Doc Visit

I'm going to ramble and have no organized thoughts here, so bare with me...
I had my annual done today. Always fun :(
I freaked a little cause he seemed to stick on one area of my breast for a while. Then he moved on so I guess it was nothing.
He told me my weight is too high to try and have babies right now. Talk about a slap in the face.
I hate south beach. I asked the MD if weight watchers is OK. He said it is so I am gonna do that instead.
I started Metformin today. 500mg twice a day, with food. So far no side effects. Well, I do feel like I need to poopy, but thats normal for this time of the day.
Everything I had lost the 1st week of SB I gained back the 2nd week. How retarded is that!
I painted my kitchen. Next is new light fixtures and hardware for the cabinets. I also want a rug for in front of the stove.
Now it is time to go home so I out.

Day 4

Well I have been on the South Beach diet for 4 days and I have lost 5.6 pounds. I had to take down the ticker that had my first goal of 15 lbs on it. I didn't save the page I created it on and I couldn't update it. I will try and make another one later.
I am happy with the results of the diet but the food is lacking. Everything I had read talked about the symptoms from the withdraw from caffeine, sugar, and carbs but I didn't expect it to be this bad. The books say you won't be hungry. I am though. because I don't feel full until I get what I want, and what I want right now is McDonald's and some Sonic ice cream. The 1st two weeks are the hardest because you are detoxing. That is supposed to make the cravings for the bad foods go away. There just aren't many options for food. I went to Barnes and noble last night and got a new cook book. Hopefully that will help me find some stuff. Once I am on phase 2, which is after the initial 2 week, there are more options and..... I can have coffee again. Thank you Jesus. Last night we ate baked chicken, spinach, and mashed potatoes that actually had no potatoes but instead cauliflower. They were good while they were hot. Once they started to cool down they tasted like cauliflower, which I don't like. For lunch today I will have a salad from the salad bar here at work. My snacks are 1 cheese stick, 3 celery stalks w/ 1 laughing cow cheese wedge, and 1 sugar free jello. Oh, and lots of gum. Since I have starting dieting (for real) my nicotine cravings have come back. But I will give into chocolate cake before I give into that.

Appt w/ the Hemotologist

Well let me say that was a waste of $40.00. My appointment was at 1:30. I arrived by 1:15. I had my weight checked and was in the room waiting till 2:10. The doctor talked to me and confirmed what my mom has been telling me for ages. He thinks I have thalassemia. [ WEB MD-Thalassemia (say "thal-uh-SEE-mee-uh") is an inherited blood disorder that causes the body to produce less hemoglobin. Hemoglobin helps red blood cells spread oxygen all through your body. Low levels of hemoglobin may cause anemia, an illness that makes you feel weak and tired. Severe cases of anemia may damage organs and result in death. ] That explains why my bloodwork comes back anemic at times and fine at others. At least I know, but I have wasted so much time when I have repeatedly told doctors I think I have that since my mother and aunt do. So after that I had to go wait for the bloodwork to be done. I didn't see the nurse for that until 3pm. I was very antsy.

I have my next appt with my RE on the 19th at 10a. I'm pretty sure with all the blood tests back he is going to prescribe metformin for my PCOS.

I added a ticker at the top of the page to make the countdown to my first weight loss goal. Once I get to 15lbs Hubby and I are going to celebrate. Either with dinner at the melting pot [http://www.meltingpot.com/] or a baseball game. We will choose once we get closer. So far I am at 4lbs, and since I have only been on this diet since Sunday that is pretty good. I know it's water weight but it's still awesome to see the numbers going down for once.