This is the first time in two weeks that I’ve tried on my goal pants.  They fit pretty much the same as they did two weeks ago.  I don’t currently have a goal shirt. I’m still thinking on that one.

While there appears to be no change, this is good.  In the two weeks since I’ve tried them on, there’s been both Christmas and New Year’s. I took extended up days on both holidays.  While I paid for it with bloat early in the week after both weekends, it appears that if I had a gain, it was small enough to not make a significant difference in the fit of my goal jeans.I haven’t had a loss, either, but I’m glad to come out on the other side of the holidays without an apparent gain, and without the urge to chuck the whole process.  Instead, I’m about nine months ahead of all the people that resolved to lose weight and get fit for the new year. 😉

Currently, the size 22 black Rider jeans fit tight. Two weeks ago, I was able to do the lay-down-suck-in-button-and-zip thing.  That’s how this morning was, as well.  Trust me — I’m not sure I could have done it if there was another single ounce of fat somewhere below my waist.  Still, it took about the same amount of effort as the last time.

Speaking of nine months… if I’d gotten pregnant on the day I started this diet, I’d be having labor pains just about now. Ha!  I’m glad to be nine months down the road and still working on losing and getting fit.