I have been home sick with the stomach flu since Monday afternoon. Really, not one of my favorite illnesses, however, it does have one upside: I lost 8.4 pounds this week!

I know, I know, it’s probably mostly water & I will probably see some it back on the scale next week, but for now, let me feel good about it. Because there sure isn’t much else to feel good about when you have the stomach flu.

At least, these 8 pounds brought my weight down to a number I had seen several times before, down from a number I had never seen before two weeks ago. So really, if the weight decided to stay away, that’s be fine by me. I hope this will be motivation enough to change my diet to make sure I keep losing, not just when I have the stomach flu.