TheKarenS's Journal, 09 December 2015

I've had an emotional weekend as I'm letting go of a relationship that I thought had a great future. Sadly, I can't keep someone from sabataging the happiness of both of us. Now I have to focus on taking care of myself and moving forward.

I've decided to approach this weight loss a bit differently. Previously I tracked everything I put in my mouth. But I tend to look for a distraction in times of stress, then when the stress is gone I no longer need a distraction. I don't want to create a distraction of calorie counting, only to drop it. I'm also a bit emotionally fragile at the moment, and I don't need the burden of failure when I eat a meal that is difficult to track. So I'm going to practice listening to myself and my body. When I reached my goal previously, I was able to maintain my weight within 5 lbs for quite sometime without calorie counting or weighing daily. I started this weekend, and I'm down 4.5 lbs. I do know that is mostly water, but I retain a lot of fluid when I make bad food choices, so even losing water weight is a victory.

My plan is to make good food choices, eat a little less of it, and only weigh once a week. I'm also walking several times a week as an antidepressant. Here's hoping for better physical and emotional health.

161.8 lb Lost so far: 38.2 lb.    Still to go: 11.8 lb.    Diet followed reasonably well.