-170(haven't weighed), 201.75 inches

I am quickly approaching my 10-day bout of PMS. I have also been lean-eating for nearly 3 weeks, so crunchtime is going to happen all at once: emotional derailment that leads to snacking as well as my traditional laziness that sets in at about a month (the benchmark for when habits are supposedly set, at that).

What I think will help is the good advice I read somewhere that if I don't keep snacky foods in my house, it makes it that much easier not to snack on them. of course, there is the potential reality that if I want it, dammit, I'll find a way to get it, but with weight loss, mental games and tricks really are a comfort and a help, not a ridiculous kind of brainwashing that they can seem to more cynical people (including me, at times). I bought some Weight Watchers carrot cakes and 5 of them were gone in 2.5 days' time. This is how it rolls. Not that I binged on them - they just became a more central part of my diet. :)

Something else that will help: already seeing results. my pants are looser. I tried on a pair that I hadn't worn since school started, and did not even remotely expect them to already be loose. Also, my "fat pants", normally loose, are not staying up and thus not being terribly modest. (Husband: "honey, your underwear is becoming a part of your look, do you need a belt?") This is good to me. I want to hit the 1-month mark, for besides the desire to bust my habit of breaking the habit factor, I have also read that it takes a month to really show weight loss. Hey, maybe my underwear will fall off, too.