Fibroids be damned

Went out yesterday. Stomach wasn’t too massive. I was grateful for that. Took some pictures of squirrels and bicycles and flowers and other stuff. It was a little on the hot side and I was wearing a jacket so I wasn’t all that comfortable; but it was good to get out I guess. I’ll admit I was glad to get back home and I won’t mind not having to go out for a while but my sister is coming for a visit this weekend so there will be more outings. Hopefully the fibroids won’t get in the way of my being able to relax. It’s never a pleasant thing when I am out in public and feeling self conscious. I’ll need to start working on my fibroids be damned attitude before my sister arrives because I don’t want to make the visit in any way unpleasant for her.

I am on Day 2 of avoiding solids after taking a 1 day solids break. So my most recent cycle was 4 days no solids/1 day solids/2 days no solids (assuming I finish today without consuming solids). I felt like I could have gone longer than 4 days without solids but I decided that I needed to break after 4 days to give myself a better chance of getting this new pattern to stick. I need to get where this is my regular pattern–most days avoiding consuming solid food.

I’ve just had a cup of basil tea with apple cider vinegar. Other than that I’ve had only fat free Greek yogurt to eat so far today. Later I might make some blended soup depending on how hungry I feel. I’m low on funds at the moment so I can’t buy the protein shake I’ve been using to help keep me properly nourished and energized; but the yogurt is protein fortified. Like I said I’m not worrying about dairy at the moment. I thought for a minute that I was having a reaction to dairy but I’m not finding that dairy is bothering me one way or another since I’ve been eating the protein fortified yogurt. My stomach is still quite large but it’s not as large right now as it has been in recent months. It’s not anywhere near as flat as I had managed to get it in 2012/2013 (flat relative to the situation of course); but I didn’t have to wear a super over-sized top yesterday and I wasn’t self conscious. I didn’t feel like I looked 6 months pregnant.

A photo I took of fish in an aquarium during my outing yesterday. My camera is still hanging in there.

A photo I took of some bicycles

And a photo of a squirrel that apparently got fed up with me pointing my camera at it and made what looks to me to be an obscene gesture.

So that was yesterday. Today I have to go to the supermarket in preparation for my sister’s arrival with my neice and nephews early Thursday morning.