And no major changes either. I continue to work out 4-5 times a week, and try to do something active over the weekends as well (this weekend it was just swimming 20 laps in the pool). I keep on bringing meals to work, stick to healthy stuff, but don’t count every calorie anymore – hence, probably, lack of visible progress over the last few weeks. The best result on the scale so far was 151 – so from the beginning of weights training 8 weeks ago I only lost about 7 lb – it’s not a very impressive result, I hoped for at least a firm 10 lb. I recognize I lost fat and gained muscle, since my clothes fit significantly improved, and those cute skirts that I bought about a month ago do fit absolutely fine now – no stretch. I also managed to fit into my ‘not-so-little-black dress” – it’s somewhere between size 10 and 12, but it’s sexy and very flattering.. Will go impress my new boyfriend with it tonight.

The new goal now will be first ‘mid-size blue dress’, followed by the ‘truly little black dress’ – size 8 from Jones New York Petite, which I bought over 5 years ago and never wore – it was just a bit tight when I got it, and I only gained since. I got a couple of lovely suits from the same sale that I never really wore either.

My goal remains to be 135 lb, which is about 10-15 lb heavier than my ideal weight. I can probably get to 125, but it will require to dedicate my life to weight loss, and I got better things to do. So for the next month I will continue with my current weightlifting program, and from September I will start something else – possibly martial arts. We’ll see.