I've always had issues with my weight. When I was a child I remember a kid on the playground calling me "Fatty". Looking at pictures from that long-ago era, I wasn't fat, not even really chubby, but that one comment left a psychological scar nonetheless.
I grew up, and my weight went up every year, until I reached 224 pounds and decided to have lap-band surgery. I quickly lost about 40 pounds, and reached a plateau that I stayed at for the last 3 or 4 years. I didn't do much to help break the plateau - I've always loved food, and don't exercise. I weighed myself once when I got to my Summer Palace and had gained 6 pounds. So I put away the scale and decided to just live my life.
About 6 weeks ago, I heard Dr. Oz talk about how people on Statins for cholesterol can get muscle cramps, and how a supplement of CoQ10 can help avoid that. I had already experienced that side-effect several times, so I decided to give it a try, along with Glucosomine Chondroitin with MSM to help my achy joints.
I noticed that my pants were getting loose, and wondered if the cheap fabric in them was making them stretch out. Just in case, I weighed myself too. I had lost 10 pounds, and was only a pound away from getting out of the "obese" category! As of this morning I had lost another 6 pounds, which is freaking me out a little bit. I haven't done anything differently; my eating habits remain the same and I'm still not exercising. Maybe the supplements gave my metabolism the boost they needed to break through that nasty plateau?
To get out of the overweight category, I still have to lose another 25 pounds. Wonder if I'll see that number in my lifetime?
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