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Hey Jen

All the advise given is excellent.

I can tell you that when I needed to lose a lot of weight, I focused alot on the emotional side of eating, more than on the actual diet and excercise portion.

A personal journal is something I did. I wrote a lot about food, and my weight and how I felt about these issues. With time, I discovered many things about myself. How I really felt when I overate, what were my triggers. I also realized alot of the issues were no so much about food, but my personal self-esteem. I swear that was 50% of the battle for me.

I then slowly integrated exercise, and then further down the road, I worked on food, eating clean etc. It was not a quick fix and it took me alot of time to lose the weight, but I made some profound changes that have affected the rest of my life.

I think you need to go easy on yourself also. We all have fallbacks, but the most important thing is to get back on track and not be so hard on yourself.

Focus on the good things you have done since January. The NROLW program is not going away, it will always be there for you. It may take longer to get thru it, but as long as you don't completely give up, you are making strides forward.

Hang on.