Week 21

PJ Weight:  161.0
Week Loss:  -0.6
Cumulative Loss: -30.6

Seth Weight: 173.6
Week Loss: -2.0
Cumulative Loss: -25.5

Seth finally got past the 25 pound mark today.  He's been more or less stuck for the last month, but this week:  BOOM, he dropped 2 pounds.  Go Seth!!

The big excitement for me this week was that last night I tried on a pair of my size 10's and they more-or-less fit.  They're still too tight for me to consider wearing out and about, but they close without a lot of effort and I don't feel like the front button is likely to detach at a speed high enough to put out the eye of some unfortunate bystander.  PROGRESS: I AM MAKING IT.

My weekly losses have slowed a lot recently.  Part of it is just that I'm sick of dieting, but part of it also is probably due to the fact that I'm slowly working my way toward stopping breastfeeding.  As I reduce the amount of milk I make, I need to cut back on the amount I eat.  That's been rough.

(And this is kind of an aside for a diet blog, but it's my diet blog, so NYAH.  I don't have any idea if any other moms feel this way, but I've been having a really rough time with getting myself to stop nursing this time around.  I guess it's because unless the unexpected happens, Raven's my last baby, so this will be the last time I'm going to be doing this.  It's been very emotionally difficult for me.  I mean, I don't really enjoy making milk, but the concept of stopping now has become pretty painful.  Enough that I tear up thinking about it kind of painful.  Even though I can  acknowledge that there are probably hormones at work here, they're not easy to ignore.)

But anyway, we're doing well.  We just have to keep on and not completely fall off of our wagon this coming Monday what with the piles of delicious candy that will be strewn about the house.  We'll set ourselves aside a few pieces each.  Then we'll see how well we can stick to that.

Right.

Wish us luck & Happy Halloween everybody.