Maude weighs up, two months in. The 2020 Twenty: Entry Seven.
March 27, 2021
Last time, it took me about this long.
Like this time, I’d lost a little in the past, both the distant and the recent. Then and now, I’ve faced recent grief and loss. Like I am now, I was working. In ways similar to the current situation, occasional humps like Thanksgiving and Shark Week skewed the numbers . . .
Perhaps now is “or never” time–for me to get serious. Yesterday was the end of Month Two, or sixty days since I hit The Big Twenty. And the results of sixty days are: I’m apparently back where I started. Though ten days ago, I had recorded a six-pound drop, I may be swimming out of Month Two the same way I swam in. However, this may not be completely accurate. As you may know, I am a woman still of child-bearing age, so surely you know of the fun thing I do once a month that is still such a taboo subject in 2021 that I can’t just come out and say I’m on my period without upsetting someone’s delicate sensibilities. You may also know that, due to water retention, this sometimes temporarily alters the picture of a woman’s weight. It occurs to me, the rhythm of this game may continue to blur my results for months to come, unless I make some serious moves and take the question marks out.
Also, since Entry Five, a new development: my sister and brother-in-law in New Orleans ran into earlier-than-expected opportunities for COVID vaccination! So they have already received their first shots and are projected to be immune by late April. Which means I may theoretically be headed to New Orleans sooner than I thought. Which further means: I need to step on the gas! I can’t be filling myself up with oysters and gumbo if I haven’t reached my goal. Or at least, I can’t feel very good about it. (I say that now.)
I’m also due, in the very near future, for my next A1C check. I’m actually overdue, but I’ve had to wait to see a new doctor in my new, old city. Since an A1C test measures long-term blood sugar levels, there’s not really anything I can do at this point to affect the results. But in the next couple of weeks or so, I’ll have hard evidence that I’ve done okay, or that I really haven’t.
So I have that to look forward to.
I’ll let you know what April has to say.
What do you think? I would like to hear from you, but you won’t find the typical Comments section here. If you have given the issue some thought or have an experience to share, please enter it here, or send your response to Maude@mauvereport.com. I would love to hear how the rest of America is doing with this in 2021.