It's been 3 weeks since I weighed in last...I've been GOOD, walking regularly…just about every night this past week (2-3 miles)...so I was expecting a nice loss...you know, 4 - 6 lbs!? Well...the scaled showed me down 1.4 lbs! I was just shocked...not necessarily disappointed, just SURPRISED because I have been consistently losing 1.5 - 2 lbs each week the last few months. Oh well. I sat down & thought about it as I was waiting for the meeting to start, realized that it really wasn't a big deal to me...that I wasn't traumatized (as I might have been a few years ago!!)...that it didn't really disappoint me because I KNOW how you can't count on the scale to always tell you what is going on, right??
So...I'm still moving in the right direction & I'm still 100% here...happy, ready to tackle anything that comes my way...knowing that I'm going be living this healthy life forever, loving it...proud of myself!! This is over 36 pounds that are GONE FOREVER!! My new pants are getting lose…everyone I come across that hasn’t seen me in the last few months says I’m just melting away! :o) What a kick!!
It's kind of funny...tonight's meeting topic was about getting through a plateau & Michelle described it as losing less than a half pound a week for at least 3 weeks in a row. Well, hello...that's me this week....but I don't know. I won't consider it a plateau until the next time I weigh-in & that will be a few more weeks...so who knows? It doesn't matter...I might be a bit more determined to walk more each day...start doing more aerobic activity, etc... but I know for the most part that it just takes time. Bodies do this...I am expecting to deal w/ at least one plateau on this journey...why not now? :o) The idea is to deal w/ it & getting through it w/ as much of this attitude as I had going in, right??
Michelle asked what we needed to do to get through a plateau & I said "just deal w/ it...knowing that you don't have a whole lot to say about when it's going to happen & sometimes no idea how long it's going to last" & a guy (yes, we have 2-3 men in our group!) who has lost 70-some lbs said that he didn't quite believe that...that we really do have a say in how long it's going to last...that it's all about motivation & determination, because he just dealt w/ a 2 month plateau & he was struggling a bit, realizing that he was slacking a bit & decided that enough was enough & that he started tightening up his journaling & measuring & all that...and it passed. I said "yeah, but can you really consider that a true plateau?" & Michelle went on to say that yes, you can. I felt a little bad that I kind of discounted what he went through....but I truly don't consider slacking off, so you're not losing, a true plateau, do you? There truly will be a time when you're giving it your all, doing everything exactly how you should, & your body is just refusing to budge. Sometimes this will last several weeks...sometimes MONTHS. But throughout this whole plateau period, you're still giving it your all...100% OP......THAT's what I consider a plateau.
Anyways...who knows? I'm not worried that this is where I am now...I know that I'm going to be fine...that this is my lifestyle now...forever & it feels great that this is my reality!
Hope you all are as enthused about your futures as I am...it's sooooooo bright!
Thanks to all...your encouragement & inspiration keep me going...always!
xxox.....Julie
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