Week 8 05/03/2007
Ouch.
This week has been a little stressful so I apologize for not checking in as frequently…but that actually may turn out to be a good thing because I have something to say and I want it to stick.
PLATEAUS HAPPEN. Or, at least it did with me this week. My weigh-in with Kathy showed a ‘plus 0.4 lbs’ on the scale. Less than half a pound, but it feels like it might as well be 20. I sat here at my computer, wondering what to write to all of you…how to keep you all motivated and energized. And just as importantly (to me), supportive of me and my journey. I looked back at my journal and I ATE EXACTLY AS I SHOULD HAVE.
But guess what…three days this week, I clocked fewer than 10,000 steps on my pedometer. And it has been three weeks since my visit to the gym. So, my ‘calories in’ part was successful…it’s the ‘calories out’ part that required more attention.
Kathy, my consultant, was great and told me this was normal fluctuation and not to be discouraged. She also provided me with additional strategies to stay active. And she reminded me that I had lost over 18 pounds in 7 weeks*, ON TOP OF THAT, she tells me not to focus only on the pounds. Because during my first month I lost a whopping 12 pounds* and 4 1/2 inches*. But in my second month, I lost less (6 pounds*) in weight, but EIGHT inches*. Basically, I’ve shrunk almost two sizes*.
So why am I so upset at myself?
I’m upset because I told myself that I would never see these pounds again…once lost, they were supposed to be gone forever. So my old feelings of the weight loss see-saw have come back to haunt me. It feels like some sort of awful joke. And in front of all of you to see!!!
But I can’t let myself get lost in that Pessimistic mindset that Kathy told me about - where you think that you’re doomed to weight regain – because I have the tools –and the support - to be successful this time. That reframe on my thinking style helps re-energize me . And I am going to take this energy and use it to fuel me. Next week is a new week…that plateau was yesterday. Today, I am armed with even more knowledge of what my body and my mind need to stay in track and I’m never looking back.
So it’s onward and upward, ok? I’m18 pounds lighter* (woohoo!), a million times happier and a gazillion times smarter regarding my body…my body’s health, my body’s mind and my body’s heart.
So let’s just power through this, ok?
*Results not typical
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