Hello friends– I think the spring air and the desire to be away from my keyboard has left me with less time to type, but certainly not any less to say. I left my psychiatrist appointment on Thursday with a prescription for Intermezzo, which is basically a form of Ambien that you take when you wake up in the middle of the night. It’s short and fast acting (supposedly) to help you fall back asleep until you need to wake up four hours later. It hasn’t done that for me, but at the very least it’s sedated me a little bit to help me stay calm and relaxed when I wake up so early and allow me to still rest my mind, even if I’m not asleep. And, it’s cause for celebration that this is not a heavy medication by any stretch of the imagination, so apart from my sleepiness throughout the day, I’m not experiencing any major side effects.
Still waiting to hear back about seeing a neurologist, but my sights are set on her having answers for me.
I had a really nice weekend, going out Friday night and dancing, dinner on Saturday night with my best friend Alyson who is moving to Boston this week, and church and lunch with my mom yesterday. My sleep is not good, but I’m still in a fairly good frame of mind, although today’s exhaustion is the all-too-familiar tap on my shoulder that reminds me that I am always doomed to succumb to my body and its need for rest.
The weight is flying off. I was a serious plateau for the last weeks of March and into the first weeks of April; it was crushing me. But I stuck with my restricting and it’s finally paying off! I am a little over a pound away from being at my target weight for May 3… so here’s hoping I will be under that goal when I do weigh in and take my progress picture in two weeks time. My weekend was so busy and active (all the sunshine helps!) that I still managed to lose weight. Score!
And I heard ALL weekend, “You’re so skinny!” “Oh my god you’ve lost so much weight!” “You look so good!” And THAT, my friends, is the best music in the world. Nothing has or will ever taste as good as skinny feels. Just imagine how much better this will be when I’ve reached goal weight #1, and #2, and #3… Restricting has never been so easy.
