Andy Lien

I’ m down metformin side effects in women 10 lbs, exactly.

I know.  RAH.

But, here’s how it happened:

Day 2:  -1.4
Day 3:  -4.2
Day 4:  -4.6
Day 5:  -0.0
Day 6:  +0.2

WHAT?!?  I GAINED 0.2 lbs?

This is metformin hcl 850 where the mind games come in.  This is one of the reasons why it’s recommended not to keep track of weight loss too frequently.  I had expected a good water weight loss at the beginning and I got it.  I didn’t expect to keep up losses of 4 lbs a day…but I didn’t expect a screeching halt then a GAIN.

But, yesterday I freaked myself out about not losing anything.  I got uber-uptight about it.  I drank a whole lot of water in the late evening but also ate a bunch of puffcorn.  I don’t know  how that helped or hindered, but my focus was too much on numbers and not enough on trusting the process.  I will lose a great amount of weight by being on this 1500 calorie diet.  Last time, I lost 69 pounds about five years ago.  I know it works.

I just have to trust it.

Instead, I woke up in the middle of the night with a dog who thinks he’s injured but is really just a nut and I was flustered, stressed…so I went to the cupboards.  I came back with a bag of chocolate chips.  No, this isn’t the story where “Oh my gosh, I ate the whole thing.”  I can’t do that since the surgeries.  Before the surgeries, NO PROBLEM.  But, I did mindlessly munch on chocolate chips before falling back to sleep.  Without any idea of how many I ate and knowing I certainly didn’t need to eat them to survive the night, it was Emotional Eating at its finest.

So, there you have it.  A victorious first Weigh-In Wednesday, but not without its troubles.

Thank you for reading.