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Saturday, June 23rd (day before weigh-in)
I wish I could say I have good things to report this week, but sadly I don't. It's Saturday and as I begin to work on this post, I have not yet weighed-in. I dread getting on the scale tomorrow morning.
After 2 good weeks, it seems like whatever switched on to make me want to do this, has suddenly switched off. I barely tracked my food this week, only measured or weighed my food maybe 3/4 of the time, I didn't drink my water (well, not enough of it) and I didn't exercise. We've had some extra hot weather here this past week, and honestly, I didn't care about much more than trying to keep cool.
Feelings of depression and anxiety made me want to do some emotional eating and I…
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