Day 128: Yup.

Period weigh-in: 174. The usual 2 kilos are taunting me. Ugh. I took a pill for the water retention, and it did literally nothing. Guess I'll just have to wait for nature to take its course.

Day 127: Swimming Upstream

And now my period has arrived again. I might be stuck a little bit. If the water retention is as bad as last month, I'm gonna take a pill this time. But I suspect it won't make much of a difference, because I've definitely been slacking off lately, eating my pain a lot. But shit is getting serious in my life these days, and the next three weeks won't be easy.

But if I'm still not back on track after those are over, I'll rewind and start again, counting and measuring my meals again. We'll see.

Day 122: Goose Egg

I'm told goose egg is a term for zero. Which is how much I've lost this week. But I've also not gained anything, so I'm fine with it.

So still 172.9.

Day 119: Pants!

And now this pair of pants are loose on me. Only around the thighs, not the butt and hips, but STILL. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE NOW!

Not sure it'll be the same for ALL my pants, but this is encouraging all the same. :D

Day 118: Size Down.

I took a chance and bought underwear a size smaller than I'm used to. And it fits like a charm. :D Yay!

Day who-even-knows: Weigh-In.

Clocked at 172.9 kg this morning. Exactly one kilo away from my first goal of losing 10 kilos. Or, rather, it will be 10 kilos from the first weight I could actually record, so I probably already have lost the first 10, but one kilo from now and it will be official. :)

And numbering the days remains tricky because I've been counting from the last day, but thanks to the different time zone that I cannot change, I'm probably a little off. Gonna have to start counting off my dayplanner or something instead.

(Edit: turns out it's day 115.)

Day 111: On Schedule.

I made my weigh-in on Thursday after all, and the scales told me 173.4. And considering the two kilos my period forced me to deal with, I'm perfectly happy with this. It's still lower than last pre-period weigh-in, so. On track.

Day 109: Pushing Weigh-In

I might push my weigh-in a day. Because Thursday will be insanely busy, apparently. So Friday it is, I guess. Exercise isn't happening currently, because my anxiety is pretty high, so I'm just scraping by. And I have no idea what the weigh-in will even show me. We'll have to wait and see.

Day 106: As Expected.

I ended up not even taking the pill, which turned out to be a good move, as my body apparently decided to make the effort on its own. So both extra kilos are officially off, plus a little extra, as of this morning.

So now I'm gonna be prepared for next month. I hope. And if not, I'm gonna reread these posts and remind myself that I'm doing okay.

Day 104: Dropping the water.

Only a day after my weigh-in I'm already down half a kilo, and yet, I still feel bloated and achy. I might take a pill to try and combat all the water retention, because I do feel pretty horrible. My legs hurt so badly, and not my lower legs like I'm used to, no, my thighs feel like they're splitting open, ow ow ow.

Yeah, definitely taking a pill...

Day 103: Bloated.

As expected, I'm a full two kilos higher than last week, at 175.5. And I feel horribly bloated, too, my skin feels awful, frankly.

But if the pattern holds I should be back on track in a week or two. It's an annoying pattern, but if that's how my body works, I can just deal.

Day 101: Always fouled by periods.

Period time again, and with it, water retention. And also possibly just general weight gain, because it's starting to look like a pattern that I'll crawl back up a few kilos during my period and then slowly work it back down over the next couple of weeks.

I sneaked on the scales this morning, and it's not looking promising. But it's not Thursday yet, so we'll just have to wait and see what all this water does.