Hitting the Wall



Back from what seemed like a long journey

 Somewhere along the way in the last two weeks, I hit the wall. I was going very smoothly, losing one pound a week for nine weeks. And then, everything started going haywire. I started to feel stressed and unfocused and I started eating lots of junk (three different Haagen Dazs flavors: chocolate peanut butter, chocolate chocolate chip, strawberry, coffee- wait, that isn't three?!). I realized, after the fact, that I must have gotten sick or something.

My weight fluctuated downwards to 185, then all the way to 189. All that effort seemed wasted. Needless to say, it was frustrating. I wondered why I was so stressed? Was it because of physical reasons or otherwise? I, of course, stayed on my plan and waited this out. Slowly, but surely, I felt the stress fade away or whatever it was that caused me to have uncontrollable eating episodes. From 189, like coming home from a vacation on a plane that's about to land, I gently came back down to 186. While not as nearly as impressive as losing nine pounds in nine weeks, I'll take nine pounds in eleven weeks, thank you very much! Using the equation I was using, my protein needs drop from 79 to 76 grams a day. My BMI is down from 27.6 to 26.3, still in the overweight category. And my waist size is a solid 34.

Anyway, the point is, we'll off get off track and that shouldn't end the ride. Get back on track and see where it leads you. It's been awhile since I heard about your weight loss progress and it seems like those New Year's Resolutions were so long ago. Are you feeling as committed as you were a few months ago? Please let me know how it's going. Me, I feel great and I'm ready for Round Two. (Talking to the overweight me) If that's all you have, you better bring it!