185.8 Yes! I'm Stuck Again

I thought I was going to be on a roll down the scale when I left the 188 lb. zone, but obviously I'm not. I have been thinking a lot about why/when I get stuck. I like to think it is very mysterious and out of my control. I make it all so much more complicated than it is. The fact of the matter is that the less I put in the old machine, me, the more my weight will drop. It isn't hard to think about, it's just hard to do.

I get hung up on things like am I getting enough nutrients. Well, hello, I have 185 pounds of nutrients to draw on. Everything about me except my weight is within a healthy range. I'm not anemic, not lacking energy, I sleep very well (thanks to my recent hormone adjustment), so what's up?

So I tell myself that with a little hunger and a lot of exercise I can lose weight. What is so darn hard about that? Um... doing it. DUH!

The real question becomes how much do I want to lose 15 pounds. If I can lose 60 pounds, I can lose 15 pounds. Let's see if I can't get my mind, body and spirit all on the same page and make this a reality. I'm not where I want to be on the scale, not how I want to look, and not how I want to feel. Looking hard at myself in recent pictures or in my new mirror, I want it!

187.4 Loose Ends

We're expecting house guests momentarily and so it's now or never for my post for today. A few things have been floating around in my head that I think I want to blog about and then get I going on another theme. So today's theme is loose ends. (I just returned from teaching my ESL class and the word theme was one of our vocab words for today!) Anyway, I do want to say that it is really gratifying to hear from those you have shared with me the fact you've have lost weight as an outgrowth of reading this blog. My colleague at PVCC told me today she's lost 16 pounds now! She looks great, but more importantly, is confident that she is going to beat that threat of diabetes that she was facing. Each of you has your own reasons for wanting to lose weight and they are all as important as Allison's. So continue to hang in there, take it as slow as necessary, and keep reading the blog. I am hoping that by seeing how I have done it you can take what you want from my example and turn your desire to lose weight into you own success story.

Also, remember how I have complained about being hungry at night and often spoiling a day of good, careful eating by giving into the night hungers? I've posted new signs in my pantry and refrigerator. One says, "Sue, don't eat tonight. You've had a great day." The other says, "Sue, if you have to eat, eat an apple. Don't blow it!" I don't think those are mixed messages. One is in the best of all worlds and the other is if you can't do that, here's what to do.

So the weight continues to slowly give up and leave my body. I am so grateful for all the pieces that I have been able to put together to make this happen. Hope you are finding success, also, and would love to hear how you've managed to make it happen.