I really am taking my time with my weight loss. I do have the goal of losing 25 pounds; there's no doubt about that. But the bigger picture is that I am changing the way I eat and the way I think about food. I know that food is a comfort at times and I am trying to find better ways of dealing with stress. One way is the work I am doing in my backyard. The work is both physical and therapeutic. Food is also a way to combat boredom. When I start to eat for no apparent reason, i.e. I am really not hungry, I pull out my Kindle and read instead, or I get Willie to play HallBall with me. I know that there are many foods that I enjoy to eat that are no good for me, like chocolate or ice cream. I have found that as I eliminate these things from my diet, I crave them less often and when I do decide to indulge, I only need a small amount and I am satisfied. So why is it taking this long to lose the remaining eight pounds? I'm not sure. I know that I'm not stressing over it. It'll happen. We did go on our seven-day cruise and I gained three pounds while we were gone. And I lost those three pounds within a couple of days of returning home. So I'll keep looking at my diet everyday to see if there are other changes that can be made. For now, my weight loss is 17 pounds.
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