185.8, 33.8 lbs to go

Eating moderately and keeping stress down seems to have paid off for another day, with almost another pound gone. Primarily eating Cinch diet five day fast forward foods, but I haven't gotten totally strict about it, due to lack of planning.

186.6 lbs, 34.6 lbs to go

So yesterday I did walk 3 miles, and I did keep my eating moderate, but I think the big thing is that I drank more water, and I lost almost 5 lbs. Obviously that was fluid weight, but it is still fluid that is no longer stuck to me, so I'm still happy about it. Not off to a great start today, with a McDonalds breakfast, but as long as I keep my eating to mealtimes, I'm still hopeful.

191.6 lbs, 39.6 lbs to go

Ok, so I didn't get organized to start the Cinch diet yet, that takes planning and shopping, I did get some exercise yesterday, tried to moderate my eating, and tried to get some rest, and my weight came down by almost 2 lbs.

Today, I was up at 5:30, made the 5 km walk to work by 7:30, and I'm working on keeping my stress eating under control. I have high hopes that its turning around, but I've obviously said that before many times.

193.4 lbs, 41.4 lbs to go

Very discouraging so far, stress is still rising, weight is still rising. Haven't had a good night's sleep in weeks. But I'm not letting my weight rise any further; now I'm only 6.6 lbs under my lifetime maximum, and I don't want to get back there. So I'm going to do the Cinch diet 5 day fast forward. I hate to do prescriptive diets, but my wife did it last summer and lost 8 lbs in 5 days. I'm going to do it with the hope that the structure it gives me will help me to stop gaining. Any weight lost will be a bonus.

188.6, 36.6 lbs to go

Yesterday was a terribly stressful day, but I managed to not re-gain any weight anyway. That's a pretty big confidence boost for keeping the stress eating under control today.

188.8, 36.8 lbs to go

I lost three and a half pounds yesterday, which is a start in the right direction. The main thing that I need to do is to stop using food as a means of stress relief. If I have a good day today, I'll be almost back where I started. It seems once again like the pressure to lose weight actually makes it harder to lose weight. Oh, well,

192.2 lbs, 40.2 lbs to go

Still going the wrong way. I've been letting stress beat me lately, so much so that I'm only 7.8lbs below my lifetime highest weight now. I have to find a way to stop this now.

190.6, 38.6 lbs to go

Going the wrong way with weight again, stress and anxiety at an all time high, but I'm still 9.4 lbs below my all time maximum weight, which is something.
I'm hoping that this is a temporary weight gain, and I'm going to do my best to lose 6 lbs this weekend, but I'd be happy with any weight loss at this point.

189.6, 37.6 lbs to go

Well my countdown from 35 lbs is going the wrong way with 37.6 lbs to go to get to 152 lbs, which would be my adult minimum weight record. I think stress is a major contributor here, so I'm going to add meditation to my routine tonight. I've been flossing daily for more than a week, and I think it is time to take the next step towards healthy living.

187.2

I think that the rise in my weight may have been at least temporarily stopped, but it is too early to tell. One good thing is that I'm pretty much exactly 35 lbs above my adult minimum weight, which gives me a nice round goal to pursue. So I think tomorrow I'll start counting down from 35 as a motivational technique. I'm still flossing after about a week, and maybe that is helping to turn things around because I know I'm not exercising and I'm not consciously eating any less.