Today I had my yearly check up with my dr.
You should of seen the look on his face when he looked at the weight his assistant wrote down for me.
He asked me to stand up and he looked me over, shaking his head.
I told him I started Atkins April of this year and initially lost about 12 lbs and have continued to this day to lose more "
inches" than "
weight". I told him I started out at 152, got down to about 141 but I weighed in at 157 (clothes on) at the office. I know scales vary.
He said I looked about 125 and was shocked to see 157. He said I looked like I lifted weights as my arms have muscle or definition. I explained to him that I haven't been working out but that I too have noticed more definition in my arms as well as the weight gain. I asked him if I could be building muscle due to the protein? (I never really have been a meat eater or protein person until this woe) and is this why I'm up on the scale? He said "maybe".
He checked me to see If I was bloated or retaining water, or looked swollen and everything looked fine. He asked me if maybe I miscalculated my starting weight and that maybe I started out at a heavier weight?
I assured him absolutely no way.
My b/pressure was borderline and he had a copy of my report on my cholesterol from May from my regular gyn. It was high then, he retested me today, still waiting results.
We started talking about other issues and he came back to my weight and asked me if I'd like to take Meridian. I declined of course as I didn't think he thought my weight was a big issue since I assumed he thought I was lifting, which I'm not!
He then prescribed Dyazide (diuretic) to help lower my b/p and to help water retention IF I was retaining water which like I said before he didn't feel or see any swelling.
I'm to return back in three weeks to take a stress test on the treadmill, also he'll check my blood pressure as well. I'm still waiting for the results of todays blood work regarding cholesterol and trigs.
I don't make a habit of carrying before pictures of me in my purse but he was making such a big deal about my weight that I took out a picture and showed him. He was shocked and amazed that I lost so many inches but yet my weight went up?? Again he asked me if I was lifting. Will eating protein put 10 lbs on me and make me look like I'm lifting? Or is it just definition I see in my arms, less flab, more muscle? He never really answered my question.
So my question is this: He was shocked at my weight number, offered me Meridian, then told me I needed to lose weight but that I looked like I weighed 125, so I guess the number on the scale does count, right? It's not the inches.
If this dr. judges me by the scale number when I'm actually building muscle (I think) and getting into smaller sized clothes then what will another dr. think?
Has anyone gained from Atkins but still lost inches?
And if so at this rate I'll be 185 in a size 7 pants, ridiculous.
Also I am taking a low dose estrogen pill, have been since 96 when I had a total (ovaries removed) hysterectomy.