Surprisingly enough, I'm almost to my first milestone in half the time I had allotted for it. My weight didn't bounce back as much as I'd expected after the food poisoning, but I was also having my period, so that probably depressed the numbers a bit. I'm expecting to hit a local maximum this week before (hopefully) starting to trend downward again.
12/26/2017 - 192.1 lbs
01/01/2018 - 190.6 lbs (14% goal 1, 5% stretch goal)
01/08/2018 - 189.2 lbs (28% goal 1, 11% stretch goal)
01/15/2018 - 184.3 lbs (77% goal 1, 31% stretch goal)
01/22/2018 - 182.1 lbs (99% goal 1, 71% goal 1.5, 40% stretch goal)
Given that I made such quick progress, I'm adding Goal 1.5 to my timeline, namely reaching 178 by 02/16. That's a pound a week, which is not crazy given my progress so far, but it will be confounded by work travel. I have three 3-day trips in the next four weeks, and keeping my eating in check is a real challenge on the road, especially with catered events. I'm going to try to include 24-hour fasts where possible, and otherwise just do the best I can. I'm also going to try to keep up the daily exercise in hotel gyms, something I haven't really attempted before. We'll see how it goes.
So far, I haven't found it too hard to stick to my eating plan when I'm home, but I'm getting to the stage where I'm bored with the restrictions, and there have been days where I really wanted comfort food (pizza and wine, mostly). I'm becoming more aware of the impulse to eat because I'm sad or bored, and I'm doing better about managing those impulses. I do sometimes give in partially (no pizza or wine, but other things that I'm trying to eat less of), but at least I'm aware I'm doing it and making a conscious decision. I figure that's the place to start.