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2017 OCT 18 -- Day 60

Disappointment.

I'm back up to 378.8 lbs today. Why? I'm working so hard! Do I need to go back to starving myself? Maybe the effect of starving myself takes a few days to kick in, and not eating for a single day doesn't reflect in my weight for the next day,  but a couple of days later.

If that's what's been happening, then upping the calories to nearly 1,200 a day caused me to plateau at, like, 378 lbs. I seem to be bouncing around the 378-lb mark and not budging. And that started a day or two after I started eating 1.200 calories a day. The drops in my weight began to happen a couple of days after I starved myself on under 1,000 calories for a few days. This is why I'm not s scientist by trade.

Starting weight: 415 lbs
Current weight: 378.8 lbs ⇧ 
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 359 lbs

My husband thinks I need to stop counting calories and simply go with whatever happens. Eat what I want when I want (when I'm hungry, that is), and just let the chips fall where they may. Not doing the food diary would take a lot of stress off of me. And, to be honest, I lost the most weight when I wasn't watching and recording every single calorie.

I'm going to try that. Starting tomorrow -- Day 61 and a new graph -- I will stop the Food Diary and see if my weight drops again by simply eating when I'm hungry, and only until I am satisfied. That will certainly make my husband feel better.

I am disappointed graph:




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