Lots of nice positive posts, I like that
Yer doing great NoName
Just because one is on a plateau does not mean they are not on plan and fairly constantly losing FAT.
We have our minds and we have our bodies. We can tell our bodies to do many things and it does it, somethings we have no control over, and that is probably a great thing... imagine how tied up we would be if we had to tell blood where to flow, or control our livers, pancreas, kidneys, thyroid, heart and all.... they have their own controls independent of the mind, and mostly for the best. But it would be nice to be able to control the liver's processing and storage of fats and sugars... Oh well
(Think like gallons of ice cream, plates loaded with lasagna or piled high with grilled chicken and cheese enchiladas......... OHHHHHHHH wouldn't that be nice
The body controls our mundane functions, and one of the things it does, beyond our direct control is try to maintain the same size/weight, especially as regards to less. When we lose fat the body fills those fat cells with liquid in order to keep the same size... probably to maintain a space already built for that storage.... but exactly is beyond my knowledge. But it maintains that size for only so long, then it evacuates that excess liquid. There are some things which can accelerate that process that one can do, the most primary is extended cardio pulmonary exercise which stresses the body and makes it want rid of any excess weight it is carrying so as to lesson the energy needs to carry the body through that stress. But that is for young healthy people, most of us are too old and unfit for that. Especially me, dang it
So our method of handling that is... patience. The body will do what it needs to do in it's own time frame beyond our control and dump the excess liquid resulting in that exhilarating thing that happens which yall call a "whoosh." Good enough name as any though
I just call it a drop.
Boating Mommy... I see your loss for this month so far, that is fantastic
As for the in-law problem, here I go again, I do not want to sound calloused as I also am a loving caring person. However, unless her debt is caused by being scammed and is only due to her lack of control of her funds, that is and has to be her problem. I might help pay or even pay for her a bus ticket to her sisters, but I would not stress myself getting into her problem. There are some problems in life that we have to treat like dog poop on the sidewalk or while on a walk in the park. We have a choice... go around it or step over. If we step in it it becomes ours and we have to contend with it. We may clean it up, but once again, when we start on that method, it becomes ours. Seems to me that you already have a full plate.
There is a small book that has been out for many years called "Co-dependant no more" by Melody Beattie which deals with learning to define which problems are ours and which are others and how do deal with them. It did me wonders years ago and it would hurt no one to read it. It was a major turning point in my own life. I know I sounded a bit calloused in my post to whoever it was about others not noticing or having good remarks about her weight loss. But what I saw in that post was her giving others WAY too much power over herself, allowing them to determine how she felt about herself, her NEED for others approval.
There is one hard fact that I learned that I wish I could have learned at a young age. A problem happened in a group setting in which a person got very angry at me and lit into me in front of the group. To me she was clearly in the wrong. I said a few things to put her back in place and felt like I was really restraining myself. Afterwards, some came up to me and told me that they would have knocked her down for that. Others said I should have really lit into her. Others said I handled it just right. Some said I ought to be ashamed of myself and were angry at me. But most of the group were un-concerned. What I learned from that was that no matter what I did some would approve, some would not and most just would not care. Ain't life simple
So what I got from that was to live my life trying to do what is best for me and disregard the thoughts of others as much as possible. I used to have a cabin cruiser which I took out through Newport Bay in Newport CA. There is a rock jetty about 100 yards wide and 3/4 mile long in which we have to enter or leave Newport. Sometimes that is an easy passage, few boats and the wind blowing the same direction we are going. But sometimes.. Well, the laws of water navigation gives right of way laws and rules. An anchored vessel has right of way over everything, everybody has to avoid it. A sailboat has the next right of way. It can go any direction, and does so as it has to tack it's way in when going against the wind. Everybody has to give way to them and watch out for them crossing from every which angle. And row boats have the next right of way, they have to give way to to the sailboats and anchored vessels. And last comes powered vessels... they have to give way to everything and also have to be to the right of any boat they are meeting and to the left of any they are passing. When near the end of the day and hundreds of sailboats are in there tacking back and forth criss crossing the channel, some row boats, and sometimes an anchored vessel are in there plus the other powered craft. It looks like total confusion. I would enter the channel and have to be aware of every boat which has a course intercepting mine and slow down or speed up a bit (5 mile per hour limit, not much speeding up) in order to clear the paths if criss crossing sailboats which were coming at various angles and speeds, plus a few row boats to give way to, and I had to be on the right hand side of any vessel meeting me and on the left of any I passed. There is plenty to do and have to be very observant navigating that. I looked at that mess and steered as straight a line as possible through all that heading towards my destination. Life is like that also. We have to keep heading towards our destination and deal with all the little problems in our paths on the way.
Good luck all, yer looking good
Marina, believe it or not, I manage without letting myself get hungry. I do not do hunger. This logging my food and weight is helping me a lot. And after looking at effect the days I ate more have on the balance of the month, I am making a resolve after this month no more excessive overeating so I can eat a little more daily and come out with fewer calories in the end.
Oh, I almost forgot....
Calories yesterday 740
Todays weight ---- 212.6
Edited to add this: underanalysis-- Congrats on your goal
BoatingMommy.. I made wrote my post as you were posting .... glad to see you have it handled
B F R
best of luck with all that, a year or so ago DH's great aunt was taken in by one of those "you've won a car but have to send us money to get it" scams. Tens of thousands as well, so sorry you have to go through that 
you are awesome!