Lose 10 pounds

You know, it might be helpful if I had a scale right about now…

Anyway- I’ve lost about an inch and a half off of my hips and something off of my waist, though I’m not sure how much, exactly. Pretty silly, for setting a goal of losing 10lbs, eh?

So I think I’m doing well. I may be eating a little less but the main thing I’m doing is getting more exercise and trying to sleep more like a normal person. For what it’s worth, I’m also drinking around 3 cups of puer tea a day on average. Supposedly it has weight-loss properties… but I genuinely like it, so hey for the doubled benefits :D

Edit: I forgot to add that I’ve also been taking 3-8 drops of Queen Anne’s Lace tincture a day. I read in one of my herb books that it aids in weight loss and in losing water bloat.

I use a very flakey bellydance tape to get my exercise. It is the only thing, other than tai chi, that I can stick with for any length of time. The presenter is a space-cadet and throws in a lot of sometimes-incorrect New Agey bits of fluff… but at least it gets my heart-rate up. And I get to wear a jangly, lovely hip scarf.

I need to go to the grocery- not to get diet food… heck, 90% of the things left that I can eat without getting horridly ill are “diet food”... I simply need more/more choices of edibles.

Day 1 is always easy. It’s all of the days between Day 1 and Goal Reached that are hard.

I’ve gained around 15lbs since I fell ill. I’m tired of being this heavy- I’ve never been this heavy in my life.

Recently, I found out my size by going clothes shopping. I feel horrible. I know I don’t look that big and indeed, some people would like to be my size but I don’t like being a size 12. And not a junior’s size 12 either.

What really motivated me however, was a trip to the doctor. Though he is an insensitive bastard, what he said made me feel gross, it hit home. Since I gained that weight, I have some stretchmarks on my belly. He pointed at one on the right side and asked me if I had had an appendectomy! He’s not lean himself but crap it made me feel like a balloon.

I hope to be able to lose this weight in 6 weeks or so but I’d be satisfied to lose it in 2 months, especially during the holidays. What sucks though is that I’m on medicines that make it hard to lose weight. I could stop the one but it wouldn’t be worth it, long-term. I need to do it. The problem is being able to exercise when my condition is flareing and I’m in so much pain I don’t want to move.

Well, enough pessimism. I can do it. Willpower!