I miss blogging, and I really like the accountability, so I'm going to try to get back into it more now that I am able and ready to get this weight off.

This week was a struggle, with the election, parties, the remains of provided meals and freezer foods that have no calorie counts attached, but I still logged as best I could (and clocked a few embarrassingly high calorie days, but nothing I haven't moved on from).

To be short - she won the election! My wonderful mother-in-law came out of a nasty, contentious primary and a (surprisingly) contentious general election - both three way races - with a significant chunk of the vote ahead of her competitors. We were supremely happy to add to her title of 'grandma' with 'Grandma, sitting senator of Alaska District P'. She worked her butt off and earned every single vote, and her whole team (my fabulous husband, included) put in crazy hours to support her in her goal. Congratulation to her and all of us who helped her get there, it's a sweet, sweet victory!

On the diet front, and onto the main topic of this short post, I stayed on plan today. This is big. I have had many days this week where I was on plan until the evening, where events containing potlucks and the like made it very hard to gauge my calories, but this was a day where I honest-to-goodness stayed on plan. I white knuckled it a bit this evening, trying to break my sugar and junk issues, but clocked in at 2083 calories for the day, or roughly 147 calories over my target. That's perfectly acceptable for me, the evening was rounded off with some tea and a small serving of chocolate chips, which made up that overage, and I can honestly say it was a controlled and pleasant ending to a pretty good food day. Especially given that the baby and I are both a bit under the weather with a cold (and consequently he is being crabby), it was a concerted effort to not overeat and use illness as an excuse, but I resisted and am proud.

I really am ready to commit to more weight lost, so regardless of what the scale says tomorrow (it may be bad after the residual junk in my system from the week, and my dinner tonight was salty, though within my calorie range) I am trucking my way down the scale. No excuses, I'm completely committed and ready to go, and have been for over a week. And thankfully, now, I have most of my obstacles out of the way. I am back to a normal routine, normal food, normal expectations of myself and feeling healthier and stronger every day.

As a happy side note to to top this all off, I actually got on my exercise bike on Friday and did fifteen gentle minutes to see how my bottom and belly fared after the physical feat of childbirth. Though my abs protested a bit (I have a diastasis from pregnancy and they are weak) I had no issues with my stitches and no soreness. It felt SO good afterward, if I hadn't been heading out for a date night right after that I would have continued on for another half hour! I missed my bike so much and the feeling of wellbeing I had after getting over the first hard five minutes. So, children allowing, I will be easing back into the cardio part of my exercise routine over the course of this week. I am waiting on strength training until my doctor clears me, since the ab issues are a concern, but biking and probably some Leslie Sansone are on the agenda!

So yay for an on-plan night, yay for 3.5 good miles on my bike, and yay for the weight I am losing now, down down down to my next goal of 208! I would love to make it by December or January, but regardless I know I WILL get there one bite and mile and pound of resistance at a time :)

I'll check in tomorrow morning with my stats, measurements included, I think.