Week 3 - More of the same!

 Another week is in the books.  I'd love to say that I have lost a bunch of weight this last week but that is not the case.  While it didn't go up it didn't go down by as much as I had wanted.  The lowest weight that I saw on the scale was 214.6.  So it's still down from the 217.6 that I started at.  However today when I got on the scale I was at 216 which I've seen before.  Not sure why but that's what it is.  The lack of weight loss in the past would bother me, and it still does now, but I'm happy that I'm off of my blood pressure medication.  Numbers have been looking really good (this morning's was a bit higher than what I've seen however).  While the weight isn't going down I feel like I'm putting on some muscle, even if it's a small amount! I'm hopeful that at some point the weight will come off and I can begin to see onederland!  It's going to take time and some experimentation to get there.  

A couple of things to note about last week.  The first is that I had a Dr's appointment with the skin doctor and they found something that needs to be removed. So I go back in October to have it removed.  Secondly is that on one day last week, I can't remember which day, I was very anxious.  I almost called into work because of it but it kind of went down and I was able to deal with it.  Also on the day that I have my skin dr appointment I had my blood drawn to check my thyroid medication dose (it was to see if 88 mcg was a good dosage).  Things had come down but once again we adjusted the dosage up to 100 mcg and I'll need to get a blood draw in 6 weeks.  

On the running front I got in 4 days last week, I think.  I was feeling really good on Wednesday so I put in a really hard 2 minutes....I really shouldn't have.  When I ran on Friday my legs were super heavy and I just wasn't feeling it!  Once again I should have ran this morning but also wasn't feeling it. So I'll run tomorrow morning and get in some miles on the dreadmill.  

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