If you’ve been following along, I’m sure you’ve guessed that I haven’t yet broken into the 170s -  you know, since I didn’t post a “woo-hoo!” about it.

It’s true, I haven’t. In fact, I’ve been struggling, going up and down a few pounds the last few weeks.

As you can imagine, I’m pretty frustrated. After I weighed myself yesterday and saw that I was at 183 (eek!), I was pretty upset for a while. Then I took a long, hard look at what I’ve really been doing lately, and how that differs from what I was doing when I was so successful, losing 75 pounds in a year.

There are a lot of differences. For example:

Before – I logged my food EVERY DAY. No matter what. I even took my laptop with me when going out of town so that I could keep up with it. I knew exactly how many calories I ate each day, and how many I burned through my workout. (I recommend www.myfooddiary.com)

Now – I log sometimes. Yes, I can do a lot of it in my head, especially since I eat a lot of the same things each day, but it definitely isn’t as effective. Rounding and estimating simply isn’t as accurate as keeping a complete log, and it’s a lot easier to overindulge when you know you’re not going to have to write it down afterwards – there’s less to be accountable to.

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Before – I worked out EVERY DAY. No matter what. Some days were big workouts, while other days were smaller, but I did something Every. Single. Day. I didn’t even “count” kung fu as my workout, and did an additional workout on those days.

Now – I work out a lot of days, but not all. On top of that, I’ve been counting kung fu as a workout, even though it’s not very aerobic and there tends to be a lot of standing around awaiting your turn during class.

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Since losing weight the healthy way is really about eating right and exercising, these are the two biggies that I need to get back into the habit of doing in order to break this stupid cycle I’m in. I’m so sick of losing the same 3 pounds over and over again.

Who ever said losing weight was easy? It’s not. Simple, yes. Easy, no.

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