So I’ve sat down to write this post a number of times and have never managed to get very far. Am I sabotaging my attempts to detail my sabotage? I don’t know. Also, when you write the word sabotage a bunch of times, it starts to look funny. Sabotage. Sabotage. Is that even a word?
Okay. Off track. Too much coffee.
I’ve been trying to lose weight for years. YEARS. And I go up and down all the time. It’s pretty common. But I can see what I’m doing wrong. I’m just not good at stopping it.
I started 2013 pretty heavy. Lots of travel will do that to you. January went well. February went well. But I managed to finish March at the same weight that I started at. Not gaining is a plus, but it’s not like I plateaued for those weeks. No, I went up and then went back down. I just fell off the wagon and struggled to get back on.
Sometimes I wonder if it’s almost intentional, as if I’m trying to prevent myself from succeeding. I just have to remember to keep going and keep working on it. I need to get the weight off for my health and I would like to get back into my clothes. I can’t wear 75% of what’s in my closet, and that needs to change.
So for now, I just have to remember to stick to the plan. Days will be up and down, but just because I have a “bad” day, that doesn’t mean the next day is a wash as well.
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I am SO with you on this one. I was doing so well for about three weeks. I was down about ten pounds and convinced that I was totally back on track … And then spring break happened. And now I’m pretty sure I’m back where I started, and I just can seem to get back in the right routines.
You are so right! There will be good days and there will be bad days, but everything will come together in the end. My issue was Easter candy…it was everywhere! Thankfully most of it is gone now (because I ate it all)…whoops.
I totally understand! I have been battling my weight for YEARS and finally found something that works but I sometimes lose sight of it and just maintain. I’m ok with losing super slow, but this maintaining when I’m 20-30 pounds overweight is no good. I think I do my best when I focus on something OTHER than my weightloss and just eat what I know I should. Then it comes off slowly and over time. *shrugs* I’m just rambling here at this point b/c I’m not sure I really know a thing, I just keep telling myself I do. :p
Karen #1 – Mmm, Easter Candy. Cadbury Creme Eggs are amazing. Best food ever. Thank goodness they aren’t available year-round. (And if they are, NO ONE TELL ME!)
Karen #2 – That’s just like me! I’m maintaining at between 20-30 pounds overweight. I’m trying to just focus on being healthy and sticking to a plan that is sustainable and using that to help get the weight off.
Cadbury Creme Eggs… yeah, me too!
People seem to either love them or hate them. There is no in between.