Finally! Progress again.

143.1 this morning! Some movement in the right direction. Whenever the scale goes down, it always makes me more determined to stick with my eating and exercising goals, so I hopefully get a repeat the next day. When I got a 144.6 yesterday, it made me want to throw my hands in the air, say fuck it and tuck myself into a greasy, cheesy lunch of some sort. Mmmm... grilled cheese. Mmmmm... fried things. Sorry. The difference between now and two months ago was that I didn't do it. 

Also, as I said yesterday, I'm trying to focus for the moment on how my clothes are fitting, too, rather than letting the scale dictate my mood. I'd take measurements and assess that as well, but I can never seem to take them in the same place and the same way. 

So this morning, to celebrate my drop on the scale, I spent 20 minutes playing one of my favoruite weight loss games: What Can I Fit Into Now?!? (TM)  :) Today promises to be one of the last truly hotter, summer-like days up here and I decided that the time was right to break out one of my summer skirts—which, of course, I never ended up wearing all summer because I ate like a pig and gave up exercise. Mostly I'm a size 8, with a few things I picked up in a size 6 when I got down to 142 last summer. I've gotten rid of everything in size 10 and up, except for one pair of size 16 fat pants. Ick.

This morning's closet raid produced two size 6 skirts, one from Loft and one from J.Crew, and two size 4 skirts (!) from Ann Taylor and some outdoorsy company I've never heard of. The size 6's look great. Bam, done. The size 4 from Ann Taylor would look best with another five pounds gone, although it could work with a shirt that's looser around the middle to hide my still-there hint of muffin top. Back into the closet for that one. That can double as a fall skirt, so I'll try it on again in a few weeks. 

But my other size 4—bought at the beginning of August in Minnesota with my BFF as a "someday" purchase, spurred on by the super low sale price and the two glasses of wine I had at lunch—looked great. Felt great. Awesome! And can I tell you how much I love this skirt, like how super cute it is?? Light, white cotton, just above knee length, slightly A line, with a slight pencil-looking drawing of a branch on the side. Well, now I've decided to stop being lazy and just find a picture of it...

...And, I'm back. Apparently, it no longer exists. The company is Lole, which has now led me further down the rabbit's hole of the net, as I just got caught up in shopping their site. Damn interwebs. So you'll have to take my word for it. It's cute. It's slimming. It's a size 4 and I look great in it. So FU scale!!! Who needs you?? (Actually, um, I do. So... same time tomorrow?)