This morning the scale said 179.0, which is 1.6 higher than a couple of days ago. I am not worried about the jitter. I have stayed at goal every day, so it is just the normal bouncing around. If my spikes up are staying in the 170s, that is definitely progress. I tried on some jeans that I haven't worn in 4 years and they fit snugly, but they fit (not over stretched or anything). When I lost this much weight the last time, I had convinced myself that getting jeans that size would motivate me to stay at that weight and I bought 3 pairs. These will fit really well when I lose down to goal. They might even be a little loose, which I prefer.

I am glad I didn't buy any "intermediate" sized pants while I have been losing. I have one pair that are low/mid range sized and some that had become way too big that I belted and wore anyway. So my wardrobe just increased significantly.

I hope the motivation that failed me 4 years ago works this time. This time is different; I have a very different approach to how I eat. Also last time I was running a *lot* to help lose weight and tore my knees up and ended up having surgery. I started gaining weight while recovering from that.