Time to finish what I started

So, last year at this time I started a massive weight loss attempt. I lost 25 pounds. I haven't gained anything back, thank God, but I also hadn't lost anything either.
So, about 3 weeks ago, I started really kicking things into high gear. I hit a bit of a snag when I got sick ... basically two weeks went by without ever hitting the gym.
I started back at Spin yesterday and felt awesome.
So, here we are, a few weeks later and I have lost 5 pounds!
WooHoo!
Only 20 more to go!!!!!!!!!

New Wardrobe ... kinda

So, this morning I was getting ready for work and realized that the pants that I had just put on just kind of hung. Like, OMG does that lady have a dirty diaper on? hanging. And, because they were hanging, they were way too long and I was tripping.

So ... I tried on some old pants ... pre- little j pants ... and what do ya know? They fit. A bit snug .... but for the first time in over 2 years, the pants buttoned and didn't make me look like a Johnsonville brat.

The scale? It still shows 175 .... but the clothes are definitely showing a difference!

Woo Hoo!!!!

Hungry

OMG ... I have been hungry all day ... Not just "oh, drink some water and your hunger will disappear" hungry ... but the "what else can I pull out of the deep hidden corners of my pantry" hungry.

So helpful on my never ending quest to lose pounds (which, as of now, is still ZERO!) ....

Mommy is chunky ... still

Another day started, another day that I feel like I weigh 300 pounds. I can honestly tell you that I am starting to hit my breaking point with the battle this time.
I know in my life that my "battle" with weight will always be a "war." .... a constant situation that I have to deal with on an ongoing basis. I have been dealing with it since I was 8. Never obese - but always - fat. I have had my periods of "prettiness" - but, somehow I go through something in my life that ends those eras (ie, babies, college, etc). This time, I am starting to wonder ... WTF????
I am working out more than I have since before the baby .... I am watching what I eat, no food after dinner (that was/is one of my weaknesses), I am CONSTANTLY on the go... what more do I have to do?
The doctor did every test imaginable on me - tested my heart, blood, hormones ... all FINE. Not even BORDERLINE ... but FINE. So ... it isn't anything that I can "cure."
I KNOW that I don't have a steady workout routine at this moment, what single Mom does? But, come on. This is stupid.
The doctor did say to give it 3 months and then she would take another course of action ... well, that will bring me to April 1 .... if I STILL haven't lost a pound by then I am heading straight back there and figuring this shit out.
Seriously - am I doomed to be the fat Mom for the rest of my life?????

Fat Tuesday

So, think Lent could help me with my weight loss? Is it bad that I am going to give something up for Lent that might actually HELP me in the end? Is that a sacrifice then?
I am quitting on anything after dinner ... I always allow myself something on the weekend one night ... and of course my birthday that always falls during Lent (except for last year of course)!
So ... I ate some popcorn tonight ... after our Taco Tuesday dinner at Moe's.
Hopefully this will help jump start my shedding of the pounds.
Something has to!