i know it's gonna be.

217.5!

I know I've been here before, but it feels so damn good to know that I've found something that works.

I've been fighting Spark People since I joined because I thought the food tracker was ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. Normal people don't have time for that.

I took a deep breath and a few days of patience to figure out that I buy the same things at the grocery store, without fail. I can narrow down my meals to individual food items even down to the brand. I don't buy into sales prices or coupons or strategic product placements; I buy the same things every time. With that in mind, I've been adding items to my Favorites in my food tracker and slowly I've built a "virtual pantry" that matches entirely with what I actually eat. A few days of work and suddenly things got a lot easier.

Since joining I've lost 2.5 pounds. It doesn't sound like much, but that's 5% of my total goal.