Dieting Club: 50 - 100 Lbs Community

Hi Marybeth
good job sticking to plan and walking is really the best exercise in my mind anyway...
Glad to hear you are getting another check up on the wrist maybe the new doc from the states will have different input
Good that you are still loseing in spite of your situation..
Hugs Judy:)

Hi Marybeth,
sorry you are having so much residual pain with your break. Make sure whenever you are sitting or lying down that you support your cast at an elevated level. When seated use your good arm to get your cast up on a table or even put a folded pillow between you and your cast if a table isnt available. When lying down, you should always ALWAYS put a pillow or two under your cast , from elbow to wrist to raise it up to at least level with your prone body or better yet, just above your prone form. Casts are heavier than we think and that extra weight constricts bloodflow like you wouldn't believe, which in turn causes swelling and pain.
I've been thinking alot about your continued weightloss , which started right around the time you were put on "inactive duty". It's hard to figure out exactly how much we do in our lives , just by doing our regular duties. Marybeth, is it possible that you had maybe WAY UNDERESTIMATED or under charted your daily activities? I'm wondering if , while you were trying like heck all that time before your accident you still couldn't budge your weight, if maybe you were not actually eating enough calories to feed your activity level...... only thinking this because now that you are doing less, you are losing..... perhaps when you get back into doing everything you were doing, you should up your daily intake by a few hundred calories to better balance it and continue on your losing streak....
just a thought, you don't have to do this, but that's my opinion of what was happening for so long.
huggs
k

Great news about the doctor and the weight loss. Onederland here she comes! Keep us posted about your wrist! Praying for a smaller cast and no complications to your healing.

I probably am already in onederland. This cast must weigh 5 lbs!

LOL Marybeth. All you have to do when you see that American dr on Sunday, is when she gets the first cast off and before she puts on the new one, tell her you MUST weigh yourself. If she has any heart at all , she'll understand perfectly.
huggs
k

I hope you will get a better fitting cast; that should make your life a little better.

And congratulations on the weight loss - that can at least serve as a form of consolation for you in this awkward period.

Sorry about the troubles but hopefully the new doctor will be able to help you better. Yes weigh yourself when the doctor takes it off before they put it back on. Glad you have managed to stay on your journey. Congrats to you in sticking with it through a tough time.