Day 250

So I realized something the other day and have yet to talk about it.

I was talking to a friend of mine and she mentioned my latest FB profile picture and told me how great I looked. I reply with an “I have only lost 9 pounds”. To which she replied, “9 pounds is not easy to lose.”

And she’s right. I kind of sloughed it off thinking that 9 pounds is not a BIG loss in my mind. And then I realized something. I have been trying to lose weight since the beginning of the year. And I may lose 1-2 pounds. But then it comes right back. And then once I was diagnosed with “pre-diabetes” I had to really look hard at what I was putting into my mouth. I thought I was doing okay before this, but of course the scale did not love me at all. Now granted I really don’t want to be pre-diabetic. But because of it, I have been able to watch what I am eating even to the point of if I get an old craving, my body yells at me for a while.

Needless to say, she is right, 9 pounds is hard to lose. And I think I realized that my attitude towards how “many” pounds I lost or gained was a bit skewed. I am not working solely on losing weight. I am working towards staying pregnant. But I hope I never see those 9 pounds again unless they are in child form. J

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PS….Today I am wearing a pair of slacks that I haven’t been able to close for an entire year. Granted a couple of those I was pregnant, but you get the picture. And now here is the picture!