"Skinny" Jeans

“Skinny” jeans. I’m not talking about the jeans all of the emo kids wear - I’m talking about that pair of jeans we hang onto in hopes one day they will fit. When I tried on my pair of “skinny” jeans 7 months ago, I couldn’t even pull them up over my hips..much less button them. What the hell? When did I get this huge muffin top? Have I really gained this much weight? Sigh, I’ll just wear a dress.

It took at least another few months for me to start dieting but I thought a lot about those jeans. How sexy I felt in them. How cute they are. How I wanted to wear them but couldn’t. So when I started the diet I told myself then that I wouldn’t try on the “skinny” jeans until I met my goal. When I lost ten pounds, those jeans starting taunting me. I talked myself into trying on just one pair. And, they fit! I rocked those puppies out that night to dinner along with a shirt that I used to wear with them. I didn’t even have to unbutton them for relief! Feeling pretty damn confident, I decided to try on the other two pair. I was able to button them but didn’t feel quite comfortable in them. I took them off and reminding myself of my original plan of not trying them on until I reached my goal. It wasn’t as depressing as the time I tried them on months ago because I know now that I WILL fit into those jeans. Just a few more pounds and it’ll be like I have a whole new wardrobe!


Last night’s dinner:

Lemon (brown) rice with broccoli - 3 points



Oven Roasted Eggplant - 1 point



Pan Seared Chicken with Garlic Sauce - 3 points