A sledgehammer to the head would be less painful than this awful sinus migraine headache that has been plaguing me since last night.

I am still sick and actually running a bit of a fever right now for some reason. Which is odd considering I only have a cold…?

For now I’m resting and letting the fever run its course. If it gets much worse I will probably head to the doctors.

I want to weigh myself but I need to wait a couple more days because of TOM. Clothing all seems looser in any case. I wish I could exercise but the fever thing is kinda freaking me out… I do NOT want to get sicker.

Today I have eaten lightly every few hours or so. I want to wait and see if this fever goes away before eating again, however… I did some online research and found some advice suggesting that when one has a fever, their liver is working overtime to heal the body. Adding food in only makes things worse because then your liver is forced to temporarily abandon its “operation rid the body of toxins & infections” plan in order to digest the food. It makes sense to me. I’m very glad that I haven’t had an alcoholic drink in just over 41 days… hopefully my liver is in tip-top shape right now.

So I will continue to drink water for now and see what happens!

I seemed fine earlier… I went to a meeting then out to eat with friends. I did have a weird case of the sweats earlier tonight though - I was sweating like crazy for no apparent reason for about an hour.

I will leave comments open on this post for anyone who has any advice or suggestions!

All this time when I’ve been saying “fat free ranch dressing” it turns out it was really “low fat” or more appropriately, “light”, with 80 calories and 7 grams of fat. Sorry for the error!

Geez… here’s a bit of news that has nothing to do with dieting. I used to live in some apartments in Anaheim, CA about 10 years ago, and today, my brother-in-law (who is the manager of the building) got taken out of there on a stretcher because a stove exploded when he was trying to fix it. My bro-in-law is the guy in the picture on the left - the one taken to the hospital in an ambulance. He’s married to my older sister.

The story made the Orange County Register: Man Injured In Apartment Fire

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For the record, I truly appreciate those of you who have left nice and encouraging comments. I also appreciate all of the advice I’ve received!

Well, my weight has kind of gotten stuck between the 7 and 8 pound loss mark. I guess it was to be expected… I’m also having a maddening lower tummy bloating issue, which is weird considering I’m eating plenty of fiber and drinking 3/4 of a gallon of water per day! Oh well. Patience and perseverance is the key here I suppose…

I’m keeping up on the exercise front and my body feels like it is getting fitter by the day.

Not much else to report… I’m going on my hour-long walk shortly. Unfortunately the tendons on the outer side of my ankles have started up their awful throbbing pain when I walk. They do that from time to time and have been doing that every time I have started a new walking regime for the past 8 years. It’s extremely painful and I don’t know what causes it, but usually it goes away after a while. For now, Advil helps! (If anyone knows what it could be, let me know. It’s a very bad burning pain on the outer side of both ankles and usually starts within 5-10 minutes of the walk).

For those of you who asked about my book collection, yes, 80% of it is chick lit. The rest are memoirs, non-fiction, general fiction and miscellaneous. It’s a collection I started 6 or 7 years ago and it has grown considerably over the past few years because of my (prior) chick lit reviewer status. Anyway, I can’t wait for the bookcases to be delivered tomorrow… Despite both bookcases being very large, I still have a feeling they won’t be enough. We shall see… I’ve been doing other odd little projects around my apartment and am pleased at how it is coming out. Photos to come!

Tags: bloating, exercise