First to get out of the way - with a week that was half great, half mediocre, in terms of eating, I clocked in at 195.2 today, a nice loss. I'm happy with it, given the circumstances surrounding it.

I am doing better at sticking to my plan when I am on it, but now I am struggling with the title of this post, consistency. I need to do what I know works 95% of the time, and I'm at around 70% adherence. It's better, a real step in the right direction and I am feeling great, but it'd time to up the ante and work back into allowing some grace with my eating (like junk) without flying off the rails and overeating on it. For now, I have an embargo on some things I used to be able to eat in moderation, like pizza and granola, until the cravings beast has subsided. It is no surprise that my last two week tailspin coincided with my monthly cycle, but considering that we are waiting for awhile for another baby I am going to have to find a way to manage those monthly hormone fluctuations without eating the (sugary) house every three weeks. I've done it before, I know I can do it again, but action is the name of the game.

I have been experimenting with adjusting my food logs. I used to fill them out as I was making a plate, but I have begun planning the entire day's food quantities at the outset, and that actually maky be helping me. It takes away some of the open-ended, last minute food decisions that I was overindulging in, and gives me some additional peace that I WILL get enough to eat, as I can see it coming up on the log. Sometimes I psyche myself out with hunger and go nuts, so having a framework in place when that ravenous evening hunger comes around may be that last bump I need on the consistency side of things, to get to where I want to be.

This week and next are filled to the brim with stress. I am trying to cope other ways than eating and we'll see how that pans out!