Fat Pants

So back in 2014-2015, when I had my first real successful lifestyle change (65 pounds down and I kept it off for roughly 2 years), I set aside a pair of pants that were designated as my "fat pants" or my pants that I would use to show my weight loss eventually.  Because I didn't quite make my all time goal back then, I never took "the picture".  You know the one where you smile proudly as you can fit your entire body in one of the pants legs?  Anyhoo, those pants sat in the back of the closet.  I would see them from time to time and even as I started gaining the weight back, I never quite had the desire to want to even take them down, much less put them back into the "rotation".  Until yesterday.

I didn't get to laundry last weekend like I normally would have done and I ran out of jeans for work.  I managed to catch a glimpse of them. I thought to myself that there is no way that they would fit.  That even though I've gained all the weight back that I had lost for some reason in my head I thought that there was just no way that it would even work.  That they would still be too big. 

Uh... to my absolute horror, they fit perfectly.

So it's also a stark reminder that I do not want to be where I am at currently.  I'm ready to begin this journey again.

This week I've implemented a few small changes here and there and so far even though I'm not consistent I'm still proud of my very small achievements.  With the exception of today, I've managed to get at the very minimum 15 minutes of walking in.  Monday and Tuesday were better days, I think I managed 45 on Monday.  I've also logged all my food into MFP so far this week.  Even the McDonald's that I ate for dinner because it's been a shit day at work.  

Baby steps.. baby steps.  And it's better than what I had been doing previously, which is a big ole heaping pile of nada.

And in conclusion I guess now I have a new motivational photo of where I need to go from here.

I'll plan on typing up a recap of my week probably this weekend.

 *Off topic*, whomever decided that only one space between sentences is acceptable now, is just WRONG!  My typing teacher in high school would have heart failure for sure.  It's just ingrained to hit the spacebar twice.  I'll never surrender!!! #twospacesnotone

Also off topic, who else uses MFP now?  What's with all the damn ads!?  It's so frustrating trying to scroll through your feed.