What makes you happy? Losing weight (quantity) or feeling good (quality)

I haven't blogged here in sooo long.
But that's because I've been slipping up.
I'm not so strict any more as I was when I started this out. But I haven't given up either.

My weakness -- I wont wake up and exercise. I know it's my undoing but I won't budge.
Motivation is such a beautiful word but it's not in mydictionary currently.

I'm still eating fairly healthy, but without exercise, that's only 50 per cent of the effort, right?

I finally weighed myself, reluctantly, about two weeks ago. On the same scale I'd weighed myself at the beginning of this blog. And I've only lost 200 grams!!!!

But, and this is a BIG BUT -- I've been fitting into clothes I'd put away six months after I gave birth to my son. I need belts on my jeans and trousers. My boobs have grown a wee bit smaller - I fit into tops I couldn't earlier.

But that goddamn tummy......can I just like cut it all off smoothly with a butterknife?

I don't exactly look like I have a figure...I'm nowhere close to THAT. But, I'm not feeeling too miserable either. Some pride I do take in the facts that:
1. My eating portions have come down (which was initially so difficult for me to achieve).
2. I'm able to keep off my evening hunger with some dry fruits, fruits and water till I actually eat dinner.
3. Overall, my energy levels and self-image are better (except when I look in the mirror ;-)

So is this qualitative "betterment" a good show in my life? I think so....at least I'm not distressed and depressed about my looks and weight.

Ate a fudge sundae and didn't feel guilty

I haven't been posting in a while.
But update-wise, I've mostly been sticking to my plant five days in a week. Which is saying a lot.
Ok I've been slipping up on the exercise front. But still, it's not too bad a deal.

I've been sticking to the "eat every two hours" policy.
1. Morning is fruit/dry fruit
2. breakfast is traditional Indian fare -- poha/upma/idli/dosa, sometimes bread toast, and Maggi
3. Mid morning is either buttermilk or fruit/dry fruit
4. Lunch is my standard 2 rotis+subji+salad+curd rice
5. Evening is where I've been goofing up, but again mostly fruit/sandwich/bhel puri
6. dinner is again 1 roti+subji+salad+rice with sambar/rasam/dal and curd

My achievements so far :
1. My trousers have gotten loose at the waist!!!! Two pairs of them, which i mostly squeezed into -- one jeans and one linen trouser. My tops have also gotten a bit airy and no longer cling to my wiggly tum.
2. AAAAAAH the size of the overhanging abdomen has reduced! I can see it and feel it. It's not like my tyre is completely gone or something...It's there. It still looks ugly when I sit down, but there is hope that I can work towards reducing the size bit by bit.
3. Overall I'm feeling more energetic, healthy and good that I'm doing myself and my body some good.
4. Today I ate a fudge sundae but am not feeling guilty about it. I didn't gobble it up. Just as much as I could eat and left the rest.

(I really hope to post more often but work has been so hectic and at home I spend some time cooking fresh food, organising the meals etc....so much to do)