19 Apr
Of Stomach Flu & Weight Loss
Four out of six members of the Thomas clan came down with the stomach flu this week. As the week progressed, I discovered that MOST of the members of my church had the same affliction. The first thought was food poisoning from the potluck we had last Sunday as a farewell to our Pastor, but then why would someone want to poison the ex-pastor, and take out the entire membership instead? Turns out there was such an epidemic of stomach flu in Pendleton this week that our local hospital had people on gurneys in the halls and the EMT’s spent the good part of three days doing nothing but stomach flu calls. There were over 10 staff members at one local elementary school that were sick on Wednesday.
I’m telling you this story not so that you will be grossed out by the thought of an entire town with the stomach flu (and the accompanying emissions). I’m telling you this to show you why I thought that I would lose a BUNCH of weight this week. Doesn’t it go to figure that when you spend the two days immediately prior to weigh-in ‘ejecting‘ the contents of your digestive system that the scale would show some love?
It seems the scale is a heartless wench.
The anti-climactic results of the Thursday morning weigh-in…
-0.2 lbs for a Week 16 total -26.6 lbs.
PS: Rick is a show-off AND/OR an over achiever… you decide
Posted by Rick on 19.04.07 at 10:03 pm
Ha ha…Seriously, not trying to be either. This next week may be quite a bit less successful, so we’ll have to see how it goes. I’m just taking it a week at a time. I have a class this weekend, and I’m finding it tough to eat responsibly when the rest of my cohort isn’t worried about it.
I’d heard about this flu bug going around. If you don’t mind, I’ll avoid the Thomas house until AFTER my class this weekend.
Posted by John on 19.04.07 at 10:03 pm
Oh, I have to needle you a little bit. Since I have been trying to get you to either WW or the RAC (or both) for a number of years. I’m just glad to have you in the boat.