No more gloves

The gloves are off. I'm not going to fight battles that aren't mine to fight anymore. Seriously...

And I'm not going to beat myself up about stuff anymore either.

Last night I had dinner with a friend. I ate tortilla chips *gasp* and they were good! Of course, it put me way over my allotted carb count for the day, but what the hell? I haven't had a 'cheat' in a long time and it didn't feel like a cheat to me at all.

So today I am on a zero carb day and I feel fantastic. Of course, my body has been betraying me for the past few days by holding on to what it feels like hanging onto: water. I am bloated beyond belief which stinks, but happens to be the way it goes this time of the month. I was hoping 'she'd' be here by Monday, but it is now Thursday and I'm still waiting.....patiently waiting.

The scale didn't drop this week, but I did lose 2.5 inches. I blame it on 'her'. It's always like this with my body. I get bloaty and achy and tired all because of a little hormones. Like the tide, my body runs on these cycles and there is nothing I can do about it except deal with it.

Since I've been LC'ing, I've noticed that I don't feel nearly as betrayed by my body as in the past. Yes, I am tired, but I am not losing my emotions and crying at the drop of a hat.

So...today, I've been working on the house. I was going to dig up the garden and plant some lettuce for the piglets. Unfortunately, my plan was foiled by mother nature and I was greeted by a blanket of white snow on the ground outside. I can't say I was happy about this, but eh..we need the moisture and it gave me an excuse to stay in all day.

I cleaned the pigs cage and the nasty boxes. I got most of my laundry put away. I've had a nice fire going in the fireplace for most of the day. I took a shower, scrubbed myself pretty and even shaved my legs (I HATE shaving my legs!!).

Life is so much nicer without those damn boxing gloves!!