loobe1066 wrote: »

Don't know what is wrong here only letting me post one line this is annoying

I blame the government.

And yes, losing weight helped me grow my hair back! Not really, there was just a time when I shaved my head over a challenge - I *really* don't have any pictures of me from that time other than that.

And interestingly enough, if you look closely, you can see that my head is getting bigger! It must be my ego!

loobe1066 wrote: »

Congrats on the weight loss 31lbs that's amazing well done. I see as a result of losing weight you have been able to grow hair I hope you were forewarned of this side effect hehe.
Unfortunately I don't have any recent pic of me that are suitable for public viewing but when I get one I will post. I have posted a couple of old ones in CJ's community. I will try and post here tomorrow. I will also try to read your blogs tomorrow. I know the blogs you have recently posted on your wall have generally made me smile.
Keep up the good work and thanks for your support
Lou

You often smile at the ramblings of crazy people don't you? Be honest, you won't hurt my feelings!

Okay, I don't know how this thread turned into Binary's progress report, but I wanted to share an update with all of you: When my mom passed away, I slammed face first into a plateau. I thought it was because I wasn't counting my calories properly, that I was snacking too much - something, right?

Well, it *was* something I was doing - I had accidentally dropped my calories too low. Because I was constantly struggling with not going over, I decided (before mom passed) to drop my calorie goal to around 1,700 - figuring that I would go over, but it would put me right in line with where I needed to be.

So...when someone dies whom you deeply love, you can forget things. *ahem* I forgot about dropping it under and was trying to make my calorie goals!!! In reality, I would either make them and feel HORRIBLE, or I would blow them out of the water by well over 1k cal in a day - both of which were causing a major issue in my weight loss attempts.

I finally gave up a couple of weeks ago and said, "I can't do this anymore, I feel like I'm starving myself!" and I readjusted my goals to 1.5lbs per week. I figured, losing is losing, even if it isn't the MAX each week, it's still better than NOT losing, which I was doing very well on my own.

When I did so, it reset the correction I had made...

My calories jumped up by over 400c per day! What a difference it made! I felt fuller, snacked less, wasn't panicking every time I got close to my goal each day, in fact I would see that and go, "Good, because I'm full."

Well, today was the proof in the pudding, or in this case the scale - I've dropped 1.4lbs since last week.

While I've heard about eating too few calories and stalling your weight loss from it - I'd never experienced it until now. Hopefully from here on out, the weight loss can continue a little more smoothly with only short plateaus - no more 2 month plateaus!

So, it looks like the first procedure has worked. There will be a period of waiting for me to heal up and then a second one will be done. After healing up from that, the third and final one will be done, which should clear up 50% or more of my lower back pain.

For those curious about what happened, you're welcome to read my blog found here.

I will caution you however, there is a section in the middle that shares my thought process during the procedure. I had to write it down and I will not hide anything from my dearest friends, so I will not delete it. However, if you do not wish to know what lies inside of me, skip that part. Please.

Peace and love to all.

Wow! What a difference! You can really see the improvement over time, that's awesome! Gentle high five...

cjdsign wrote: »

Thank You @BianryFU !!! Now if I can get the heart working correctly, I can get back in the water. I can see my torso getting stronger and I can hold myself up better. No cane in last photo. and I am walking without cane on carpet with bare feet (Non Weight Celebration!). Gentle High FiVe Back!

Look at your legs, just above the knees! HUGE difference! Really looking great. Patience with the heart, I've heard time can heal a broken one of those. (sorry, had to go for the play on words)