Hmm – not much traction this week despite eating well. I think it’s mostly because it’s that time of the month and it causes issues with water retention and such. I just wish I didn’t have to have dreadful cramps on top of it all. I’m convinced Advil is necessary to life 1/4 of each month but has no redeeming nutritional value.

So, holding steady at:

252 – Start Weight
243.5 – Today
(8.5) – Net
103.5 – To Go

This next week will be interesting because the Morganator starts school and I’ll have to go to bed earlier so I can get up and get to work WAY earlier than I’m used to.

Oh – and Beta testing IE8

This is the promised second half to the story I began on the Fiction With Friction blog this week.

You can read the first part here….

(Archives are on the website, if you want to read the offerings of past weeks)

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Labor of Love – Part 2
(c) 2008 by Maura Anderson

The sun shining on his face made Noah throw an arm across his eyes and groaned. Was it morning already? What time did he have to be at the client’s this morning? Try as he might, he couldn’t think of what today’s agenda was. He tried to get up the energy to roll over in the incredibly comfortable hotel bed and check the clock but his body really didn’t want to move. Comfortable? He’d never slept in a truly comfortable hotel bed. Hell, he hardly slept on the road. But this was just like home…and his ass was sore.

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The authors of the Fiction with Friction blog are doing another set of flash fiction snippets for your enjoyment.

My post is up today and called “Labor of Love”. You might recognize Noah and Jim :)

You can read it here….

I have to announce that my BFF Jo has managed to completely infect me with the incurable (and expensive) disease of AGD – Aquired Girliness Disease.

Once upon a time I was a happy and typically mal-adjusted girl geek. I had grown up as a tomboy and working in the software industry was comfortable to me. I worked with mostly men and my extreme lack of girliness was an advantage in being taken seriously.

I only needed to buy a couple of pairs of jeans and maybe a pair or two of sweat pants for when I didn’t get a chance to do laundry. One pair of tennis shoes. My shirts were even FREE – lots of great clothes for nothing! It rocked, really.

I must have shown a genetic disposition to AGD all along, though. I did tend to wear a wide variety of pretty bras under the product name t-shirts. But I was resisting the spread of the disease. That was merely a strange quirk and I could stop any time I wanted to.

I never changed my earrings. I rarely remembered to wear the couple of necklaces I had unless reminded. I had only one watch and it told time just fine, who needed another?

I never wore makeup, ever. Who needed war paint to make a point, I could do that really well without resorting to expensive chemicals slathered on my face and making me look like a clown.

Today I finally had to accept that Jo had pushed me into an incurable case of AGD. I have no free t-shirts left – Jo banned them. I needed to go to see my chiropractor and where I once would have tossed on a sweat shirt and some sweat pants, today I dressed in nice jeans, a stylish green shirt cut for a WOMAN, and walking shoes. I even matched my underwear and bra to my shirt!!

And I couldn’t leave the house without delving into my now considerable stash of jewelry to put on matching necklace and earrings. And a different watch because it matched my necklace better.

Then I picked up my purse – once my computer backpack or a wallet was more than sufficient. Now I have a bright silver pebbled Kathy van Zeeland bag. Hell, I paid good money for it too – despite Mr Maura claiming it looked like a refugee from a bad disco flashback. He has no taste. And it has bling – and silver charms – and a gorgeous pink interior!

I had to put on lip gloss before I left the house.

I’m so sunk – and it’s all JO’S fault.

But aren’t these the coolest shoes? I wonder if I could manage to walk in them? Hmmmmm…..

This week was considerably better. For the most part my carb cravings are gone and I didn’t even have to hide from bagel Wednesday at work.

I’ve done a lot better at drinking enough water (although I actually drink Crystal Light instead of plain water because I am competely unexcited by plain water). I’m also down to one soda a day – YAY.

I happily got a barrista at my Wednesday night reader group meeting that could manage to make me a coffee I could have – Americano with heavy whipping cream and sugar-free syrup. I was happy and really needed the caffeine hit, lol.

I made an online order for some low-carb things I haven’t been able to find locally: LC tortillas, LC BBQ sauce, flax hot cereal and some tofu noodles I want to try. There used to be several stores locally dedicated to low carb but they’ve folded so the best shopping seems to happen online.

252 – Start Weight
243.5 – Today
(8.5) – Net
103.5 – To Go

I decided I won’t include the weight loss ticker because it always displays the most current weight so all my posts would have that day’s weight If you’re curious, I have a small one in the sidebar of my blog and you can check it out.

Chugging along on low carb!

Anyone else want to check in?