New approach

I like your new approach. I also recommend trying the exercise in my will power blog below.

good luck to you.

Keep trying. I know how hard it is. I was down to 205 about 6 months ago and life got in the way because I let it and I'm back up to 218ish. I'm discouraged but I'm going to keep trying. You have a great approach. Don't know if you've done this or not but look into these:

1.) Cut out any type of caffeine (even decaf coffee has caffeine)
2.) Remove one serving of bread, pasta, etc and replace it with an apple or banana.
3.) Measure EVERYTHING! It's amazing how much food is in one cup or even 1/2 a cup. Weigh your meat portions, I usually weigh about 4 oz. for my husband. (I'm not big into meat right now)
4.) Increase your water intake, make sure you drinking about 1/2 your body weight in ounces of water per day.
5.) For you it may work to eat every 2-3 hours. It seems like a lot but when you break down your breakfast into 2 very small meals it's not that much.

I hope this helps you. Now,just to take my own advice!

How much are you trying to lose?

I just looked at your diary and I am confused. Are you trying to zigzag calories or is there a different reason you are listed at different calorie goals nearly every day? You also have quite a few days that you are not logging at all.

The days that you are barely over your calories don't concern me too much. The days that you are 600+ under calorie and then 1000 calories over do. Do you know that if you binge and starve, binge and starve, all you're doing is creating a vicious weight gain cycle that takes gaining even more weight to fix?
Here's why you MUST net at least 1200 calories a day:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/3047-700-calories-a-day-and-not-losing

Or you may just not be logging everything you eat. Log it. Every single bite. No matter if you're over your calories or not. Especially when you are just getting started, if you log it then you will see where and what your weaknesses and strengths are (such as, if you can have Reese's Peanut Butter Cups in the house - I cannot. I know this now lol).

Once you have a good pattern in your diary, you can look and see what changes you can automatically make i.e. how you can save calories off different foods such as no butter with your eggs or diet soda instead of Mountain Dew (diet Mtn Dew is pretty good actually). Excluding my coffee creamer, I refuse to drink my calories since 170 calories or more for a can equals a serving of Wheat Thins and a Laughing Cow wedge. Water is also essential to losing weight so it can flush sodium out of your body. I had to work on it gradually - I had to make myself drink one bottle a day and work up to 1.5L.

Also, with how your hours are set up - when do you sleep? The hours you have listed ought to count those hours in because you shouldn't be eating while asleep (choking hazard yanno :P). Maybe try a 3 meal 3 snack set up? When you get up is breakfast time, 2-3 hours later is 1st snack time, 2-3 hours later is lunch, 2-3 hours later is 2nd snack time (if you need it), 2-3 hrs later is dinner and your last snack is for before bed if you need it. I generally get up between 6 and 7, have breakfast by 7:30, have a snack around 10 or 11, lunch is noon or 1, dinner is around 6. Occasionally I need a snack around 3 but not often - those are calories I save for after dinner if I want something sweet or I use them to have a bigger or more caloric dinner.

I can binge eat too so I understand where you are coming from. I also used to work swings and graveyards so I understand that too. Good luck with your journey. /off pulpit. :flowerforyou: