Starting over, Day 1

Hello again guys! I'm so sorry it's been so long since my last update. A lot of things have happened recently that have totally thrown me off. Firstly my boyfriend came to stay for his birthday, so I just sort of let myself go then (although I didn't gain any weight at all... =D), and directly following that I had an exam. You know what happens with exams: revision eating, panic eating, celebratory Thank-God-It's-Over eating... The works.

And although I have two more exams, I'm not too worried.

Why? Well, today I finally got to see my doctor. For the first time in my life I got a doctor who knew what he was talking about, was well educated and had obviously been in the profession a long time. As soon as I explained to him about my Poly-Cystic Ovary Syndrome, and how the medications I've been on before have been ineffective, he came to the same conclusion as I had. Consequently he prescribed me with Metformin, which is exactly what I'd hoped he'd do.

I don't know if it will have any effect on my weight, but here's to hoping it will at least make me healthier! Today has been another celebration, and so I think I'll start again. I'll weigh myself every two weeks, I think, so see if the Metformin is doing anything. (I can't weigh more often than that, because I don't own scales. The only free ones are at the doctor's...)

So, todays aim has been to eat between 1,000 and 1,300 kcal.

How'd it go?

• Yoghurt -- approx. 78 kcal.
• Raisins & cranberries -- approx. 155 kcal.
• Some kind of vegetarian taco from the canteen -- approx. 350 kcal.
• Rice and steamed veg (carrots, peas, cauliflower) -- approx. 150 kcal.
• One chocolate chip cookie -- approx 200 kcal.
• One mug of coffee -- 50 kcal.
• One apple -- 90 kcal.
• One glass of coke -- 200 kcal.

Total for today: 1,273 kcal! I think that's pretty good, actually. I had a good amount of veg and fruity goodness, and to be honest I actually regretted that glass of coke. But hey, I was socialising with flatmates watching the UK election results. They were drinking alcohol, so I compromised and had coke (I've been drinking water all day!) I don't really like coke though, so I won't do it again.

As of today at 2:30pm, I weighed: 70kg exactly. (Or 154.323584 pounds).

I need to weigh (according to my doctor): 60kg. (Or approx. 132 pounds). That seems like a lot to me, still, but we'll see how I feel if I get there!

Kitty
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