Do You See This? It's A Gear Shift. On My Butt.

That's right. It appears that I'm finally getting my ass in gear.

I'm down 20 pounds now, and do you know what that means? It means my arms slide into a few of my shirts without feeling tight and bound. It means I can bend over to put my shoes on, and the button on my waistband doesn't eat into my belly so much. It means I had to put my pajama jeans away because I was constantly pulling them up all weekend.

It means the world.


My world. A whole new one and I'm loving it.

Right now, I have a cinnamon donut and a cream-cheese frosted banana cupcake sitting on my desk (courtesy of two different co-workers) and I haven't touched them yet. In fact, I think I'm going to go put them in the breakroom for somebody else to gorge on. I had oatmeal and I'm pleasantly full and I keep looking at that chunky frosting on the cupcake and picturing the texture of my thighs. I see the bumps and clumps on that donut and imagine how it would looked shoved up my shirtsleeve, bulging and hanging down as I raise my arm.

The visualization thing helps. It helps a lot.

One of the tricks of the trade that seems to be working, so far. What little tricks help you?