I saw Macik for my nine month checkup today. It actually went well. The appointment began with his nurse asking questions and wanting to know if I had any concerns. I told her my main concern was that the scale has not moved significantly in 8 weeks. I have been up and down a six pound range since the first week of school. She then asked about my exercise. I explained to her everything I was doing. She then asked about my food choices. I gave her a list of my staples, and we talked about not being 100% compliant. I showed her my GoWear Fit and explained on heavy exercise days I am burning upwards of 3000 calories. I also explained that compliant or not I am not eating 3000 calories of food, which is what it would take to maintain my current weight and exercise. She seems to think I need to add in more calories, but make them pure protein. She also recommended I cut the carbs to jumpstart the stall.
When Dr. Macik came in, he did not harp on how much weight I have lost and how much time has passed. He looked at me and said it is about becoming healthy. The fact that I am doing physical things I have not done in years or ever is a great improvement on top of the fact that I am no longer on any diabetes or blood pressure meds. It was a very pleasant appointment.
In GREAT news, my mammogram came back clean with no new growth! The tech told me unless I find any changes I do not need to return until I turn 40 for a regular scan. Woohoo!
I made it to the basement this morning for the elliptical workout, but did not go on my walk/run this evening. I am quite sore this evening from the tennis outing yesterday.
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