I don't doubt my ability. But I was so burnt out on a lifetime of gung-ho, full-steam-ahead (to the point of crash dieting more often than not) forms of dieting that I had to do this the slow, easy almost-no-effort way. And until now, that worked amazingly well (and really was amazingly little effort - well little strenuous effort anyway).


It's worked great for 85 lbs, and is working fine for maintaining the 85 pounds, but I've (finally) realized it's not going to get any more weight off. I need to make that next step.

I have to light the proverbial fire under my butt. It doesn't have to be a big fire, I can still make slow gradual changes, if that's still what works best for me, but it has to be more than I'm currently doing.

I don't really see giving up as an option anymore - and it's not because of confidence or even commitment. Weighing daily, and dealing with the daily weight is just too ingrained a habit. It's become second-nature. I do know that if I give up the habit, I will regain, but I can't see a reason that I would. The scale (even when I gain) doesn't intimidate, scare, sadden or frustrate me - and those were the reasons I gave up in the past.

Still, not giving up isn't the only key to success (it's a big one to be sure), it's also putting efforts in the right place. Hubby helped me some of the ways in which I was expending, but wasting effort. Like my notebooks. I was printing out worksheets and journal pages (and revising them every time I made a small change in my food or exercise goals).

I've switched to a plain "write it all down as it comes" journal.

I didn't like it at first, because I thought "it will be harder to analyze the data". I think I got a little TOO caught up in the scientist/lab rat analogy.

I forgot that I don't have to be rocket science precise, I just have to be effective. I had to remind myself to KISS it - Keep it Simple, Sillybuns (or other appropriate S-word of your chosing)!