Still So Huge
It's amazing how huge my belly is now.
It was bugging me on Saturday, so I decided to do nothing at all on Sunday. This consisted of watching many movies on TV (pretty much left it on the Hallmark Channel all day and watched The Parent Trap, Pollyanna, the new Parent Trap). So my feet were up, I didn't go out, I didn't do the laundry. I cooked the simplest of meals for myself and yet I am still huge.
I think yesterday was the largest day. I figure I had an extra four or five pounds of fluid on me. This isn't ordinary bloating fluid like we get during PMS - that shows up everywhere, you know, making my rings tight, maybe my ankles a smidge bigger as well as my waist. But this fluid on the belly is different. It's bloating from the inside out. It's under the abdominal wall instead of in the fat tissues on top of it.
Yesterday I just wore a nightshirt all day. Today, I had to go to work so I wore a loose dress.
My only loose dress.
I'll try to find something to wear for tomorrow. I don't think I can even stand elastic waist pants.
I'm really not worried about looking fat. I know I'm not fat. I'm 135 pounds and 5' 5" and I wear a size eight. I'm pretty much where I should be - maybe a little less fat and some more lean muscle.
My temptation is to eat a little less or exercise a little more, but if I've got this much fluid in my belly, it must mean that things are trying to heal and I should just leave it alone. And drink more fluids. Oh well. The training for the marathon gets put off another week or two.
Posted by Elizabeth M. on September 27, 2004 05:22 PM
