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Well, it's back to the drawing board.  Since 2013 I have managed to gain 25 pounds.  I gained about 15 over the past few years and just went up and down.  I was okay with it all because it was all still manageable.

The gaining began when I left low-carbing and went full vegan.  I loved the way I felt.  Well...I loved the way I felt until I discovered I had a vitamin B12 deficiency.  It was caught late so it was severe.  I was getting vertigo.  By the time I discovered it no amount of B12 was going to fix where my body was.  I introduced milk and eggs.  That's when the gain really began.  I could still keep up with it but it was hard.

Then I bought out my sister's share of our house and the remodel took over my life.  There was no time to cook.  There was a  delay in the start of our kitchen remodel.  Our kitchen guy didn't want to be stumbling over our office remodel guy.  We chose not to unpack the kitchen knowing we would soon have to repack it.  We had no idea that the rest of the house would take over a month to complete.  (It's still not complete but I can't handle not having a kitchen).  So the kitchen remodel has begun and we are 80% there.  I have no stove, oven or microwave.  They arrive Thursday..BUT if the electrician doesn't come before then there is nothing for those appliances to plug into!  That's okay.  I have been literally two months without a kitchen.  Two months without a single meal eaten or served in my house...except if I brought pizza home.  I have had fast food two times in those two months.  The rest of the time it is at restaurants.

While my bank account is going down my weight has gone up 10 pounds.  I can attribute stress to some of that but mostly it's me not being in control of my eating environment.

So I joined Weight Watchers.  I joined the personal coaching option.  I don't know how all of it works really so I'm learning on the go.  I've downloaded the app and I'm tracking my food and activity.  I am definitely more active when I need to log it.  That's a nice accountability tool.  

Lets see how it goes.  I really don't want to go back to a liquid diet.  I didn't gain all of my weight back...but when I started Optifast I was 216.  I'm 190 now and that's a little too close for comfort in my mind.  I'm motivate so I think I will be okay; that being said I have two big vacations next month so I am sure I will need some help!