I finished my dietbet. I finished with a 10 lbs loss and I was so proud of myself. However, I was disappointed to find out that I only "won" $100.30, which is not a loss, but only a $0.30 gain. More importantly, I stuck to my plan and lost the weight.
Right now, I have gained most of it back - about 6 lbs gained back right now but things have been really crazy. I recently had oral surgery, that I thought would be simple and painless, which turned into being very complicated and painful. My routine wisdom tooth and dental cyst removal had a complication. My mandibular nerve was stuck and fired the entire surgery. I was in excruciating pain, which could not have been avoided even with the maximum anesthesia locally (which I had). I would have had to have opted to be put under, which I did not want to do. I was awake, and terrified, despite having had a wisdom tooth out previously. When my tooth finally was removed from my jaw and taken out of my mouth, it was like a light switch - the pain suddenly stopped and I was numb.
My surgeon tells me that I have some nerve damage. I have limited sensation in my lips, teeth, gums, and chin. We (surgeon and I) are both hopeful that I will slowly regain some sensation in a month to 6 months. I will keep you all posted on that and how it is coming along.
In other news, mostly weight loss and blood work news, we have again entered the period of time where I can not under any circumstances cheat with food. I need to stick to my keto nutrition plan for the next 30 days, prior to my blood work for my endocrinologist. I am hoping this time I will have "normal" triglycerides and can be a normal human being again. The side effect of doing what I have to do for my blood work is that I will also lose weight if I do what I am supposed to do - so that's the plan.
Lastly, some ladies in my support group that I run, asked me to do a small accountability group with them because they need some support with a new nutrition plan and with meeting some fitness goals for work - SO, we are all aiming to lose 20 lbs by May 22. Right now, I am down 4! Shooting to go from 192 to 172.
SO here is where I am in my "before challenge" pictures.
Weight: 192 lbs.
BMI: 37.6
Body Fat: 36.1%
I think I look good from the front, but my goodness - the side and back view don't lie. Everything is up from before the holidays, measurements, body fat, BMI, everything and now it's go time. I will get back to and below 172 for May and get to my lightest adult weight ever this summer. If you want to follow my nutrition posts, I share them on my instagram stories on my page @photo_bombshell. Stay tuned!!! More to come!
