Gronk.

All of my good thought to this morning, Jen.

Aw, vw. I'm sorry, sweetie.

As has been said, BMI is only useful as a very crude diagnostic tool or demographic indicator. It certainly is not meant to be used the way it is now. Hell, if I were in my "ideal" BMI range, I'd look like a fucking skeleton.

The only weight news I have is that I've lost 30lbs in two weeks, but I wouldn't recommend my method. I'm going to chalk up most of it to nursing.

First full day on our own. I did manage to shower, feed & dress Owen and Olivia and myself. By 11.

Olivia's napping and Owen's feeding crayons to the VCR.

The only weight news I have is that I've lost 30lbs in two weeks, but I wouldn't recommend my method.

Here in New York, there was a news story about a woman who gave birth to a 11 pound, 8 oz baby. Naturally. As in, without any drugs. It was a 16-hour labor.

YAY Cashmere!

Cash, nursing really dropped my pounds, too. It was scary. Well, that and the lasix, for the first few weeks (ah, retained water, how I don't miss you). Sadly, it slowed down when I went back to full time working and Lillian started eating more solids. Now I have to actually pay attention to what I eat. Le Phooey. Which is Faux-rench for I don't wanna, gimme choccy.

VW, do you have any knitting projects? House arrest sucks.

I should lose 40lbs, to be at a good weight for my body, but I'd be happy with 20, because then things fit better.

Here in New York, there was a news story about a woman who gave birth to a 11 pound, 8 oz baby. Naturally. As in, without any drugs. It was a 16-hour labor.

::shudder::

I was only in labor for about 8 hours with Olivia. But the first three were rough--no drugs. They were ready to send me home because I was only 1 cm after three house but I basically said, "fuck that". I knew the contractions were getting worse and I'd progress quickly. The next hour I was 5cm. The nurse said, "Guess we better get you checking into an L&D room." To which I replied, "Just have the epidural guy meet us in there."

Plei is me.

So, any way I can nurse a kid without, you know, having one?

I just lost 10% of my body weight (17 lbs) and am working on another 10 lbs or so. I am now 152 lbs and 5'4', so not a skinny thing, but I definitely feel better. I going to the doctor today to see if my blood pressure has dropped, one of the reasons for the weight loss. On a more shallow note, I really wanted to lose the weight because I was freaking tired of hating how I looked in or out of clothes, and as a consequence ignoring my body all the time. Fighting body image demons was just taking up way too much of my psychic energy.

I breastfed exclusively for 6 months, but I'm still 6 lbs over my pre-pregnancy weight. Very frustrating!