I'm still here!

As happens, my weight loss has slowed and so has my enthusiasm.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not falling off the wagon or anything.  I've just been less obsessive about blogging and researching etc., which is probably a good thing, especially for the people around me.  I'm hovering just above 200 (201.2 this morning - been kinda yo-yoing between 201 and 203 for about a week), which is right about where I expected to hit a speedbump because it is close to my previous long-term peak weight.  It's my body saying "this is so much better than where you were two months ago. Let's just rest here a minute. We're not eighteen anymore, after all."  And I'm fine with that.  I've lost almost ten percent of my body weight and that's nothing to sneeze at.  I don't worry that I might fall asleep in meetings, and I don't panic if I might not be near food or a bathroom for a while anymore.  Hell, I might even take up hiking again!    

Update:  I weighed myself when I went home for lunch (after a couple of good bathroom trips) and I have officially broken through the 200lb wall!

Damn you Mexican food!

My big remaining weakness - Mexican food (specifically tortilla chips at the restaurant) - has struck again.  It happens every time.  I'm chugging along, dropping pounds like a bad habit, then I decide to test my body on some corn chips.  I know what's going to happen, it happens every time.  Yesterday morning I was at 203.0, and this morning 205.4.  It's not a big deal, I know.  It will come back off.  But it just sets me back another week, basically, for one delicious meal.  The sad part is it's not like I sat and ate a whole basket of chips.  Between my boyfriend and I, we ate less than half a basket total.  And my meal was good - Huevos a la Mexicana (basically eggs with lots of chopped chiles) and a couple of bites of black beans.  Apart from that all I had yesterday was salmon and mashed cauliflower.  So, calories-in-calories-out fails the test again.  WHAT we eat is so much more important than I ever realized before.