I'm Tweaking My Goal

When I saw my surgeon today, he asked if I had a specific goal weight in mind. I said I'd officially be out of the 'overweight' category at 145, according to the BMI chart. But I've never weighed 145 in my adult life, so I'm not all that confident I'll get there.

Dr. M said he thinks 160 is a good goal, I would be pretty healthy at that weight and if I keep losing beyond that point, great. But if I stayed between 160-165, he said that would be a really solid goal.

So I'm changing my ticker to reflect the new goal. Which is kind of exciting because now I have even less to lose before goal! I'll keep 145 as an aspirational goal, but I won't drive myself nuts trying to get there if I find I taper off at 160 or in the 150s.

Also, I did mention to my doctor that I had a terrible time getting in touch with him when I was overfilled earlier this month. I told him exactly how I had tried to get in touch, and he seemed surprised when I explained I called the office three times and his service once over the course of 24 hours. He said he must not have gotten the evening page, and he apologized for not having gotten back to me.

Oh, and the storm? The one that brought warning after warning and cancellation of all activities? Hasn't hit yet.

The Storm's A-Comin'

Apparently we are on the verge of getting a huge wind storm. So big that the public schools are dismissing an hour early and canceling all after-school activities, causing mothers everywhere to scramble afternoon plans to pick up our children. I also just got a reverse-911 robocall from the town warning me to expect downed trees, road closures and flooding.

Where I live, a big wind storm means we are going to lose power. Fo sho'. We lose power when a light summer breeze passes through town, so I am just praying that all the chicken stock I made and froze on Monday doesn't end up going bad. I'm heading out now to get some more flashlights because ours are for shit.

I got a fill today, back up to 5.5, which is 0.25 cc's less than when I was overfilled. I haven't tried to drink anything yet, busy day, but I'm hoping all goes well since it seems I'll be preoccupied with other matters for the next 48 hours.

I had lost a few pounds before I got sick from the overfill, then lost a lot from being dehydrated, then gained some back from the unfill. Today when I weighed in, I weighed exactly what I weighed when I got the fill that proved to be too much. So the whole experience netted me exactly zero pounds lost between Sept. 2 and Sept. 30.

Here's hoping October is a more productive band month for me.