It’s been a while since I’ve actually done a Fat Friday update on a Friday. I started writing about my weight just on Fridays — a little update on how I was losing or not losing weight and my struggles with both. But then I went and had weight-loss surgery, and my blog has been mostly about weight issues, so I talk about weight every day, so I hadn’t been talking about it on Fridays for the past few weeks (months?).
Anyway, today is a weight-related update about a lot of different things.
1. It does not pay to be cocky or think you have finally figured out this weight loss thing. At the end of February I said something in a post that I think I only lose weight for the first two weeks of a month, and you know what this revelation led to? Me not losing any weight during March. To date, I haven’t been below my low of 185.A low that I reached in the beginning of February. So much for losing only at the beginnings of the months….
2. It does not pay to count your chickens (or pounds lost) before the eggs hatch. I am less than a pound away from being able to claim 70 pounds lost. I started that 70 pound lost post back in February because I was sure it was just a day or two away. The post remains unpublished because I have not yet reached that mile marker despite getting oh-so-close.
3. It does not pay to be whiny. I know this, but despite knowing this, I want to be whiny. I am sick. My nose has become a faucet that doesn’t want to turn off (you are welcome for that visual), my eyes are watery, my children are pigs who would argue about the sky being blue, and I am sick.
4. It may eventually pay off to get braces, but in the meantime, it sucks. I went to see my orthodontist Friday. I like my orthodontist. I got new thicker wires and a power chain. My teeth hurt. This makes it hurt to do everything — talk, eat and kiss. I couldn’t even sleep well because I kept waking up because my teeth hurt. The only good news is that I am hoping my unlikeliness to eat will lead to finally being able to see some movement on the scale. There I go counting chickens again….
5. Sometimes I don’t understand the hoops doctors put you through. A couple of months ago, my daughter went to the doctor because of severe abdominal cramps. It was two possible things: lactose intolerance or stress/anxiety. We went back and had pretty much decided it was lactose intolerance, but she’d need to see a specialist to rule out milk allergies. The girl has very sensitive skin and the milk allergy test wasn’t conclusive because she reacted on every single poke even the control poke that wasn’t supposed to have a reaction. This led to this week going back. Both my daughter and I thought she was going back to drink milk to confirm that she had a reaction to it. Instead they gave her lactose free milk and then made us wait around 90 minutes to see if she had a reaction. The girl has been drinking lactose free milk for a couple months now. I could have told them the results of that except I didn’t realize that was what they were doing. We wasted two and a half hours and $180 being told what we had already figured out on our own. We don’t have to go back to see this allergist because lactose intolerance isn’t an allergy, but if it had turned out differently, we still wouldn’t go back to him. I was unimpressed.
6. Every time I whine and realize how painful something to do with braces really is, I feel bad because I have three children in braces who do not and have not complain nearly as much as I do. Someone told me that it might be because they are children and their mouths are less sensitive. Let’s go with that. 
7. I am going to have to buy more Kleenex today.
8. The snow is all gone and we’ve had 80 degree days, so this means it is now clear how much work our yard needs before we can host a graduation party in May. I hope we can get everything done that we plan to do.
9. I have heard lots of people talk about how their feet get smaller when they lose weight. I kept waiting for that to happen. I think it has started. I am pulling out sandals from last summer, and they seem huge on my feet. I may have to go shoe shopping.
10. Actually weight related: The scale hates me this month. It hasn’t moved down at all. Once in a while it has recorded an increase that I have ignored. I am noticing more and more muscles on my body. The muscle is becoming clearly defined, which is amazing. My actual weight is now fluctuating between 185 and 187. My exercise routine has picked up, and when I’m not sick, I feel good.
11. Why am I sick? I blame the men in my family. Both my husband and my son missed work/school due to illness this past week. They apparently got better and passed it on to me just in time for the weekend. Thanks, guys.
