shrinking_sarah
7-ish month check-in w/ Dr. C.
Jul 25, 2013
Met with Dr. C yesterday. I was really close to the goal he set for me in May. Not quite there by my count, but close, and I don't think I could have done more, really, so I'm happy.
He thinks I'll lose another 20 lbs, but I'll have to fight for it, of course. That's about 5 lbs more than I thought I could lose, but I trust him, so I'm going to try. I still do not have a firm grasp of the whole body fat percentage/lean body mass thing, but he really feels that my lean body mass will adjust so that I can get to 139 and have a healthy body fat percentage, so I'm going to listen to the man who went to medical school. :)
He wants me to do more strength training, which I will make my focus on non-running days. Of course he wants me to keep staying on-plan with eating. Originally, I thought I'd do a body scan around 150, but he said I should do a dunk test instead (done--it's closer) and wait until I get to 139.
I think what I'll really do is plan to do it at 139, but if I get to a point where I hit a wall and the scale just is not moving for multiple weeks (it's pretty common for me to have a great week followed by a week of nothing), maybe I'll go ahead and do it just to cheer myself up, lol. And of course I'll do the cheaper test whenever the Y offers it no matter what the scale says because it's $10 and what the hell.
So. I left feeling pretty ok. Part of me wonders if he was trying to be nice because Gabriella told him to be nice, but honestly, I'd reached a point that no matter how this visit went, I knew how hard I'd been working, so his validation was superfluous.
He also suggested a supplement for me to take for a couple months that might help prevent additional passing out episodes. L-Carnatine or something like that? I'm headed to GNC to find it. And while I'm at the mall, I may peruse Ann Taylor. I hear there is a sale. . .