Move over South Beach Diet!

I told the doctor that the abdominal pains I was having last weekend (which lasted a full 8 days) were comparable to labor pains. Only this time, there wasn't going to be some sweet little goo-covered face staring adoringly back at me when I was done (insert prayer here: Please, God, do NOT let me be those insanely stupid people on I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant).

So after 8 days of moaning and wondering if I would have something happen to me that was reminiscent of Alien, the pain stopped. Friday afternoon came, I was cautiously optimistic about feeling pretty ok. I went ahead and went to my doctor's appointment, although it was the kind of doctor's appointment where you are almost embarrassed because you actually feel better. Here words of advice were mind-blowing: keep getting better! Um... thanks.

Then I woke up... healthy! All the colors were a little brighter, the air smelled sweeter (probably because I'd been breathing the same air from my bed all week), and my two boys were well-behaved little angels again instead of grabby, needy, dirty boys.  Well, they were still dirty, but that was nothing a good scrubbing couldn't fix.

We decided to go on lots of field trips today (library, mall, grocery store, etc.) so off I went to get dressed. Grabbed my skinny jeans (only ones clean), mentally picking which top I would have to dig for out of the clean laundry pile on the floor. I knew the top would have to be loose-fitting because with this pair of jeans, my parting gift from my beautiful miracles (the grabby, needy, dirty ones) hangs over the top a little.

What?!  What's this?   The jeans are loooooose??? How is that possible? I haven't worked out in over a week! Oh, riiiiiigggghhhhttt.....  All I ate was 6 pieces of bread, a jar of applesauce, 3 bananas, 2 blueberry muffins, and some pizza (which doesn't really count because it only stayed in my tummy about 10 minutes before coming back up... ewwwww).  So there you go! 7 pounds lost! Pushing me to 15 pounds lighter than my pre-baby weight.

There are, of course, a few other secrets to my new diet plan that will be sweeping the nation, but I can't tell you everything - you'll have to wait for the book!  But don't you worry... when I'm famous, I'll still remember the little people! It's not a sweet little gooey face (thank goodness!), but 7 lbs?  I'll TAKE IT!