This weekend, we had our big musical at church - two performances - Friday night, and Sunday afternoon. Our choir sang their hearts out - praising God for the awesome gift of His Son. And my Dave, of course, outdid himself again.
For the last several months - I have been unable to stand through a choir song - my legs have hurt so badly, and just generally - I was weak. So, the choice is between sitting and singing - or not being in the choir. Friday night - I stood for three of the songs! Granted - that was certainly NOT the whole musical. But it is a whole lot more than I have been able to stand for in recent memory. Sunday, I only made it standing through one song - but I still did it.
I finally have convinced myself that it is part of the pattern that I will hover for a couple of days at a certain weight, then drop, sometimes dramatically. And the "hovering" sometimes means gaining a couple of ounces. I'm really trying to focus on the big picture - the weight loss has been steady and dramatic - if not consistently every day. The long term is the important thing - and the daily fluctuations are just that, normal fluctuations. So, this weekend - I finally relaxed about it. And guess what - I lost nearly five pounds! I'm sure that the extra energy expended during the musical played a big part of that. My official total since February 10 (2 weeks pre-op) is 47.4. And from my biggest I'm down 98 POUNDS! I am within striking distance of 100 pounds long term, and 50 pounds this year. This week? Maybe. Next week - I'm reasonably certain it could happen. I'll definitely keep you posted, and when it happens (either one), I will be doing a dance of joy! Whoohoo!
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