Weight: 235

Gain 1 lb - this is a good thing, smallest gain weeks.

The rapid weight gain started back in early December when started to do more exercise, after trying to take the advice of my general .  I had gone to her for a flu shot and wanted to discuss the plateau I had hit, because I hadn’t lost any weight in a few months.  She said she wouldn’t talk to me until I was working out an hour a day to the point of exhaustion and pain.  Well that isn’t going to happen, but I did increase to about 20 minutes a day four or five times a week, and continued through the pain (which was really awful in my joints and my knee swelled until it was bigger then my head) and the weight gain, until I reached the point that I just couldn’t take it any more and stopped about mid-January.  I’m still paying for it, the weight gain is still happening, but at least the terrible joint pain has gotten some what better.   

The appointment with my cardiologist is this coming Friday (Mar. 28) - and we will go over the test results of the stress test and echo cardiagm that I had done recently (annual followup) and hopefully the cardologist can stop the inflammation, fluid retention, and help me to at least get back to the 194.5 that I was stuck at before.   After all this, at least it makes hitting a plateau for several months seems like a good thing - so now if I can just get back there I promise I won’t complain too much about not being able to lose any more.

For the record here is a review of the weight gains for past several weeks from my lowest weight yet on this diet.  

Week 97 Weight 234 gain 6.5
Week 96 Weight 227.5 gain 4.5 lbs
Week 95 Weight 223 lbs gain 8.5 lbs
Week 94 Weight 214.5 lbs (note: had stress test cardologist staff confirmed previous weight gain is most likely from the congestive heart failure)
Week 93 Weight 214.5 (lost 20 lbs, reduced half of the fluid weight gained)
Week 92 Weight 234.5, gained 19 lbs
Week 91 Weight 215.5, gained 9.5 lbs (overnight)
Week 90 Weight 206 0 lost overall, but lost .5 of gained)
Week 89 Weight 206.5 (0 lost overall; lost 1.5 of gained)
Week 88 Weight 208 lbs (0 lost overall; lost 8.5 lbs of 24 lbs gained over last 3 weeks from 3 day indulgence over holidays gained 19.5 lbs and the 4.5 lbs gained for no reason weeks 85 and 86, as of Jan. 4, 2008)
Week 87 Weight 217.5 (+18.5 lbs, 2 days indulged for holiday) (update: additional 1 lb gain from New Year’s Day indulgence Jan. 2 weight 218.5 lbs)
Week 86 Weight 199 (+4 lbs)
Week 85 Weight 195 (+.5 lbs)
December 7 - Week 84 Weight 194.5 - lowest weight on this diet so far, before weight gain started

Rate:
2.5

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