Apparently, progress

This week has brought a pleasant surprise.

A few days ago, I was going through the laundry trying to find a pair of shorts that I figured would fit me, if I wore a belt. Main reason being I had spent the previous day working on a report that involved digging around in a very dusty area of work, re-arranging the things that were in said area. Net result? My pants were filthy by the end of the day. Unfortunately, it was also my last clean pair of pants; all three are now in the wash. When I explained to mother why I was looking for shorts despite it still being relatively cool out (I believe it was somewhere in the mid-fifties, maybe mid-forties), she asked me why I didn't wear the medium-blue pair she'd made me awhile back.

I could not remember a pair of medium blue pants made for me at all.

Still she dug through the basket of shirts and shorts that I have yet to put away, and pulled out the pair she meant. And yeah, I remembered them - I had to stop wearing them a few years ago because I'd out grown them, girth-wise. When I told her this, she responded with the ever-popular, "Well, you've been loosing weight, right? Try them on and see if they fit."

A-heh. They did. Do? Whichever. I can fit into a pair of pants that I have not been able to fit into for years. ^^

This makes me very happy. I still have a gut, mind you, but it is apparently a rather smaller gut - before, there was a good 2-3" between the button and the hole for it to close these pants.

I think I am definitely making progress, and I have used neither Acai berry nor an expensive gym membership to do it! Woo! :D