I haven't written in a while. There hasn't been much progress to report. I've been stuck at 166 since approx July 24th. Since then, I've gone up a little & then back down, but can't seem to get past 166.
I've tried everything I can think of - eating more calories, less calories, zig zagging my calories, eating more protein, less carbs, more fruit & veggies, exercising more days/longer/harder/differently, eating the calories I burn, not eating the calories I burn, etc etc and nothing is working. I feel like I am running around like a chicken with it's head cut off.. trying this, trying that. No wonder my body is resisting, it doesn't know what the hell is going on!
Also, a few weeks ago, I re-calculated how many more ounces a day/pounds a week I would need to lose to get to my goal weight by my trip next Oct. At that point, I needed to lose .6 ounces a day = 4.2 ounces a week (or 1/4 of a pound). I basically made fun of that saying it was laughable & ofcourse I was going to get to it. It almost seems like my body said "Oh yeah... you think it's going to be that easy? Well take this!." I definitely jinxed myself.
I've also been checking the scale constantly.... 5 or more times a day, every day. It's a bad habit I had in the past that I had 'broken', but lately, I've started doing it again. I know that makes me stress out even more & could affect my losses.
I feel like I need to take a step back and chill out for a little.... give my body a breather. And then I will start back up. there's no way my body can be "done" losing weight.... 166 is definitely not a healthy weight for me, but maybe it just needs a small break.
