I meant to fast all day yesterday, but I didn’t. Yesterday was another frustrating day at work, and the friend issue still isn’t resolved, so I was particularly susceptible to an impulse to eat last night. I kept the eating healthy, though: some almonds (not the chocolate-covered ones I’ve so often partaken of), an apple, and some plain Greek yogurt (I’m out of blueberries). Today, I’m 3.5 pounds lighter, which is what I was expecting when I’d planned to fast the entire day, so I don’t feel guilty about breaking the fast.

I don’t know why the all-day fasting has become so hard to pull off lately. I guess I just don’t like going an entire day without eating SOMETHING. And it wasn’t easy to avoid unhealthy eating yesterday. Because I’m often frustrated, stressed out, and generally pissed off when I leave work, I’m often tempted to just do the easy thing and stop by P. Terry’s on the way home. That was a consideration yesterday right up until I passed by where I needed to turn to get to my usual cheeseburger and fries, so I’m kind of proud that I resisted and continued on my way.

I think I’m going to shift strategies and eat at least a little food every day for the next two weeks. If I can lose 3.5 pounds on a day during which I actually ate SOMETHING, that’s good enough. I don’t expect to lose that amount each day, but losing somewhere in the ballpark of that figure works for me. The goal, again, is to get down to 230 pounds soon. I’ve been stuck in this maddening yo-yo pattern for a month now, so I need to buckle down and get on the downward trend again.

I don’t really have anything else to post today. We’ll see how much I have to say tomorrow.