It's been quite a month for me, as far as diet is concerned. I think I'm finally stabilizing, though. Yesterday, I hit a new personal low (since the beginning of the diet, that is), 20 pounds under my starting weight! Yahoo!

Obviously, the reason I wasn't losing was because I was really cheating myself. I slowly kept sneaking little 'rewards' for myself, and eventually some hi-calorie foods found their way into my daily intake, bringing my trend line to a screeching stand-still. So, all I had to do to resume losing was kick myself back down to the reduced intake.

The trick that really did it was reallocating some calories from one of my larger meals (lunch, in this case) to a night-time snack. I found my single biggest problem area was 2 or 3 hours after dinner. So now, every night, I enjoy a yogurt with granola mixed in, about 100 calories worth (or something else in the neighborhood of 100 calories). This seemingly insignificant snack really goes a long way to keep my focused.


I've still got quite a way to go until I reach my goal, but I've come away from the long several-week suffering with a refreshed sense of purpose and vigor with respect to my weight.

I can't be stopped!