12 stone or lower by now. I still have to weigh in tomorrow, but I am not yet below 170lb let alone 168lb which is 12 stone.
I have reached a plateau, and have been around the 171-174lb mark for about a month now. The last time this happened, I just gave up, and piled the weight back on again. The furthur I get into this weight loss journey, the more I learn about myself, the more I learn that things do not always get handed to you on a silver platter. Sometimes you have to work for things for very little visible gain. But right now, despite the scales hovering annoyingly (devastatingly) around the 172lb mark, I am learning that it does not mean that I "can't do this". It's just one of those things I need to wait for. Wait for my body to get back into rhythm, wait for my body to signal the green light again. Take this time to fine tune my eating, experiment with recipes, get back into good habits. I am not going to give up this easily. I have lost two and a half stone since my second son was born. Just two stone to go and I am around my ideal weight. I have given away all my bigger clothes, so that is one reason that I do not want to give up. I gave them away just at the right time I think, literally just before the plateau hit!
I am hopeful that I will start to lose weight again soon. This is just another thing that is making me realise how strong I am now. I posted with regards to my plateau on another friend's blog, and her reply really did help me out, there is no need to give up when you reach a plateau, things do continue, the only thing I need to do is stay positive, don't throw my toys out of the pram just because I'm not getting what I want NOW. Good things come to those who wait. I am waiting, and working hard at staying positive. I will start losing again soon.
For now, a more lenient goal of 167lb by the end of March should be do-able. I wanted to get there by the end of February, and that didn't happen, but hopefully I will start to dip again and I will be able to exceed that goal and get some "mojo" back, and get into the swing of things again.
Sorry you didn't get to where you wanted to be but lovely to see you have such a healthy sensible attitude to it all :)
ReplyDeleteI know my mum had the same problem and found she needed to increase her exercise to get the weight loss back on track again. Any way you you get an extra walk/jog/bike ride in a week?
Thanks Jemma for taking the time to read and respond! I have been making effort to get out a bit more, I've not been strict with myself about it yet, but I am going to start being strict!
ReplyDeleteWe went for a long walk on Sunday around a local-ish forest/country park, which left my legs aching (so a good sign! haha!), and we'll try and do it more often I think at weekends, plus I am going to do more on the Wii Fit, because I know even if the exercise doesn't shift the pounds on the scales, it should do with the measuring tape.
Just look at it that your body needs a bit of a rest as I've said. It's easy to shed the pounds in the early days and it does get harder but the negatives are easily outweighed.
ReplyDeleteOn a plateau I find it easier to see how far I've come rather than focus on how far is left to go to keep spirits up.
The weather will soon be better so get outside and have a nature workout with the kids. It's surprising how good fresh air can make you feel. I do have a long trip to school twice a day and though it was hard at first I really miss the exercise it brings.
Reassessing goals are great as well. When we do well, we do start to look at harder targets. Therefore making it harder on ourselves and the pressure can be overwhelming. So aim low. Go for something like 1lb a week for example.
Anything on top is always a bonus!
Just remember 1lb a week is 52lbs or 3st 10lbs in a year.
That's what I hold in mind when I have bad days/weeks.
*I miss the exercise when the school has a break that should read. Duh!
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