Hi there all!

Well, I thought I would write and let you all know how things are going on this front. I am glad that our visitors have left the building, LOL, it was stressful having my in laws over for a week. Eating was hard. I was so swollen after a couple of days of dining out with them and now my hands and feet are just getting back to normal. I love having a schedule which is pretty much empty. It was getting nutzo around here. The house is a wreck, but we are all happy and together, and not expecting company, so what does it matter.

I weighed in at 160 on last Friday and then by Christmas was up to 168. Pure water gain. I am back to 162 by doing nothing other than drinking lots of water and eating again as I should, meaning mostly veggies and seafood. I don't know if I will be at 160 this week or not. Auntie Flo will be dumping her magic hormones on me again soon, but I am relieved to be rid of the excess fluid. It was a real pain. I mean it too, my joints ached, I had headaches, I felt completely unwell from eating crap foods. And it's not like I went overboard. I was still under 1700 cals a day, but it was a lot of processed stuff and white flour and some things that I usually shun, like sausage.

So, I am now adding in a couple of things that I have been shirking in the past months, weight lifting and push ups and crunches. Trying to get this bod more firmed, because, well, bathing suit season cometh shortly. I wonder what size I will be wearing this year. Last year I was in a size 26. I think that this year I will be in a 12 at the very biggest. Oh, shopping for a swim suit will be fun, don't you think?