Well, it only took a week and a half of writing for me to slack off for the next week and a half. But here I am - back again. I don't quite know if I would say life got better or worse during my absence. I have gained my lunch hour back a few times the last week. Not tomorrow though.

My trainer came back! Sadly, I did not lift free weights as often as he would have liked so I'm paying for it! But it's a rewarding feeling to be sore. I have officially lost 24 inches (and 18 pounds)! That's two feet all over my body. Weird. Clearly, I had a distorted image of myself before and didn't realize I had 24 inches to lose, but here we are. I've had to retire quite a few clothes that aren't favorites enough to make it to the tailor.