First off I gained 5 lbs this week. Not lost. Gained. :tounge_smile:

Medications -

Up until last Saturday I had been talking the following medications.

Benicar - Blood pressure medication

Antenolol - Blood pressure medication

Furosemide - Heavy diuretic (water pill)

Klor-con - Potassium pill (counter balance to the furosemide)

It's great that I am able to go off these medications now and that my blood pressure is doing so well. My blood pressure reads on a continual basis to be in the middle of the normal blood pressure range. With my legs over the last week I have had a minuet amount of swelling not the measurable amount that I had in the past. I also have not worn the compression socks that I have so I will wear those over the next week and see if that makes a measurable difference.

What I am not sure about is going off the Furosemide. I know that some of the weight I gained this week is water weight but I just don't know how much of that is. It's something I have to work through.

Exercise -

I have to say this has been a decent week for exercise. Of course walking every evening after work but also I have been good also in getting out at lunch time to walk. It feels great to know that I am pushing myself harder with this but I can tell that I still need more. I am going to have to add some additional exercises to my daily program to continue my weight loss.

Food -

I have made some bad food choices this week. There has been a couple of times that I snacked on stuff I shouldn't have and I know that I am eating more then I should. This has to change and is changing starting today. I can tell that I need a fill and I do have a scheduled fill on the 26th. I just wish it was sooner to help me with this hunger that I have been getting. I have to be strong once again and have the will to keep working at the weight loss. I am so close to breaking that 400 lbs mark and continue on down.

Overall -

Overall this week is a wash to me. Off medications and doing good with walking but bad food choices resulting in a weight gain. I have to really step it up more this next week. I have had a steady weight loss since the middle of October. In the middle of October I weighed 465 lbs and today I weigh 415 lbs. So yes that is a total of 50 lbs since then and since my highest weight in January of 2008 I have lost a total of 70 lbs but I have a lot more to go and need to keep focus on what it is I am doing.

I guess this is my two steps forward and one step back week. Now get moving forward and don't let this discourage me is what I have to do now.

Go Gators! Saw the hat :tounge_smile:

I just wanted to say that 50 lbs is an incredible amount of weight to have lost (my 6 year old son weighs 50 pounds) and you're doing great. The downward trend is what's important, not the week to week stuff. Of course you know all of this, but I thought you'd like it confirmed. You should be immensely proud of yourself!

Pete,

You are right, some of your weight gain may be from stoping the lasix. (furosemide) Are you noticing swelling especially in your lower extremities.

If you are making good food choices and still gaining weight like that you need to let the doctor know. You don't want to put on a lot of fluid. It wouldn't be good for you.

Keep up the great work. You will get there!