Monday, August 15, 2011

For my friend Lyn

Escape From Obesity (http://escapefromobesity.blogspot.com/) is a site I have been reading for a very long time.  It is my favorite weight loss related website.  She made a great observation in her latest post about weight loss stories on-line.  To paraphrase, the stories are of two kinds, the first is the person loses 100 lbs and then gains it all back the next year the other story is losing and gaining the same 20 or so pounds and then giving up.  I think these are the kind of stories that make it in to blogs but Lyn's story is different and probably more real than all the others I have seen.  No where is this more evident than in her list of weight loss and gain over the past four years.  I decided to share my own list. 

I was compiling multiple spreadsheets that I have created over the years along with weight information I have stored on Weight Watchers and SparkPeople.  I was amazed to find that I have a record of my weight at least once a month for the past 6 years and sometimes every week.  CRAZY!!!!  I knew I was obsessed.

The best part about this exercise was that I actually felt good about the information.  I started filling in life events like pregnancies and diets I was on that coordinated with the weights and I liked the picture it painted.  I was able to actually forgive myself for many angry little things I say to myself.  I realized I have put my body through a great deal and it hasn't given up on me.  My body has given me my children. 

So here is the list with all kinds of supporting data.  The diets are OA=Overeaters Annonymous (Not really a diet but we will discuss that later), WW=Weight Watchers, HMR=Medically Supervised Meal Replacement Program.  Enjoy.


DateWeightEventDiets
05/01/05222Started Overeaters AnnonymousOA
06/01/05207 OA
07/01/05198 OA
08/01/05192 OA
09/01/05186 OA
10/01/05182 OA
11/01/05176 OA
12/01/05176 OA
01/01/06174Met my husbandOA
02/01/06180 OA
03/01/06184 OA
04/01/06184 OA
05/01/06189Got engagedOA
06/01/06182 OA
07/01/06184 OA
08/01/06186 OA
09/01/06189Got marriedOA
10/01/06192Pregnant 
11/01/06194Miscarriage 
12/01/06199Pregnant 
01/01/07204  
02/01/07209  
03/01/07215  
04/01/07222  
05/01/07227  
06/01/07232  
07/01/07238  
08/01/07247  
09/01/07232Delivery 
10/01/07227  
11/01/07225  
12/01/07222  
01/01/08219  
02/01/08216  
03/12/08215Moved to New House 
04/12/08215  
05/01/08219  
06/01/08215  
07/01/08213  
08/01/08210  
09/01/08215  
10/01/08215  
11/01/08211  
12/01/08214  
01/01/09227  
02/01/09229  
03/01/09227  
04/01/09233  
05/01/09244 WW
06/01/09228 WW
07/01/09230 WW
08/01/09227 WW
09/01/09233Diagnosed with HypothyroidismWW
10/01/09228 HMR
11/01/09223 HMR
12/01/09220 HMR
01/01/10222 HMR
02/01/10217 Vegan
03/01/10227PregnantVegan
04/01/10229  
05/01/10239  
06/01/10242  
07/01/10245  
08/01/10249  
09/01/10257  
10/01/10279  
11/01/10279  
12/01/10279Delivery 
01/01/11244  
02/01/11241 WW
03/01/11241 WW
04/01/11241 WW
05/01/11247 WW
06/01/11253Moved to Another State/New JobOA
07/01/11246  
08/01/11247 WW


1 comment:

  1. Wow, that is quite a record! I love how you put the events in there. Our lives are like a song, with ups and downs, highs and lows, a beautiful melody. I really appreciate you sharing this and writing it for me :) Thank you!

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