183.4 (naked) (new scale) 9:30am

So, I am solidly below 185. It feels great. Last year when I was losing all the weight, I really just focused on each 5 pounds. I am ready to go back to the mindset. When I gained back up over 190, it just became impossible to think of it in that manner, because I felt so desperate to just be back down where I was. I think this is a common problem for people who regain weight. The focus way to hard on the 23 pounds they have regained (or whatever it is) and not enough on the 5 small pounds that they need to look at. The 23 pounds becomes overwhelming and too hard to think about in the first week of the diet and you keep falling off. When instead, if you just focus on each 5 pound increment, it's not so overwhelming. 5 pounds generally takes me a few weeks, so that is all I can focus on at a time. Any more than that, and I just start feeling overwhelmed with how far I have to go.