Is it Tuesday yet?

I should not , and had not been all that excited for check in day. Mother Nature is calling ( sorry male readers) , so we women all know what that is going to do. I had been walking, but really not as far most days as I like and well fell off the bus of writing down what I eat day in and day out, after the disappointment of gaining, back to my original weight the week that I had been doing that. BUT I have news! I do not know how long it will last, but it is time to rejoice! I shall celebrate ...even had my bubbly!

 

But before I tell you about what the rejoicing is about, I will back track a bit. Ok so you know it was our anniversary this past week...we went out, but we did not over eat, and I drank my water and we got our exercise, and I was feeling pretty good about myself....then I say this pic ... First , what was I thinking with the black bra under a pink shirt , so unlike me. ( sorry again male readers) ..I was feeling great that day, thought I looked ok in the mirror, not too bloated, belly had gone down...but my goodness, I guess my mirror lied me...I was even sucking it in here!  I do like my legs though, cause you can not see the cottage cheese in this picture ...oh it is there, trust me! So anyway, back to starting weight for that day ( Yes, this was taken last Tuesday, check in day) after being so good and trying so hard...blame the fibro, blame the hormones, blame being 44, genetics ...my pear/hourglass was , has been and is morphing into an apple ! I had always been so proud of my tiny waist and ability to hide the extra skin pooch from three births ( sorry yet again male readers) , but it is all there for you to see....WHY am I smiling in this pic??? Heck, why did I share it even???!!! There was a time that NEVER would have happened.

So why am I rejoicing this week??? Well, I woke up to 129.2 , my measurements have dropped a quarter inch all over, even in my thighs ( which are muscular under all that ripple ) It is visible...LOOK!
(re-creating the pose here...same shorts..yeah I know hiding bum...but that pretty much looks the same )
( please ignore ripples, lack of make up and well hair, not ready to talk about that...tomorrow...promise)

I know, so much excitement over just a tiny change. But you have to understand, a normal , healthy person can loose a pound in a week, keep it off and keep going, not so with fibro. We as I mentioned retain water very badly, the bloat is always a battle..the scale, always our enemy. I hear you , YEAH I am NOT wearing the pink shirt and it is tucked in, so maybe it is just not showing the bulk of the shorts...TRUST me ...it did not make a difference in the pics ...these just turned out the best.  Yeah , I also know black is slimming...again do not rain on my parade ...even if I saw no difference in the scale, the measurements made me do a happy dance for sure! 

So what changed? Well, first I started some all natural water pills. It might be cheating, and if I go off them, yeah the bloat might come back, but I so needed that boost. I have been upping my vegies ( salads three nights in a row!) , and working on the fruits. I still have my sweets, but portions have gone down even more...even finding on my Sunday donuts day I only wanted one, not two! I have cut back on drinking , which will cause me to bloat, so less ounces and skipping a nightly glass here and there . Been getting my water in consistently still as well as my supplements. OH and Slim Fast meal bars in the Sweet&Salty Chocolate have been a life saver! 

I do not know if this will last, scale could go back up, bloat could do the same , but for this day, this very day I am celebrating a small victory and will hopefully build upon that and maybe, just maybe , flip that internal switch the other way where my body decides to cooperate with me and loose like a normal person. 

So goals this week...keep up with what I am doing, add in my DVD that I bought and do it at least 3x before next weeks check in day. OH! and pray really hard to the weight /water retention Gods for another reason to cheer next week!