The weekly weigh in, week 47

I felt like I got back on track with good eating this week. Honestly, the first day of my diet week (Friday, just because I go to meetings on Thursday) was another day of emotional eating, but I stopped it there. Considering that it's been a rather emotional week, I'm really proud of myself for that. I actually listened to my body's hunger signals and heard them. This feels like a real accomplishment to me. And I dealt with the emotions. Whether that was a success or not is still up in the air.

This is just my own personal pet theory, but I think that at least some people who constantly struggle with their weight don't receive as strong a fullness signal as other people. I know a lot of people who claim never to get really hungry. I have a friend who has to be reminded to eat every other day or so, and then I know people who just don't fill up, even at meals like Thanksgiving. Hunger and fullness are a form of sensory feedback. It just makes sense to me that some people could have a more acute or less fully developed sense of hunger than others, just like some people can see better or hear better than others.

I only lost .4 pounds this week. That's right -- not even half a pound, but getting my eating back under control was victory enough, and it's still headway.

Weekly summary: Weekly change, lost .4 pounds. Total weight loss, 76.8 pounds. Average weekly weight loss, 1.71 pounds.

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