Weigh In Today!

Well after a week of staying OP (except for yesterday when I went 5 pts over), I finally saw the scale below last week's weight this morning. I was down 0.7 but I'm really proud that I persisted this week and held on. TOM showed up so I could have easily used it as an excuse but I didn't.

I am 13 days OP and 1 day not OP for the last 14. I still have 26 days left before Christmas and I am excited to see the progress I can make in that time.

I have been having problems staying consistently on program this year. It's been one or two weeks with a drop off for a month and then start again at a higher weight. I'm fed up with that so I'm not going to do it. Yesterday I could feel that pull to just not bother and eat what I want. I ended up eating cereal for supper because I know I was feeling bored and lonely. I stopped myself at that. I could feel that I wanted to let go and binge but I know that I would have sabotaged this weigh-in and it would have taken me a while to get back on track. Instead, I used some of Geneen Roth's tools of just sitting and feeling the feelings in your body. It is a very useful way to address emotional eating for me. It doesn't mean I won't eat, it just means I will delay until I know why I am eating. Usually that's all it takes. And last night, that's how it went. I stopped and was okay the rest of the evening.

This morning was the beginning of a new week; a fresh start. I recorded all my info and I started a new tracker which is always great. I look forward to another good week staying OP and feeling good about my choices.

I feel good right now! I'm going to chase this feeling!