Popcorn and Cookie Butter

So, this past week... I have not been good. I have, in point of fact, been bad. Confusingly, I have not gained weight, but lost it. (A little of it.) I have eaten something that was fattening/sweet/ridiculous pretty much EVERY DAY this week. Lunch today was popcorn and Cookie Butter. Big Bit was thrilled. I had made less than a fully bowl (we have a Stir-Crazy, I cannot recommend them highly enough) and so after eating about 3 or 4 cups of popcorn and 5 or 6 tablespoons of Cookie Butter, I was thinking "Hey, another half-bowl of popcorn sounds great! And then we'll just finish off the last of the Cookie Butter, just to keep things neat and tidy ..." Fortunately I had to put Little Bit down for a nap first, which gave me a moment to realize what a Bad Idea that would be.

Ahhhhhhhhhhh what to do! 

Also these week, exercise? Um, what exercise? I never said I would exercise ... oh wait. Right. That was me. Ahem.

It is my belief that I have, for lack of a more scientific term, stubborn fat. Slow to gather, slow to leave ... Otherwise I should be seeing a lot more yo-yo-ing on the bathroom scale. This is, I suspect, also related to nursing. It seems like nursing is really helpful for losing a chunk of weight at the beginning, and then there you stop. It's like your body fights to keep every ounce, screaming, "Noooooooo! What if there's a FAMINE? What if they run out of CHEESE? How will you feed your BABY????"

This is unhelpful.

So what to do? If I am "good" (as I define it, not as Health magazine defines it) I lose weight slooooooowly or maybe I stay the same for a while. If I am bad, I lose weight even more sloooooooowly or maybe I stay the same for a while or maybe I slooooooowly drift upwards on the scale. This, in case I have been unclear, is not working for me. I am determined to not be fat by Christmas, which means there are pounds (and pounds) to lose and not much time to do it. I think I'm going to have to rethink. A dash of strategy, a soupcon of planning ... And, I very much fear, not a little exercising.

The number: 260