I had a checkup with my allergist yesterday. I waited 45 minutes past the scheduled time of my appointment- for a checkup that took maybe 12 minutes. (Sigh.)

The good news is that everything looked fine (ears, nose, throat, what they could determine of heart and lungs from listening, plus glands - and no evidence of thyroid problem, at least from a manual exam). I also lost 2 and 1/2 pounds since my gyn checkup in May.

That's HUGE for me. I know 2 1/2 pounds in 2 months sounds like NOTHING for the super-dieters, but trust me: I've been in instances where I actually really *dieted* - like, went HUNGRY for stretches of the day and was cranky and miserable and obsessive and kept a food diary (a good idea for some but I think not for me) - and dropped maybe 5 or 7 pounds in the span of six months.

The only differences I can point to is that I've been more active, gone at a faster speed on the cross-country ski exerciser, and I've been trying to eat more nutritious food. Not LESS food, simply more nutritious food. (I think some women get themselves into this problem where they ratchet down their food intake so much, that their metabolism goes down and their body conserves calories).

(I will say, as I was wandering through the Hobby Lobby after my appointment, my Rational Scientific Mind kicked in and said, "Wait...couldn't that scale just have been calibrated differently? Couldn't it just read low relative to what your gyn's scale read?" Shut up, Rational Scientific Mind, you just killed my buzz.

I finally concluded that (a) it is unlikely a doctor's office (using one of the old-timey push-weight scales) would be THAT far off, (b) I was dressed more heavily this time (Why, oh why, won't they let us take off our clothes to be weighed? That would eliminate the "I was wearing heavy shoes" issue) including big clunky trainers instead of the little strappy sandals I wore for the other appointment, and (c) most importantly, it DOES look like my waist is a bit smaller. Which is the part of my anatomy I worry most about. The size of my bust, I figure I can't do too much about short of reduction surgery, and the size of my hips, I just don't worry too much about (word up, Sir Mix-A-Lot). As long as I can continue to fit into my clothes, I just don't worry about the hips.

But the waist, yeah, I worry about that. Both because I used to be able to boast of more of an hourglass figure than I currently have and also (mainly, I will claim) because of all the medical stuff that says "fat on the butt and thighs, not so bad; fat in the gut, bad"

So I'm assuming the little loss came off my waist; as I said, I THOUGHT I noticed that it was getting a bit smaller.

Oh, yeah, I'm still technically FAT (though the doctor said nothing about that; I suppose it's out of an allergist's purview), but I figure as long as my body functions the way it needs to (and trust me, it does: I can climb up on my roof to get the leaves off of it, I can cut brush for a couple hours without a break even in hot weather, I "outrun" my students in the field, stuff I take for granted being able to do, other people claim is "strenuous") I'm not going to worry too much.

though it was nice to see the needle go down for a change.

(oh, and another rationalization: Maybe I've lost even a little MORE; I know I am retaining water at the moment. (And I'm kind of jumpy/anxious. The one thing that was out of whack was that my blood pressure was a little high; the nurse asked about it and I told her it was normally normal or borderline low, but that it was "that time" and I was feeling anxious and she just kind of nodded and made an agreeing sort of noise.

Speaking of which, I don't feel so great right now. I think now that I'm done typing exams I should go home and put something more comfortable than jeans on (it got HOT here again) and lie down on the sofa and knit and find something amusing to watch on tv.)