Category: In Which We Mock Ourselves

I was ready to lose my appetite on this drug. That’s the point, right? That I would no longer have my constant urge to eat. I didn’t expect how that would domino. For example, Thursday night I came home and looked at all the food I had available to me. Half the things would require…

The weight loss, once stalled, continues on its erratic path. One week ago, no pants fit. No buttons buttoned. Well, one pair barely buttoned, but I didn’t trust them the next day. The rest didn’t button or zip. Today, seven days later, every pair of pants buttons, and zips, and with one pair there is…

Well, last time I mentioned it (early May?) I was down 20 pounds, and now I’m down 30. Things are now in the five pounds a month realm, and given that my menopausal monthly weight loss is usually 2.5 pounds, I’m still ahead of the game. However, here are two ways feedback shows up on…

I have a new wig. On sale it cost 10% of what my usual wig costs. The curls are a little demented, as am I, and they are messy so you don’t get that Mary Todd Lincoln vibe. What amazes me is how it transforms whether pulled up or down. Usually I can’t do down,…

Accomplishment 1: Made doctor’s appointments. Regrettably, with the tests and appointments I will see a doctor once every week for the next two months, and I’m not even sick. Today’s visit was to the allergist, where I found while I might be allergic to old-school penicillin, I can suck up third-generation derivative Cefdinir like diet…

The refrigerator deliverymen left behind both a wooden pallet and a pallet-sized square of insulation. I was able to tear the pallet apart with my bare hands (after a fight with Gary), but the insulation was too hard to break apart. It was plastic on one side and foam on the other and I just…

People at work — friends at work — have begun to retire. It’s all made me think about my retirement as a real impending thing. My template for retirement: my Mom retired 12 years younger than I am now, and her friends slowly followed her into retirement until only one friend was left at the…

In this month’s fat post, I promise you I won’t use the term “weight loss journey.” I don’t journey, I ultimately end up where I started. My weight loss … “orbit.” That’s it. I continue to spend two days out of seven burping like a stevedore. This is because I must pound down 83 grams…

I’m not a big hugger. I don’t like hugging women; I like hugging men even less. Most people know this. That is to say, most women know this. Just last week, I was solicited for a hug by a very sweet guy friend. I thought about negotiating a side-hug, but he asked so pleasantly I…

So all weather here travels west to east. And say you live west, and a co-worker lives east. Here are some things to keep in mind for future weather events: If you are working at home and the co-worker at the office a few miles to the east, do not bother to advise co-worker that…