Hello all. It’s me again, writing with my ashamed face on. I have gotten lazy about blogging and I am beginning to wonder if this isn’t maybe, at least in some small way, partly responsible for my current weight loss plateau. There. I said it. I have been in a plateau since the beginning of the year and we are nearly three whole months into the new year and I haven’t lost any more weight. NONE! And I promise, I have been faithfully exercising and sticking to my low carb lifestyle with very few cheat days. (We won’t discuss my little “vacation” from my low carb lifestyle on my recent Orlando vacation because I have already atoned for that and am saving that for another blog post.) In fact, if anything, I have actually increased my number of exercise minutes per week. So maybe, if I start blogging on a more regular basis I will be more motivated to adhere to better portion control, take fewer cheat days or start a new, more intense workout video.
Can a weight plateau have a silver lining? I say most emphatically YES! You see, I have always been a glass half full kinda gal. Always. With one notable exception – when it comes to weight loss, I have always managed to look at weight loss plateaus and diet slip-ups with a glass half full attitude. Scratch that. Make it a glass completely empty attitude. If I hit a weight plateau for more than two weeks I would get soooooo depressed and eventually drown my sorrows with a heaping plate of nachos or a whole bag of Fritos, or well…maybe both. Plus wine. LOTS of wine. Then the shame spiral would start, ending with complete and total abandonment of my whole diet and exercise plan, complete weight regain, plus some (read A LOT). Epic fail. I beat myself up, called myself Fatty McButterpants and resigned myself to a life spent shopping in the seventh circle of Hell known as the Plus Size Department.
Well friends, not anymore. I am now officially the perpetually glass half full gal in this regard as well. I choose to look at this current plateau in a completely positive light because I have NOT REGAINED ANY WEIGHT!!!!! I have maintained my totes awesome weight loss. I have continued to exercise. I have continued to eschew all manner of bad carbs and to drink lots of water every single day (except on a certain Disney/Universal vacation binge weekend which shall remain nameless). So this is a GOOD thing. You see, in the past, every single time that I have gone on some kind of diet and lost any amount of weight, whether a significant amount or just 10 pounds, I have always, without fail, regained Every Single Ounce and packed on few more pounds to keep my newly regained pounds company, you know, in case they got lonely. I might also mention that I usually managed to accomplish my weight re- gain at warp speed.
Three months of weight maintenance is unheard of for me, so I will pat myself on the back for that, but I will also pick up the pace of my exercise. Bring on the more challenging workout routines. I’m game. Bring on the sore muscles, the sweat and me swearing most inventively at the aerobics instructor on the TV. My next goal, besides dropping another dress size, is to get off from my blood pressure medicine once and for all. I am on such a low dose as it is already and my BP is trending at 115/70 – 120/70, so I am betting another 10-15 pounds ought to do the trick. My reward if I accomplish this? Simply the knowledge that I have reached another big health goal. Oh, and maybe a cute new bathing suit. Summer is almost here!
