Carolee
June 22nd, 2009, 10:02 AM
Today is day 17 with Phen. As of last night I have lost 14 pounds. Not only that--when I started, I was wearing a 16 easy, and this morning I am wearing a skirt I bought last year that is a size 12! WoOt! I only wore it once last year because I could barely zip it and it was so uncomfortable that I thought it was going to split me in half.
I spent the past four days with my mom at a folk art festival. She is the "Belle" for her county, and the whole state's belles went to the festival to be in a parade. I was her official companion for the weekend which meant helping her to and from all the events, helping her with the hoop skirt up and down stairs and all sort of other things. I just knew that with a long weekend of festival food, I would surely not have lost and I might have gained. But no! I walked a LOT. My legs are so sore. And this festival was in a town that is situated on a steep hill, so lots of the walking was on a steep incline. Then there were the three flights of stairs that I had to climb carrying luggage to the dorm room where we stayed and all that stuff. Luckily we were fed by the festival committee and so we didn't have to buy the hot dogs and philly steak sandwiches that the vendors were selling. Instead, we got grilled chicken, fresh fruit salads and that sort of thing. I do have to admit that when I was served a piece of lemon meringue pie I scraped off the meringue and ate half of the lemon part. I don't like the fluffy part anyway, and half a piece of pie was more than plenty.
Did I mention that I have lost 14 pounds!? My husband apparently notices now, too. When I got home he said, "Hey! I think you left the rest of you in West Virginia!"
I spent the past four days with my mom at a folk art festival. She is the "Belle" for her county, and the whole state's belles went to the festival to be in a parade. I was her official companion for the weekend which meant helping her to and from all the events, helping her with the hoop skirt up and down stairs and all sort of other things. I just knew that with a long weekend of festival food, I would surely not have lost and I might have gained. But no! I walked a LOT. My legs are so sore. And this festival was in a town that is situated on a steep hill, so lots of the walking was on a steep incline. Then there were the three flights of stairs that I had to climb carrying luggage to the dorm room where we stayed and all that stuff. Luckily we were fed by the festival committee and so we didn't have to buy the hot dogs and philly steak sandwiches that the vendors were selling. Instead, we got grilled chicken, fresh fruit salads and that sort of thing. I do have to admit that when I was served a piece of lemon meringue pie I scraped off the meringue and ate half of the lemon part. I don't like the fluffy part anyway, and half a piece of pie was more than plenty.
Did I mention that I have lost 14 pounds!? My husband apparently notices now, too. When I got home he said, "Hey! I think you left the rest of you in West Virginia!"