I'm a Little Stuck, but it will Pass, right?

May 11, 2009

I have been hovering around 179 lbs now since May 1st. I have gone up 2 lbs and back down but do not seem to be able to cross over the line. I am pretty sure this is a plateau of some kind that will pass. I am keeping up with my protein and my water, so all I can do is wait, right?

Well the waiting is the hard part for sure. Each time I hop onto the scale, which is every 2-3 days, and it does not go below that 179 I find myself questioning my every move or lack there of. Did I do this, should I have done that, I wonder if, How about that and so on. It is quite the emotional roller coaster for sure.

My husband tells me it is all OK and I am doing fine, but like so many I have goals and aspirations regarding my weight loss and stalls and plateaus get in the way of achieving  them. This is my 2nd relatively long stall. The 1st was at 200 lbs. Just could not get below that big 200 for almost 10 days. Once I did, I never looked back and I know the same thing will happen with this 179 pound stall.

I have walked and walked where I would have usually chosen alternative ways of getting from one point to another. I have not been to the pool in over a week, but this time of year life tends to get in the way of that a little bit. I am headed back tomorrow morning. I am on that lesson tee standing, walking, swinging and have been trying to get out to play once a week as well.

I know intellectually that this is just a little bump along the weight loss road. Emotionally I am not quite as level headed. I am far less secure in my emotional self than I am in my physical and intellectual self.

Next story will be all about how I marched past 179 lbs and am free of that weight forever! Thanks for listening. It really helps me to write. It helps to keep me grounded.
Dona

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