Yep. Much lighter. Dairy had crept back into my diet, unfortunately, but in much smaller quantity than before. As of Oct. 27, it's out again. I want to be under 180 again by my birthday, Nov. 24.

I've been pretty proud of my weight loss - until I met with a new doctor on Tuesday. I told her my high weight was 250, and I really wasn't expecting to lose much more. I think a bariatric specialist would have been impressed. She was just like "well, you'd have to cut calories even more or exercise more." I just groaned internally and thought, "Oh, you're one of those!" I guess it was too much to hope for another Mary Vernon.

I left the appointment feeling depressed and like a failure.