My weight loss effort is still going very well. I know that my mental health is playing a major role in that. Most all of my past successful efforts were during healthier mental health periods. So, my main goal is to maintain my current stability and not overdo anything that would threaten it.

I do have a potentially stressful period immediately ahead of me, starting in a couple days. It doesn't have to break me down. I have ideas about how to manage it. Self reminders, pre-planning, and actual implementation is key.

It has come to light that my husband and pretty much his entire remaining department's colleagues might be laid off in October. This will be the fourth threat since March. People were laid off, or otherwise voluntarily left, during those times. It's a horrible feeling always feeling threatened and not knowing enough about the future for comfort. The good thing is that we have done some planning, because of the previous threats. That's more than others had, prior to this. This stressor is a different one than the one referenced in the previous paragraph. In both cases, as odd as this sounds, I just wish they'd happen already so we could work on moving on.

I told my therapist that I feel more comfortable about the future than I have for several years, despite how upending it could be. I hope that remains. Throw it all at me now, if it must be.