2 Years 8 Months - What's up?

Apr 11, 2010

Ah, yup. Haven't been here in a while. I would love to say time flies when your having fun, but time flies when you're not having so much fun too.

- The economy still sucks.
- I still work the same job.
- Still have no car (but I'm getting closer!).
- It still sucks to ride the bus, even more so now that there seem to be more smelly homeless people riding. Don't get me wrong! I have all the sympathy in the world for homeless and mentally ill people, I just don't want to smell like one because I sat in the wrong seat.

Weight
I'm down to 145 and I have decided to give up on going down to 137. I have maintained this weight for about 6 months, and I believe it is the perfect weight for me. The fact is, I'm not overweight; all my obesity-related problems are gone, and I don't really have a good reason to lose more weight other than just wanting to be thinner. I now weight less than what my driver's license says. I usually weight more. LOL!

Labs
At my last labs, everything was good, except my vitamin D was still low; however, it was nearly twice as high as before. My doctor prescribed 50,000 IU for a month. I'm totally psyched that the rest of my labs are good. My doctor said I have "the blood pressure of an 18-year-old"  and my "cholesterol is beautiful!". Hahaha!

Social
My job has been placing more responsibility on me. It's very clearcut that they respect me more now that I am no longer overweight. Yes, I could get angry about this and other evidence of discrimination against obese people, but I don't want to spend my time angry. Life is just too short. The lesson for me in this is to strive never to be an accomplice to this discrimination.

Bad
Lately my job has been stressing me out. Sometimes I don't have a lot of work to do, but when I do, they really pile it on. It makes me very stressed out, and stress = migraines = depression. So that is not good. The good thing is I make more money when I have more work, but there is a limit to how much stress I can handle before it starts affecting my mental health. To offset this stress, I started on a cleaning binge about a week ago. It's actually very liberating to clear out space in a junky apartment. Because I have so little spare time, it will take me a while to finish cleaning, but I look forward to getting rid of stuff I haven't used in years.

Good Stuff
There have been a couple times when I ordered something to drink and the waitress suggests "artificial sweetener" or "diet coke". What this tells me is I am officially a member of the thin women's club! Woohoo! When you're fat, no one suggests "diet coke" even though that's what I drank exclusively as a fat person.  In other words, now a woman takes one look at me and she knows a thin woman like me wants the low cal version of whatever. hehehe! It's nice to be a member of the "thin women's club." It's really nice to walk into a place and not worry if people are staring at you because you're fat. Little do they know, I'm only thin on the outside. I'll always be a secret member of the "big girls club" on the inside. And I wouldn't want it any other way.

I'm always glad when I come here and read what's going on with the newbies and old-timers (like me), and today is no exception. Yes, I wish I had done it sooner, but such is life. I got lots more cleaning to do. Ta ta for now. Take care and be good to yourself!

0 Comments