Which would you like to hear first? I guess I'll start with the bad news and get my whining out of the way first. The scale is up this week. Granted it's only half a pound, but the frustrating part is I have been working so hard at this. I've been following Weight Watchers faithfully since Thanksgiving and I've only lost about 2 and a half pounds. What's worse is I'm starting to begrudge people at the meeting who lose more than that each week. Selfish, isn't it?

In reviewing my diet, exercise and lifestyle, I'm even more annoyed because I'm eating less food (and healthier food, at that), exercising more, drinking water and even getting more sleep than I had been. But I'm still not losing. What do I need to do? I'm open to all suggestions, except "be patient." I don't do well with patience.

My worry is that my weight loss is being hindered by insulin, and there isn't much I can do about it right now. I know this is one of those things that gets debated back and forth. Most people say insulin doesn't cause weight gain, its the food you eat that causes weight gain. It's the juice you drink to treat lows that causes weight gain. It's the extra calories you take to feed the insulin that causes weight gain. But that doesn't seem to be the case here. I haven't eaten extra calories or treated lows.

I can pinpoint when my post-partum weight loss stopped: when I started taking insulin again. Shortly after that, I visited my dietitian to get a new meal plan, which I followed to a T, and still didn't lose weight. Then I started up at Weight Watchers, which is the only plan where I've really been able to lose weight because it restricts calories. I combined my dietitian's plan with the Weight Watcher plan, not only counting "points" but exchanges as well.

Last week, I switched to the Core plan, which seriously restricts the fat in your diet by allowing "all you can eat (until you're satisfied)" of a list foods that are low-fat, high-fiber or lean proteins. I followed that in combination with the exchange diet I'd previously been given (quite a challenge, by the way). I felt healthier, but the scale actually went up. Not surprising, I also tripled my insulin intake last week to get my blood sugar back under control.

How can you tell me insulin doesn't cause weight gain after all this?

Now for the good news. My blood sugar is much, much better. After having some fastings as high as 200 in the past few weeks, I'm pleased to report this morning, my fasting was a beautiful 88. My premeal readings are also coming down, and hopefully, I'll post a not-too-bad A1c at the end of the month.

I just started back on Metformin yesterday, which is supposed to maybe (please) help with the weight loss as well as help get my numbers back into the healthy range, and hopefully, decrease the amount of insulin I need to do that. Wish me luck.