So, I'm on a diet. Isn't that just HILARIOUS??? I mean, seriously, isn't that just the iconic New Year's joke? How ridiculous is that? For Pete's sake! I've fallen for the traditional pitfall of all pitfalls!
However . . . I did put on a few pounds over the holidays . . .
I blame it on my medication . . . um . . . yeah! It was my Lyrica - notorious for causing weight gain. But I wouldn't trade it for the world. Really, it does tend to cause weight gain, but I take it for the pain of my fibromyalgia, and it reeeeally does work. And it doesn't give me the rotten side effects that painkillers do, so I just love it. I'm not taking narcotics for the pain anymore, so I just feel so grateful. I'll just have to work a little harder to shed the extra 8 pounds the Lyrica (and the holidays!) made me gain!
So, the local wellness center and the hospital have this big "Meltdown" weightloss program, like The Biggest Loser kind of thing. You sign up with your team, pay $20 and go on a diet for 3 months. Whoever loses the greatest percentage of body fat at the end of 3, 6, 9 and 12 weeks wins prizes and money. Cool beans! I have no doubt we won't win, but it does motivate me to not be the idiot who doesn't lose weight each week when we weigh in, so the pressure alone should help!
Yeah, stress and pressure!!! Just what I need!!!
So, anyway, last night I ended up with some nasty stomach bug, and was stuck in the bathroom for a couple of hours. This morning I weighed myself, and I had lost 5 1/2 pounds! Hooray!!! The diet is working already!!! LOL Does that count?
Hey, I'll take it anywhere I can get it.
:)
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