Losing It

I know I’ve been putting on some muscle thanks to actually moving around instead of sitting at the computer 24/7. I’m figuring that’s why the scale isn’t going down faster . . . or at least I hope that’s it!

I’m definitely seeing changes in my body, though. The other day at Zumba, I actually had to stop and tie my drawstring pants because they were sliding down over my hips! These are pants that were skin tight a couple months ago, so that’s pretty encouraging.

I did take a photo this week. In fact, I took many, but the others I’m not posting here, because I did them in my undies. My body structure is shifting a lot and you can’t see that in my clothes. So, for my personal records only, I asked my husband to take photos of me, front side and back .   .  . with the idea of doing those once a month, so I can see exactly how my body is changing. Hopefully, the rolls of fat will just disappear over time!
Here’s the photo for this week. I wish I could figure out how to change my blog theme to include full posts . . .

I actually meant to be really brave and post photos on a weekly basis, but then I couldn’t get a good photo and I ended up leaving it for later and then forgot. Ahem. So, just for the record, here’s one of me from last week.

TMI Alert: Interestingly enough, over the past 8 days, I’ve noticed something happening to my abdomen. Normally it is just regular old fat. The other day, I looked in the mirror and . . . my belly fat is going away, but the skin is still stretched, so it rather looks like after you have a baby and you have that extra “flap” hanging there. My belly is hanging. And it hasn’t done that since after my second son was born nearly 3 years ago. I’m taking this as a good sign.

Anyhow. I’m still horribly ill and nothing is staying in my body for more than 2 hours, so while I do hope to feel better soon, I’m thinking this can only aid the weight loss. Plus, I’m drinking tons more water than normal because I’m losing so much of it . . . that’s got to be good, right?