Stinkin Thinkin

Plateaus are an interesting thing in this battle we face against weight loss.  Sometimes, you know you are all in and still hit one.  Other times, you aren't engaged and hit one.  I am somewhere in the middle and right in the depths of a bad one.  So, for about a month, I have been teetering around the same weight.  Frustration for me often equals lack of motivation.  Lack of motivation for me in my mind equals failure.  Failure in my mind means to give up.  This is what my counselor and I refer to as stinkin thinkin. I have been thinking a lot this past week about my plateau and realize this plateau isn't about weight.  I'm at a new fork and I need to pick a path.  I can either continue down my stinkin thinkin path or choose a brighter one.  Today is a fresh start and the day I say I commit to taking a new path.  Now here is the choice I make.  I often times will say I am going to "fix" this.  What this leads to is an all or nothing fix.  The all fixes don't stick.  So today, I will recommit to taking the new path one small step at a time.  I will go to the gym tonight and meet with my trainer and go all in.  I will adjust my diet by one snack today and continue to make little stabs at adjusting it.  I am blessed to be surrounded by support and love in this journey and am thankful to have those accountability partners.  Thanks for listening!  Take care and God Bless

Weight Loss Can be Challenging

I recently hit a plateau in my weight loss.  When I say recent for like a month now.  ARGH  How frustrating is that?  In the past, this would have sent me off the deep end and I would have given up.  But, not this time, not now.  I am a long way down my journey and I'm not looking back.  Instead, I decided to buckle down and make some changes.  I contacted a trainer at my gym.  I am now going to see her twice a week in order to boost up my workouts.  We will also be reviewing my nutrition as this is a struggle for me.  I always thought if I count the calories it shouldn't really matter what I eat.  While this is logical, when I eat junk I am more hungry and often times eat more calories to fill me.  So now, I shall turn my focus to the quality of what I eat on top of the quantity.

They gym just started a 90-day challenge of weight loss or transformation.  It's a contest nationwide to compete for the most weight loss or the best transformation.  There are weekly prizes within the club and a Try It Tuesday every week that gives you a taste of all the club has to offer.  I decided I would join in.  That accountability is great for me.  My husband also signed up.  He is in the contest for weight loss and I signed up for transformation.  While we may not win the final prize, we are in it to make a win for ourselves, not to win a prize. I will let you know of the progress we make and will post my initial pictures shortly.  Until then, take care and God Bless