joie: Weighty Matters

Last week when I stepped on the scale, it showed the smallest number I've seen in almost a year. I'd lost 7.5 lbs since my ALL TIME high in early August, right after my final failed IUI. Of course, the great birthday week of 3 different birthday cakes and lots of margaritas and many many MANY olives brought about a little spike that we are trying to ignore....So, to focus on the positive...I went from a BMI of 25.5 to 24! Woo HOO!! That means I crossed over from "overweight" to the high end of "normal". I am hoping to continue this trend to the mid to low end of normal. Some of you may be asking, "Joie, how do you do it?"

Well, internets, because I love you so, here are my personal and apparently successful weight loss tips:

I kicked my drug habit. "Hello, my name is Joie..." (C'mon everyone: "hi, Joie!") "it has been two months since I have used gonadotropins.
I got a job. Well, or at least I stopped being on vacation. Its been at least one month since I sat on the couch flipping between "An Adoption Story" and "Special Delivery" and feeling sorry for myself all day long.
Walking the dog. This has added benefits, too. For instance, the dog can go to the bathroom now, which seems to really help his bladder. He paces a lot less now, too.
I try to ensure that I will always have at least one student staying back from recess during my lunch break. With virtually no time to eat, I have not had my whole lunch in weeks!
I have been spending more time lately observing the disgusting habits of young children. I was going to list them, but I think most of you can imagine. Just spending time around small people with a lot of unusual odors leaking out of them seems to be a natural and safe appetite suppressant.
I don't ever grocery shop or clean the kitchen. That way, preparing food won't seem worth the effort.

Dear internets, I know you all have a BMI of 21 and don't need any of these tips, but they sure helped me.