I'm falling back into the pattern of not feeling like eating. I have to "make myself" eat all my daily food allowance.
That's part of how I killed my metabolism and ended up obese.  I would go for days and never be hungry.  I'd get busy and wouldn't want to take the time to eat.  Sometimes I wouldn't eat anything until 4pm.  And then ... I would eat the first thing I could get my hands on, which was usually not a good choice.  I "still" struggle with the feeling like I'm cooking all the time and this is taking over my life.  Well, something positive needed to take over.  I'm down 14 pounds and am on Cycle 2.

So, I'm on Cycle 2 - day 9 and am fluctuating between -3 and -4 more pounds.  I think this plateau, if that's what it truly is, is because I'm gaining muscle from my workouts in the pool.  I was bummed a couple days ago when the scale showed an increase of almost two pounds.  I *know* there is no way it could be fat gain.  I'm simply not eating enough calories in a day for that to happen.  So, going by that knowledge, that fluctuation can only mean water weight and muscle weight. And muscle weight is a good thing.  That's how to sustain fat loss.  My clothes are fitting looser and that's more important than the numbers on the scale.

The worst thing I can do right now is feel sorry for myself and go eat something to *temporarily* feel better only to end up feeling worse because I gave in.  That's been my past pattern.  It has always made me quit before.  Not this time.

I'm also keeping track of what I'm eating.  Fitday.com is great but I'm currently using Sharecare (because of Dr. Oz ;)  http://www.sharecare.com/.  Sharecare is also great because it will give you a baseline for your calorie consumption.  I'm consistently eating fewer calories though.  Another good resource that I use is caloriecount.com.  I'm mainly using this site to figure out how many calories are in what I'm eating.  One cool thing is plugging in a recipe that you currently use and are clueless as to how many calories are in it.  http://caloriecount.about.com/foods  Just click on recipe analyzer and let it do it's thing.

So, I'm going to remember that this dream of being healthy and slim has a learning curve.  I also find it necessary to learn everything I can and utilize as many resources as possible to reach that goal.  I'm happy to be on this site where I can chat with others going through the same thing while helping each other reach our ultimate healhy weight. 

Good luck, all.