186.4 6am

I've been on track about 2 weeks now. I've been walking about 3 miles most days for the last week (I walked 6 miles today). My weight is gradually coming down. It feels good to be in the groove again!

188.2 7am

It feels sooooo good to be back below 190. This is the lowest I've been in over a year. I am focusing now on getting back to 183.2 (5 more pounds), where I will be back in the overweight category and no longer "obese".

193.0 5:45am

Been low carb, low calorie for 4 days now, so 193 is my "true" weight. I feel like I might be ready to make a long run at strict dieting for a while. I have 10 weeks before I head back to Oklahoma (out of state working right now). I could potentially lose up to 25 pounds in that time. That would be AMAZING.

194.4 3pm

Each day gets a little easier when you are on plan.

195.6 1pm

I'm have been sick with a cold for the last week. Still trying to fight it off. This is a low carb 1000 calorie prior day weight. I think I am like exactly the same weight as Jan 1st 2017, so that is both depressing and a good thing. I feel like I worked on my weight a LOT in 2017 and only managed to stay exactly the same weight. I was on plan at least 80% of the time and would periodically go off the rails and gain a lot of weight (up to 206 pounds at one point) and then "cut" via low calorie low carb to get back down the the mid 190's. I saw a low of ~191-192 last month. I don't know if this is ever going to get easier. I guess it isn't.

Thoughts for 2018... I would like to drop artificial sweeteners 100%. I think this is where a lot of my cravings stem from. I also would like to consistently walk and build up to being able to even run and doing so weight lifting. I would also like to quit with the on plan, off plan, on plan, off plan bullshit. It's exhausting. I would like to stick more with a 4 hour eating window. I have pretty much eliminated breakfast from my life, but I would like to narrow that eating window down even more and try to incorporate some 24-48 hour fasts in there. I've recently been reading and watching videos on fasting and autophagy and am interested in trying to add regular fasting to my life.

All in all, I feel kinda complacent about my weight. Losing down to sub 180 again would make a big difference in how my knees and joints feel. I worry about how much wear and tear I am putting on my body, by carrying around this extra 50 pounds.