ended up not eating the snack last night, so glad i didn't because the shopping/nose piercing plans fell through (as i suspected they would).

got on the scale this afternoon and was delighted to see that i am 278 - another pound lost!

then i realized i am 20 lbs lighter now than i was this time last year. joy!!!

i feel like something in me has 'clicked', and i am on a roll. i'm watching my eating more closely, not craving bad things nearly as much. i didn't eat today until almost 4. had a small piece of steak. my dad picked me up a bag of chips at the store. chips are my weakness. i kinda wish he hadn't done that, but at the same time i'm glad, because the reality is that i can't hide from chips forever. so i'm going to look at this as an exercise in self-restraint. anyway, i had a small handful of chips with my small piece of steak (a little under 1 serving). and that's all i'm going to eat today.

there's no elation quite like watching the number on the scale go down.