Tough week...

This has been a tough week. I had an appointment at the start of the week to see the specialist who is working out why I have a raised ALT count in my liver. I had an ultra sound scan about 2 weeks ago and the doctor doing the scan seemed pleased with what he saw, I took this to mean everything was ok. Well, I was wrong. The specialist told me the results showed that I did in fact have what is called a "Fatty Liver".

This means my liver is storing fat rather than expelling it and if this does not change over time, it will cause damage to the liver. At the moment I don't have any damage and the doc thinks that because I am carrying pounds on the outside, its not helping my liver. At the moment, the only treatment is to loose weight and see if that reduces the ALT level. I now have an appointment in six months time to see if my weight lose is working.

Hearing this put me in a crap mood and also made the diet far more serious than just getting into smaller jeans or looking better. I now have to lose weight to maintain my health so I've felt under much more pressure this week.

I have however lost another 3.6 pounds which I'm really pleased with. 360lbs is now my new target. If I can hit that, then I'll really feel that my new eating habits are working. I'm not even working out yet. I have a reclined bike I need to set up which I'll do when I get back from South Africa next week.

So, for now, things are still going ok, but I really need the weight to keep going the way it is so I can get rid of this fatty liver.

BJ