I'm glad you started a journal, Helena. I think keeping one helps us all for very different reasons. Sometimes you need a word of encouragement, and sometimes you just need get things out. I find it helpfull, and encouraging to know that everyone has bad days. And people can have bad days, and still be successful, as long as they don't let the bad days take over.
I think the best advice for losing weight, and keeping it off, is to not go on a 'diet', but change your lifestyle. Change those bad 'comfort eating' habits to good 'healthy eating' habits. And do what you love, for exercise. Consistency is the key. So, if you enjoy what you're doing, and stick with it, it will also become a habit.
There are lots of ways to lose weight, but what good are they, if you just gain it back, once you stop the program? I'm not putting down weight loss programs, because I know there are some that do teach you to eat in the 'real world'.
It's pretty simple really. But believe me, I know it's easier to say than to do!
Good luck to you Helena, and keep us posted.
