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2018 JUL 12 -- Day 92

Up another pound. I'm still not discouraged, though. I'm eating food with my husband as it is the weekend for me, but I still don't enjoy seeing my weight go up. Down is much more appealing! This is certainly something that goes without saying, though.

Starting weight: 415 lbs
Current weight: 344.6 lbs  
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 325 lbs

My husband let me know that we are going to have  a house guest again. This is a real source of stress for me. I have asked him to monitor me to make sure I don't eat more due to stress, but I know that's asking a lot of him. He doesn't like to criticize me, and he doesn't like to deny me things that might make me happy.

I have definitely been feeling the stress of expecting the house guest. That's for sure! I have been having angry flashes. They scare me, and I feel bad when I lash out at my husband. I try not to, but sometimes it just comes out.

The situation that happened before that stopped me from continuing the original diet -- or that made me stop is more accurate -- is this house guest moving in just a day before Thanksgiving last year. The stress of it coupled with all the work I do at work and the work I do at home in cooking and cleaning made me feel as though I didn't have time in my life for dieting. Obviously that's not true, though.

Managing my diet is not too hard for me to add it to my daily routine. I was lying to myself so that I could stop worrying about one more thing that was causing me stress. This is why I was thinking I might be an emotional eater. I just have to keep remembering that regardless of what stress I am under or how I feel, the one thing I can't stop doing is focusing on my diet. Other things can fall my the wayside if need-be, but my diet is important. 

I am ultra committed to making my diet work this time graph:


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