I am sad to say it, but I think the battle with weight loss the past few months is going to the opposing team. I have not lost a pound since school started in September. (I am a teacher & sign language interpreter at a Community College, plus a graduate student.) With my crazy schedule I just haven’t had time to prepare meals like I was doing before and to exercise. All the free time I have I’m spending on my homework so I can graduate in the Spring. I think I have just resolved myself to doing the best I can and being happy with maintaining until this crazy semester is over. I’m still counting points and I am still following the habits I  have gotten into, but I just can’t seem to lose when I am constantly eating out or eating from the freezer. December 17 is a magic date in my mind - it the day that grades are due and my official last day of work until January. So that means I can actually COOK a meal.  Next semester will be MUCH lighter with only teaching one evening per week instead of two, and taking my last and only graduate class instead of 2-3 at a time. I’m bummed that I haven’t lost in a while, but its relieved some pressure to tell myself that it’s ok to maintain for a couple of weeks  then I can work on losing again.