So this good for nothing cold was good for something?

Hi, Folks! Happy Friday to you all! I can't believe it's been well over a week since I caught the plague (AKA a cold)! I'm finally feeling better, getting through the day without multiple doses of Quil (Day or Night as appropriate), and I'm hoping that I will fully have my voice back in time for Sunday morning worship at Connection. Not having a voice has been driving me CRAZY! I sing...a lot. Too much, maybe. And almost always way too loudly. I'm going nuts not being able to sing along with the radio and my new favorite cd The Band Perry. If I have to go to church and not sing along with the worship team, well, I may just...I don't know...something really bad! But I have high hopes. It's been gradually coming back, and I think this is the first day I don't sound like a 100-year-old smoker on oxygen when I talk. Thank you, Jesus!

But, as my subject mentions, the cold was not really good for nothing. Miraculously, I still managed to lose 1 pound last week and 2 pounds this week! This is unbelievable to me because I haven't done anything but lay around! I even had a donut earlier this week! A DONUT!!! All I can figure is the loss of appetite last week, and the small amount of cardio I did this week. I think I did probably an hour total of dancing with Just Dance 2 on the Wii. My other guess--coughing (see lovely picture to the left. That is not me, but probably what I looked like--with flatter hair and paler skin). I'm hypothesizing that it's the best kept cardio secret! I've been coughing my head off for a week and a half. My abs have even been sore from all the coughing and nose blowing! I figure this has to be a great workout. Right? Of course. It's the only explanation. I just think it's hilarious (in a painfully ironic and not really funny at all kind of way) that I work my butt off on an average week and sometimes don't even lose an ounce, then I have a week of barely working out and eat some not-so-healthy foods and I lose 2 pounds! That's the most I've lost in one week since I started this challenge. Go figure. But see, I bet minus the coughing, this would not be the case.

So, are you looking to shed a few pounds? My advice? Embrace the common cold this season! And hold off on the coughdrops!

Picture to the left is of me and Scott--after our colds. Okay, not really. Scott didn't really have a cold...