What would you tell your future-self if she had to re-start her weight loss journey?

Dear Future Evelyn,

Well, *kitten*. All that hard work, and now... ...That's gotta hurt.

It was great for while there, though, when you were at goal. Remember how that was? All that energy, and feeling so much better (not to mentioned how good you looked, girlfriend! ).

And then, after a few years, over a few years - well, you know what happened even better than I do.

But you can have that goal feeling back again, and you know how to get it. Just the very simple, and very difficult, practice of eating less caloric energy than you expend. And, since I know you won't do any stupid fad-diet type stuff, it can't hurt you to try.

I probably need to remind you that being at goal did not make you a smart, funny, kind, wonderful person. You already were that, and you still are. People could just see all that better when it wasn't distorted by the lens of obesity.

Do what you want to do. By which I mean figure out what you want to do; and then, by god, do it.

Love,
Present-Day Evelyn

(PS. Sorry about the financial situation. And the dental situation. And the load-bearing exercise thing.)