During the Christmas break, I gained a few pounds (not surprisingly), and I figured I would have to slowly work my way back down to where I was at the end of November (151.8). I was totally realistic about the fact that I would gain weight over the holidays, but it was still a bit of a bummer seeing 155 on the scale when I weighed myself the first Wednesday of the new year.
But then that Friday, I got really sick. (I actually thought I might have aspirated a piece of food I’d swallowed wrong the day before, and I was feeling feverish, so I went to the ER to make sure I wasn’t dying.) Well, I wasn’t dying, but I had caught a nasty virus that had me coughing to the point of almost vomiting, and the pressure in my chest and head were INTENSE (like the circus fire — did you hear about it?). My throat was so torn up that I could barely swallow anything (especially the first couple of days when it still felt like I had a piece of food stuck in there). So, between Friday and the following Tuesday, all I ate was soup, a tiny bit of bread, juice, and stuff like that. I was probably consuming less than 800 calories a day, and it totally sucked.
Until Wednesday came around, and I felt (significantly, but not completely) better. I stepped on the scale that morning and saw 148.8. HOLY CRAP! That’s the lightest I’ve been since HIGH SCHOOL, I’d bet. I have to admit I was kind of excited, even though I knew that the weight loss was clearly due to my lack of eating, which is clearly not a healthy way to lose weight.
I’m already back up to 150, and I’m totally okay with that. I figure I’ll probably gain another pound or two back, now that I’m eating normally again, but I’m kind of hoping I can manage not to gain all the way back up to 155 again. I still have a bit of a cough, so my husband doesn’t want me to start running or working out too hard just yet, which means I need to really keep myself in check with my eating. But once I’m cleared to kick my exercise into high gear again? I’M DOING IT. I’m so close to my ultimate weight goal (145) that I can taste it! Plus, I have a 10k in March, and so far I can only run about three miles before I feel like death. I need to DOUBLE that in about eight weeks!
Anyway, there’s my little IITGI update. I feel like a cheater, losing weight just by getting a little virus, but I’ll take it. We’ll call it a gift for having to put up with my friends Phlegm and Wheezy for the better part of a week.
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There are worse ways to lose weight. The word meth comes to mind.
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