Finally, another pound gone

Down to 199,  a four-pound loss in all. Sad I let my weight balloon past 200, but hopeful that I am slowly recovering lost ground. It is some small comfort that I have never experienced a fast or steady weight loss, even when I was much younger, on a near-starvation diet, coping with a full-time job, and single-parenting a very active youngster. My body, like my self, is stubborn. On the other hand, I seem to gain weight easily...perhaps I should coin a new adage "Too fast fat, too slow thin." instead of my traditional "Too soon old, too late smart."

I have to admit Nutrisystem provides an easy way to lose weight. I don't have to weigh and measure everything, and I don't have to count calories. I don't have to cook every day. I still haven't managed to overcome habitual habits - I still find myself in front of the refrigerator, or reaching towards the jar of mixed nuts we buy at Costco, but then I pull myself back. I still feel hunger, but I'm learning to live with it.

I can't stay on Nutrisystem forever, though...and I need to plan for days off and special events so that my slow loss isn't undone by a day(or more) of over-eating. Right now thing's are
pretty tranquil, except for the ghastly news, no one in my immediate family is ill or involved in any kind of drama; however, vacations and holidays loom and I need to make plans.

A note on water.  I think Nutrisystem recommends 64-oz of water a day. What I do is fill four 16-oz glass bottles every day and put them in the refrigerator, so that I always have a cool drink handy. I used to use plastic bottles but worried about the chemicals in the plastic. The bottles are recycled from juices and kombucha.

Addendum 10-16-16: Right after starting to write "thing's have been pretty tranquil" I fried my computer keyboard by spilling water on it and not immediately diconnecting it and turning it upside down on something absorbent while I waited for it to dry out. An expensive lesson. Yesterday, my "day off", I was able to buy a new keyboard and managed to eat relatively sensibly. Today I'm back on track.