Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Best and worst week in one

How do you have both your best and worst week in one?

my sister asked me if a blind person applied my sunscreen...
You get REALLY sunburned, that's how. I had the brilliant idea of laying by a pool for hours in Arizona with haphazardly at best applied sunscreen. By the end of the day I was so burned that you could hover your hand above my knees and feel intense heat.

Turns out that if you get a bad burn you retain ridiculous amounts of water. I gained back the entire 5lbs I had lost in straight water. But, to get to the best part of the week--by the end of the week I lost all the water and then some real weight.

It felt good to get rid of so much 'weight' so fast, but I wouldn't recommend it. Ha!

luckily this happened a couple weeks ago so i can now laugh about it. Other than the fact that in all of my sister's wedding pictures from this weekend i am peeling EVERYWHERE!



believe it or not but this was days later, my thigh looked like i accidentally sat on a clothes iron.

3 comments:

  1. That sunburn looks and sounds brutal! I didn't know about that water retention either, but hey, I bet it DOES feel good to have so much weight come off at once. ;)

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  2. I didn't either until I realized that my skin was super tight and I googled it. So. Much. Water. Haha

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  3. Oh my gosh! I'm glad it's been a few weeks because I have to say, that is hilarious! And sad. ;) I'm glad you are getting better. I got burnt like a lobster half way through my honeymoon. I made Josh put Aloe Vera on my back every two hours and it helped. But it sucked.
    Thanks for sharing. :)

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