This morning in the shower I tried to plan out what I would wear today. Brown capri pants, for sure, I thought. They are comfy and roomy. The shirt I wanted to wear, though, was waded up on a shelf. Seriously, I'm not in high school anymore, why don't I put my clean clothes away?

Anyway. The brown capris felt a little loose and looked pretty baggy as I looked myself over in the mirror. Hmph, I thought. Maybe the black capris would be better; I'm just not feeling this brown thing today.

Same deal with the black capris, but I was running out of time -- and clothing options -- so I went with the black ones. Whatever, I'm a desk jockey so I can live with it.

But the more I moved around the more I realized that my pants were actually too big! Not just a little loose, but like a size or two too big.

OK, that's totally weird. I remember buying these pants just a couple of months ago and don't remember them feeling so loose. But this is like almost embarrassingly loose. Surely I would have realized this looseness in the store.

And to top it off, I begrudgingly got on the scale the other day (granted the scale has seen much, much better days) and I was down only about 3 lb. But now that I really think about it, two other pairs of shorts that I bought after the black ones have been practically falling off of me lately and I thought they must have been stretchy since I was buying a size smaller than I thought I should. AND the fanny pack I wear when I walk seems to be a little looser lately. Hmmm... maybe this is all adding up to something.

"Is it possible," I asked A. when I got into the office, "to not lose weight but to lose inches?"

I pulled out the waistband of my pants to illustrate what I was talking about.

"Oh yeah," she assured me. "That's what has happened to me in the past. Because you can build muscle and lose fat and it all sort of evens out."

Makes sense, although I don't think I'm building muscle in my abdomen. But nonetheless things are definitely changing in the clothing arena, which is nice. I kind of hoped I would have been weighed at the doctor's office this morning, but I wasn't since it was an ultrasound. Next week, though, when I visit Dr. R for blood test and ultrasound results I'll have two things on my mind: weight and A1C.