It seems the "acute attack" of gout is lessening. I can almost bend the toe fully and it doesn't look like a small, purple balloon anymore. I can walk almost like a normal person again, so the resume of exercise is around the corner. I am also down two more pounds without exercise, powered mostly by some portion control wins.
All in all, good news.
I had french fries yesterday - it was a British-pub themed restaurant, so they were actually "chips." And onion rings. But, I kept them to a minimum and I didn't go buy any cake afterward on the theory that "Well, I've already violated my diet ..." - that kind of thinking usually gets me in trouble. Not yesterday. I'm getting stronger.
I'm not excited about it taking the better part of a year, at my current rate, to hit 400. Two pounds a week seems slow compared to previous 14, 10 & 5 pound weeks. But, once we resume exercise we should see some faster results. I'm not complaining, I just want to reach my goals. They seem so far out there.
They're coming. I'll get there. It's only January.
In the win category, I got into a couple of tee-shirts this week that I thought were going to be too small. My big problem with shirts is my belly. It hangs low and is apron-like. I wear a size 6X tee-shirt to get a long enough shirt to come in below the line of my belly. Also, a larger shirt flows around my belly instead of stretching around and making me look like a sausage! I noticed that a couple of my shirts were flowing better than average. I tried on a couple of older 6Xs that had shrunk with time - they fit pretty good. I tried on a 6X made by a different manufacturer that had been WAY too sausagey when I bought it. It was indeed better, but still too tight. That's okay, it will be a good indicator as I go down. The best thing about that last shirt is that it's even longer than the others. I worry as I lose weight that the skin of my belly will droop - I know it's not a pretty thought, but I can't afford surgery just yet and I hate to tuck! Talk about making me look like a sausage! Tucking is the worst!
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I had my very first gout attack last week. After the attack has completely subsided I took Zyloric to get rid of the excess uric acids. I first took Tramadol to relieve the pain. You can see the complete drug study of these medicines at http://medsheaven.com/index.html
Be sure to drink plenty of water or fluids to flush out the uric acids. Gout really Is a hassle. But if you know how to counter attack it once it appears your in the right track of taking care of yourself.
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