Treatment effects and Alli

So I have started to notice that even when I do not take Alli, I have treatment effects if I eat a greasy meal. Last night I had a mostly healthy dinner but I did have a couple of Kaitlin's fries from McDonalds before we went out and I had fried potatoes with dinner. I had some pretty nasty and painful stools afterward. I didn't take the Alli at all yesterday, so that was kind of a shock. I felt fine after it all passed other than have a sore bum for an hour or so afterward.

CAUTION--VERY TMI

We had spaghetti for dinner. I had some treatment effects afterward. all I can say is ewwww. There was this yellow film on the toilet paper after I wiped. My stool was oddly colored and semi-loose and there was film on the toilet water as well. It was quite nasty. It was not painful and did not having me running to the bathroom. Nor did I "shit myself" as my mom swore I would from taking this stuff.

naps and other thoughts

The baby and I took a nap on the couch this morning. It was nice. I needed it very much. I woke up with a start this morning and was not able to fall back asleep. O slept through the night in her crib and I hadn't heard her all night. I woke up thinking something was wrong so I ran downstairs. She was fine. She just turned sideways in the crib. She was sleeping away so I got myself woke up, made her a bottle and fed her. We had 2 1/2 hours of time together this morning without anyone else awake. I love the sound of my house in the morning. The PEACE and QUIET. Very early morning is the only time this house is quiet.

When K woke up, I woke up hubby and made breakfast. We had eggs with mushrooms, onions, and green peppers in it and sausage on the side. A good hearty breakfast. K loves onions and green peppers. Odd for a 2 year old if you ask me.

So I did have some treatment effects after dinner last night. TMI WARNING~~~~~~~ I had a very soft stool. It felt wierd but honestly if that is my only treatment effect I can totally deal with it.

I stepped on the scale again and it said I was down another pound. I am pretty freaking impressed. I know it is not just the Alli. I know it also is due me watching what I put in my mouth. I watch everything that goes in me. I think about it before I eat. I used to do that but I also wrote down everything. I will probably start that again soon but for now I am doing really well without having to write everything down. I think that Alli is the boost that I needed. I am only going to update my ticker on my check in day. That way if I do gain or lose, I am not constantly updating it.

It is 11 weeks to the concert. I would love to be back in my favorite pair of prepregnancy jeans by then...Size 16. I was 220 when I wore them and they were a bit tight. I think if I can get down to 215 they would fit perfectly. I would LOVE to be able to wear them to the concert. Hell, I would love to be able to just wear more than 1/4 of the clothes in my closet. I would love to be in a size 12 by O's first birthday and that is the ultimate goal. Of course a 10 is even better but I do not want to get any smaller than a size 8. What am I crazy?!?! NOPE. I like a bit of curves. That is part of being a woman.

Once I lose the weight I want to take a picture of myself in my biggest pair of jeans as a reminder to what I have accomplished.

2nd day

I had no treatment effects today. I was pretty excited about that. I ate well. I worked all day. For dinner tonight we are having BBQ chicken sandwiches, left over stuffing and baked beans. I don't feel like cooking. My feet and back ache from work.

feeling better

I no longer have the rumbling in my tummy and I never had any major problems. I had a slight episode of a little bit of gas. Nothing major.

oops spoke too soon

I spoke a little too soon about treatment effects. I am feeling them now. It is really not that bad. A bit of a rumbling in my tummy. Not like I am hungry, not painful, not nauseous, just rumbly. No gas, no "shitting myself" (see the post about talking to my mom), just a rumble sort of feeling.

Both kids are now in bed and I was going to do another round with Cindy but hubby has taken over the TV, so I will just do my crunches before I head off to dreamland and call it a night.

day one

no treatment effects so far today. I only took 2 pills today because I did not eat breakfast. I had a diet cola. Bad I know but I wasn't hungry at breakfast time and I didn't have the pills yet then either. I am kinda nervous about tommorrow because I have to work all day but I will just make sure that I eat ok in the morning and I packed a lunch, a ham sandwich, fat free yogurt, and some canned fruit. That should be ok and I shouldn't have any effects. It is not possible to go to the bathroom at work other than at break time so I need to not have any effects. I should have thought about that before starting but oh well.

I ate pretty healthy today. Ham sandwich and fat free cottage cheese for lunch, a snack of honey roast bunches of oats in the afternoon, cheeseburger macaroni hamburger helper, a slice of bread, and green beans for dinner.

So I talked to my mom

about taking Alli. She has been working on losing weight too but is not being very healthy about it. She told me not to take it because it will (and I quote her) "make me shit myself". I explained the treatment effects to her and told her that I could have side effects but that can be stopped by not eating a lot of fats which is required to lose weight anyway. She told me she is taking relacore. (insert sarcasm here) Yeah like that's healthy, considering that she is not watching what she eats but how much she eats. Well whatever to each their own. I do have to say though that she has been losing weight. She just started relacore so it is not contributed to that so much as that she hardly eats. She never works out.