Things over at Colin Devroe’s The-Diet page have slowed to a crawl, mainly since Colin apparently reached his main goal of loss, and is now working on muscle-gain.  I congratulate Colin, but I wonder where that leaves the rest of us.  Suddenly the support system is gone since we can only comment on his past posts.  If any of the other other dieters have a place where they are talking/gathering… please let me know!

I restarted the diet yesterday, mainly due to inflating back up to 217/218 lbs after I briefly saw 210 a few weeks ago. So, basically I am going to start again on Day 1 of Week 1 and just kind of go from here.  I have started a new blog with the details, but I’m going to keep that one more under-wraps until I have some good things to post.  In the meantime, I will add a new page over on the right that says “Weight by Day” to keep track.

One of the other things I am trying this time is writing my goal down on paper, in places I will see it every day.  I have heard that this simple action works for any goal – once you see it in front of you, you are more likely to remember it when temptation hits.  It works for saving money, diets, anything… or so they say.  I will try it and see.

Yesterday wasn’t as hard to get back on as I thought.  Things are easier if we see instant gratification.  That’s why we have to spend when we acquire money, why we eat when we want to “feel good” and other things.   Problem with weight loss is, it can be weeks before you see any improvement.  So, when I saw a pound less today than yesterday… that is VERY encouraging, and is giving me another boost.

My new goal is not 190, but rather 185.  I will reach it.

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