October:

What worked:
- Waking up early and working out
- committing to exercise and DOING IT
- sticking with ONE PLAN of a diet (when i finally did)
- posting on sparkpeople
- tracking other goals besides the scale
- making weekend dessert substitutions like eating sugar free angel food cake instead of whatever full fat variety is in the bakery aisle as a treat
- keeping healthy snacks at work
- planning out meals
- packing my lunch at work


What didn't work:
- letting the number on the scale get to me
- trying to follow a hybrid bastard child of weight watchers and sparkpeople instead of trusting ONE diet
- Me going crazy on vacation and not counting
- Me not ENDING vacation and continuing the craziness
- not being consistent enough
- never stopping with just one piece of halloween candy
- not forgiving myself for setbacks and wallowing in guilt
- not taking time for myself enough amidst the crazy schedule
- ignoring my satiety signals sometimes


So, this month- i am going to strive for consistency. Not perfection, but consistency. I am going to plan meals ahead of time, and i will identify challenges ahead of time and workout how i will deal with them. I need to start thinking of things in a more permanent sense. I need substitutions for unhealthy behaviors that will last and i'll be happy/satisfied with, not just going along with something now for the sake of getting through this particular day. If i'm going to continue to lose and keep the weight off permanently, these better be permanent changes in my life.