I can't tell you what a relief this is.
I won't tell you all the numbers involved, but I will tell you this. I've lost just over 4% of my body weight. I've lost approximately 11% of my goal loss.
How'd it happen? Well, I think two things came together:
1. Strict low carbing. What can I say? It works. I've been a lazy low-carber for years now, so it was easy to drop down to strict low carbing. Since I've been lazy low-carb for years (since 2000) also means that I'm not missing any comfort foods, but I'm also a lucky person in that I'm not an emotional eater and I don't eat for comfort. I've been averaging 20 to 40 carbs per day and usually around 1200 to 1400 calories, with a couple of planned lapses for social commitments. This also means that a good bit of this loss was/is water weight as de-carbing dramatically de-bloats a person, but I'm not complaining. Last time I tried strict low-carbing was before my wedding in '04, and I didn't even drop a pound of water weight, so that brings us to point two.
2. 88 mcg/day of levothyroxine. I still don't think I've got a normal metabolism, let alone a fast one, but I think I do have a metabolism now. Life is so much better than a year ago, and I'm coming up on a year of treatment now. My chronic headaches are all but gone, I sleep better, I nap much much less, I get hungry for meals almost every day, my skin has cleared up, I sass my husband more (the poor thing), my energy is better, I'm less sensitive to comments, my nails are growing, my hair is growing faster (meaning I have to change the style to save money at the hairdresser's!), and even before the weight loss I'd lost my permanenent myxoedemic bloat. Looking at pictures from a year or two ago, I barely recognize the tiny-eyed, round-faced person there.
It's certainly worth a pill a day. Next checkup in a week! I am hoping for another increase.
At the moment, I'm not crediting exercise for the weight loss. I'm at the moment an intermittent Crossfitter - I absolutely adore it. I had intended, since I was one month into this newest venture, to restart Crossfitting this week after a three week lapse, then my pesky husband went and sprained his ankle*. I'll try for next week.
I'm concerned about this weekend - we're going away with friends for a couple of nights and I've got to sacrifice a little bit of control over my food. I'm seriously considering bringing a bag of cheese along so I can opt out of meals.
* Softball injury, yes they won the game. He's fine - can even get his own coffee now and is down to one crutch. He's a bit uncomfortable, and the ankle is impressively swollen, but improving. Thanks for asking :)
