In the land of non-scale victories.

I recently bought a pair of size 20 corduroys from Old Navy that fit just dandy over my thunderthigs and bubble butt, but there was no way I could stuff my tummy into it.

I put them in the closet and told them "just you wait". On Monday the 29th I pulled them out of the closet to pep my weighloss resolve up and remind myself how good they look on my ass, and lo and behold, I could zip them up!!!

Now don't get me wrong, I am not able to zip them up and actually wear them. I have to stand still and not breathe if I have them on. I showed husband in great excitment that I could zip them up and he pronounced my muffin tops "not that big", bless his heart. I told him that wearing the pants would be automatic portion control. I'd eat a quarter of what I usually pack away and then I'd have to stop to keep the zip from unzipping itself and my belly from oozing out of the zipper opening. I do think however, that if I move the buttons slightly out, I could potentially wear them to a standing-up activity - such as a concert, for example.

Here is, for fun, my food intake for last Monday:
2 Bananas
4 pieces Turkish delight left over from christmas
1/4 cup Hazelnuts
1/4 cup dried cranberries
1 serving Cadbury's solid milk chocs (it was probably two servings and I didn't write it down)
Huge sala made of cherry tomato, zucchini, romain salad with raspberry blush viniagrette
1 bag Asian Medley Birdseye Steamed Veggies
1 Michelina's past penne zucchini
water

Today's food
Banana
1 can Brisk Ice tea
2/4 cup emerald glazed walnuts
36 fl oz Gatorade
2 servings Beefed up Barley soup
4 cubes cheese
1 1/2 servings chocolate
24 fl oz water x2 - that 700 mls times 2. So almost 1 1/2 litres!
1 orange
1 kaiser roll (eaten while searching for missing kitty)
1 sugar cookie
husband's left over vegetables and speck of chicken from Italian restaurant the other night.

I am eating better than I used to, you'll notice no fizzy drink on either day. I've cut down on sugary sweet drinks quite a bit. If I'm going to do heaps of sugar, it'll be in chocs I adore, dammit!