Revolution of the guts - what a wonderful weekend

Realising that it is the weekend coming, I decided to "let go a little bit" to reward myself and had these on Saturday
a) a chinese takeaway
b) a slice of cheese cake
c) peanuts

Bad bad bad... these are not just high calorie food, they also have  high oil content. I paid for it.

Sunday has been spent reading magazines in the toilet. Metformin + Xenical + oily food = DISASTER.
Gut wrenching. That is what it was. Went through 2 lovely rolls of toilet paper. Enough said. 

Lets fight the fats!!!!

I found a really great blog  called "becoming obesity's worse nightmare!" That is so inspirational - I can see shed loads of determination there! I like the photos of those numbers on the scale between nicely painted toes  :) I dont think that I can do it. I have really ugly toes. 

That inspired me to immediately do a stock take of what I have done since 1st January, and what I continue to do:

Since 1st January:

1. get off the train one station earlier  on the way to work
2.  walk to the further train station, if I am not too tired by the time I go home
3.  substitute more pasta/noodles meals with konyaku/shirataki noodles! These noodles helped lose 1kg this winter, instead of gaining the typical 3-7kg!!!
4.  Only eat things that are really delicious, especially if it is "bad". No more cheap cakes and chocolates
5. Two size 14 trousers joined the "being worn" category. These replaced  2 pieces of  totally worn out size 16 trousers (ie there are holes there). They started off really tight and ugly, but a good reminded to stay away from biscuits and cookies in the office!
6. Started metformin

Continued from last year

1.  Xenical - no longer needed daily, since I am mostly "good". Only take when eating out (and suffered the consequences)
2. Walk, walk walk.. whenever there is an opportunity, I walk.
3. Ensure there is at least an "active day" a week - be it some time in the gym, or a few hours spent window shopping
4. Water... & fruit teas, avoiding juices 
5. Increased salads, reduced carbs!
6. TOTALLY refuse to purchase even 1 more piece of size 16. Size 16 is obese for my height. If I remain on this size, I might as well get naked or lose those bits.

Folic acid deficiency risk with metformin

Seeing the Pregnacare vitamin advert flashed on this site reminded me about an important topic - take folic acid if you are planning to become pregnant or already pregnant. Taking folic acid is particularly important when you use metformin. I just read a report a few weeks ago that metformin users are at a risk of folic acid deficiency. Folic acid deficiency during pregnancy put the baby at higher risk of spina bifida - one of those conditions I would described as " it is unlikely to happen, but if it happens, it is a tragedy".

The report I read gave too little info to tell whether you can prevent that by taking the usual recommended preconception dose, or you need an even larger dose. Yupp, another pill for me.