon in total). I'm not sure how many calories that is, but it can't be very much.
The urologist was talking about putting me in hospital - I know if they do that, I'll gain weight. Even if the hospital puts me on a low-fat light diet - last time that happened I gained in hospital.
I really can understand how people get anorexia. Even though I'm always hungry, I'm finding it quite easy to keep refusing food.
If I'm out for the day and need to eat something, I try and get to my favourite sushi place. They have a sushi train and one particular plate is my favourite - a slice of raw salmon wrapped around about a teaspoon of rice, topped with salmon roe. Two pieces is lunch. On Tuesday I had to get lunch somewhere else. I was going to skip lunch entirely, as I couldn't find anything safe enough to eat until difficult child 3 pointed out a "dieter's plate" at the shop where I was getting his burger. The dieter's plate was a piece of grilled fish, three pieces of battered calamari and a serve of salad, with a drink. And I couldn't eat it all! difficult child 3 ate the calamari (and had the drink), I managed the piece of fish and some salad (no dressing) but husband had to finish the salad.
I should be still losing. I'm less concerned about not losing in terms of "I want to get this weight off" and more concerned about why the weight is coming off so slowly. I'm not going to rush back to see my GP yet. By waiting, I'll know for sure. If there is not enough change after a month, I will know there is a big problem and it will be time to go back to the gastroenterologist and say, "Houston, we have a problem."
Anyway, each day food-wise is much the same, so I'm OK with things otherwise. I just have to remember to shovel food at difficult child 3 - he NEEDS to put weight on!
Marg