Week fifteen: steady on, steady down

Ok. It's hard to lose weight. That is the one thing I know for sure and, for me, anyway, it hasn't been a steady downward drop the way I imagined. It's more like descending a staircase...with lots of landings. Plateaus have plagued me since I started this endeavour, but I'm okay with them now. I've lost about 12.5 pounds in 15 weeks and that's not too shabby. It's starting to show on my old body, too, and certainly in my motivation. I'm thinking...can I be down 20 pounds by the end of June? Can I? And my answer to the Universe right now is "Yes, Yes, Yes!!" I have an August wedding to attend and I LOVE weddings. I have a periwinkle silk dress with a broken (read: damages, actually, honestly, read: split) zipper. I wore that dress for my Nellie McClung book launch in 2003 and it hasn't fit since, although I've tried it on a number of times just "to see" (hence the - ahem -  zipper). Well, now (or in a few more pounds) that beautiful little summer wedding dress is going to fit like a charm. I just know it. I'm confident now that I will wear it again. I'm even taking it into the tailor today to have the zipper fixed. Why not? Love is in the air and silk against the skin feels like nothing else. It hasn't been easy, these last, what, three and a half months, but the rewards are starting to appear. Wearing a beloved old dress again is just one of them. Feeling more energetic is another. Feeling optimistic even when the scales aren't moving is another. Steady on, steady down, that's my new modo.  Later

Margaret