More progress

So I've been on this "new eating lifestyle" for 16 weeks. I'm thrilled that I've lost a solid ten pounds. Some times it's more like 12 or 13, but that part is still wavering on the scales so we'll see. So something like a half-pound to a pound a week.

I am doing better on the other things that going along with changing the way you eat. I don't feel so hungry all the time. I only give into the late night cravings for sweet and buttery half as often as I used to. I have more willpower to resist cheating or only eating small amounts of what I crave. That's improvement. And, I can be happy with eating just one of something I really love like chocolate baked goods. Biggest of all, I'm drinking mostly water. I am off of the daily diet soda and the sweetened iced tea. That's less unneeded calories, more water, and less chemicals and carbonation that's supposed to be not good of you.

So my next weight-loss goal is down another seven pounds by October 31.