Barb, do the injections just ease pain from arthritis, or do they help make the arthritis go away? I don't know much about arthritis, but think I'm getting some in both hands at the base of my thumbs. My sister jokes that the word "arthritis" just means "getting older" in Latin, but I'm wondering how inevitable it really is.
I'm up about a half pound; have been in a one-pound range all week, up one day slightly and down the next. My mom's memorial service was yesterday, which was stressful but went very well, and I ate all the stuff laid out afterward. (There were cold cuts including various sliced meats like pastrami and pepperoni, all nice and salty.) I think gaining slightly after that is not a big deal. Overall my weight seems to be staying down.
Pilates continues. It's not thrilling but is moderately interesting, nearby, easy enough to keep up with, and low impact. Since I've got to do something for exercise "or else," I go to four classes a week. One thing about the improved definition of the muscles of my core (if I'm not just imagining it) is that the two inches extra on my stomach really stands out. I'll have to address that with diet. It's irritating that fat cells don't ever go away but just get smaller, unless someone does a tummy tuck or lipo. They'll always be lurking there waiting to grow if I get careless with the sweets.
A funny aside about the memorial service -- the church live-streamed it, and presumably their cameras were not the greatest quality, because when I was standing at the podium talking, the way it was filmed made my bosom look like the prow of the Queen Mary. I am not matronly nor massive in the chest in real life. I'm glad that while they will keep the audio in their archives, they won't keep the video.
Have a great week!