Coming home tonight I thought, "day after day" that's what weight loss takes, "day after day after day". To lose a lot. I never before now had the sense of the time commitment it takes, but I"m doing it, slowly. Losing weight before was always an intense rush followed by failure and dejection.
Its my ninth month. Still haven't seen the 170s but I am satisfied with my accomplishment. 20 pounds is not an insignificant amount of body fat to lose.
I don't want to be thin, really, but I'm grooving on controlling my diet, especially finding happiness in ways other than eating, and the results are visible. Got a really nice compliment at my son's birthday from one of the mothers, "the picture of health".
Another day eating the new way today....I am giving myself reason to be proud.