Thursday, August 22, 2013

Weight Loss Version 2.0

In the words of Bob Marley "Everything is gonna be alright."

I have not been blogging lately. Its hard to blog about failure. Since June I been dealing with some injuries. I talked with my doctor and she told me to take it easy.

I found out that I have Gout. A horrible pain in the joint of the big toe that spreads into the foot and ankles. Gout is caused by elevated uric acid levels. Uric acid comes from certain food such as seafood, red meat and caffeine. It causes crystals in between the joint most commonly in the big toe. Every time you bend the toe, walk or flex the joint, it breaks the crystals and causes pain that will bring the toughest person to tears. Even a sheet touching the toe causes insane pain.

The doctor gave me new pills that lower uric acid. This will make the pain subside, allowing me to get back to my exercise. One side effect to the pills the Doctor gave me is Weight gain. :( :(   Its such a hard decision to make. Do I take the pills which causes me to gain weight, or do I not take the pills and have pain where I can't exercise which will cause weight gain? I decided to take the pills. It might cause wight gain, but that means I have to work that much harder to loose.

I have reevaluated my weight watchers journey. I have tried to stay on track with my eating. There have been days where I want to give up and eat all the horrible food. But for the most part I have stay on track. As always Maria has been there supporting me 150%. We have been going to the San Diego Zoo to try and get our exercise. Its might not be much but its something.

Currently I am down 80 lbs. I have to keep reminding myself that. Even if I go up a few I am still down overall. My injuries are finally feeling better. I was able to get my active link over 100 today, that has been a struggle since June. Getting 50% was tough.

I am back on track. I will get my exercise ramped up again. Once I do that the pounds will start to come off again. I am very close to hitting the Triple digits number. I can't wait to wear the shirt Maria got me for that event.

Again "Everything is gonna be alright."

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Todd
The Amazing Shrinking Dude