It has no alliterative quality, but hey. I have a lot of stuff in my head right now, okay?

1. My aunt, Susan, is in the hospital for a failure to take care of her diabetes. I’m worried about her, and I’m also angry with her. Diabetes is no joke. That shit is nothing with which to play, dammit. However, I understand (sort of) how it happened - she doesn’t have insurance, so how the hell is she supposed to buy her meds? (Answer: my mom would have helped her with that, but Susan didn’t want to inconvenience her. Inconvenience your sister and LIVE, goddammit.) So yeah, I’m hoping to hear today that she gets to go home soon.

2. I decided to start taking measurements on Mondays. I don’t know why I’m fixated on Mondays when it comes to diet-related shit, but I totally am. It’s weird that I started PB on a Friday because normally? No way. Diets start on Mondays. Which…wtf? I don’t know. ANYWAY. I took measurements yesterday, and I’m moderately pleased with the results.

Since last Wednesday (when I realized that y’all are fucking GENIUSES giving me EXCELLENT advice about how to track how my weight loss is going), I’ve lost 1 inch from my waist, 1/2 inch from my hips and 1.25 inches from each thigh…which WTF? 1.25 inches from my THIGHS? What the actual fuck, body? Oh, I have my dad’s build which means a barrel with toothpicks for arms and legs? Right. Sorry I forgot.

As to pounds lost, errrrmmmm…I’m not 100% sure. See, the fancy-schmancy scale we bought is a total piece of crap. That’s the one I used to weigh myself initially, and it was 4 lbs. lower than the last time I weighed at my mom’s house. So. I’ve lost somewhere between 14 and 18 lbs. Now I know someone is going to be like, “THAT IS TOO FAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!”, to which I respond, “No. It’s really not.”

Now why do I feel comfortable saying it’s okay to lose (roughly) a pound a day? Because I highly doubt this will continue. For the past almost two weeks, I’ve been restricting my carb intake to <20g/day with the vast majority of those carbs coming from my morning coffee. (Sorry, I can’t do black coffee. However, I just found a sugar-free chocolate syrup that doesn’t suck, so that’s going to cut the carbs of my coffee to about 7g/serving! WOOHOO!!) Throw in a few for veggies and eggs, and there’s my 20g limit.

Will I continue doing <20g/day? Possibly, but I think I’m going to start adding carbs back slowly. If I hit a point where I stop losing, I know that’s my carb threshhold. (Sounds Atkins-like, doesn’t it? Probably because it IS how Atkins works.) So, I’m sure I’ll see the weight loss slow down to the standard 1-2 lbs/week. Which is hard for me, as I am an impatient dick. However, I also don’t want to have a shitton of loose skin to deal with afterward, either. (Vanity, thy name is Steph.)

3. We started a container garden. We just planted a few things since I waited too damn long to start it, but I’m wicked excited to see how it goes. If this all goes well, we’ll plant lots more next year. I’ll post pictures when it all starts sprouting. Yes, I said WHEN, not IF. I’m thinking positive here, dammit.

So, what’s up with y’all?