Originally Posted by gzgirl

Great post. It's always a great idea to read this stuff again to remind us of how much we know and to take our emotional reaction to the scale out of it and focus on the facts.

I am also looking at my own past behaviors -- I have a history of self sabtogaing just as I get close to or just reaching a goal. This is something I am consciously aware of and being proactive about this time around. I wonder if the anticipation and anxiety of getting to said goals release Cortisol and then slows progress. Then the tendency of lossening the reins once you reach a goal is also there. Either way I am not letting it happen this time. I fasted yesterday and today I finally saw a drop to 203.8 -- 0.2 from 50 pounds down and less than 4 pounds from One-derland. Keeping my nose to the grindstone