Continuing is vital. 

This is what we do when we face challenges, difficulties and obstacles.

It's what we do after yet another one of those difficult days life sometimes gives us.

It's what we do after questioning ourselves as to whether we can really make it to our weight goal,
or manage to maintain our goal weight, 

or can avoid overeating at that upcoming social function, or during that life crisis.

It is, in short, the place where hard work lives.  

      
Sometimes I'm the "Expert", and I feel that I know what is going on
with my body, with my life, with the world.
At other times, I have no clue.

Right now, today, I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing.
I've almost forgotten why I started this DietHobby website
or what my purpose here is.
This includes why I ever thought that putting my thoughts here
has any value for me, or for anyone else.

Obiously, I'm STILL feeling out-of-sorts
What does out-of-sorts even mean?
I looked it up and found:

• "Evidently the term out of sorts developed from the idea of quality (lack of it in this case), perhaps influenced by the other meaning of fate or one’s lot in life, so implying that fortune wasn’t smiling on one, or that all wasn’t well."
  
  
• "If you are feeling a bit upset and depressed, you are out of sorts".

• "wanting certain things; unsatisfied; unwell; unhappy; cross"

Yes… out of sorts, is an accurate description for my current state of mind.

So, what is my Maintenance plan for today?
To realize that in my life, various moods come and go, and to Eat less, Move more.  

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t's Monday morning and I'm feeling out-of-sorts.
My weight is up today to a number that I find unacceptable,
and yet the only plan I have is to eat less and move more.

I'm having a very hard time making even the slightest commitment
to any particular food plan that limits or restricts what I eat.
For Today, the only thing I'm willing to do is to
record all my food, and work to limit my calories.

This may not be a great encouragement to others,
but it's my best for today … at least … for right this moment.

Part of my lifestyle is working to maintain my large weight-loss.
I'm now in my 7th year … which I've lived one-day-at-a-time.
Today is one more of those days. 

I can still remember when I was young enough to Know-it-All.

 Time changes us and our attitudes. 
As we age, we learn more and more and more,
and the more we learn, the more we realize how little we know. 

My online time as the YouTube Grandma continually reminds me of this fact, 
and I sometimes find communicating with young people to be a bit challenging.

                                       

I use lists to organize my thoughts, my plans, my goals, and sometimes even my feelings.

When I feel overwhelmed by the way Life is unfolding around me, and the things
it seems like I have to do in response to that, just making a list seems to make me feel better.

In fact, sometimes making a list can take enough of the pressure off,
that I actually don't have to do anything else at all.

I've noticed that this seems to hold true for a lot of people who feel a need to diet.
For some, choosing a diet, buying a book, marking a starting weight,
seems to relive the inner pressure to diet enough,
that they actually don't have to work to FOLLOW that diet.
Their decision to diet seems to allow them to continue with their current eating behavior.

Just an observation.