Patience

"Patience gains all things" according to St. Theresa of Avila.  I must remember that when I don't see the pounds falling off, but rather slowly slipping away.  When I am impatient with the rate of my weight loss, it throws me into a diet mentality where I starve myself.  This leads to a binge.  Yoyo dieting got me where I am today.  Thank God I have lost 68 pounds in the last 5 years.  Seems like a long time,  but if I hadn't found a twelve-step program I would probably weigh 68 pounds MORE than I did 5 years ago.