176.6 Oh, The Pain! Oh, The Wonder! Oh, The Joy!

We have a house guest and we went shopping, and I totally forgot about my blog! I have yet to do that, to wake up one morning and say, oops! I never wrote a post. I'm very glad that didn't happen today.

As you can see, I'm still stuck. I think it's a little odd that I can't lose or even gain .1 or .2 tenths of a pound. Maybe tomorrow?

It was a great day at Chico's. My friend has also lost a lot of weight and was complaining that there was just nothing in a size 1! When she started losing she was wearing size 3, and I couldn't begin to wear Chico's clothes because there was no way I could even think about fitting into a size 3! We laughed that we were quite a pair, complaining that they just didn't have anything in the smaller sizes. Oh the pain! Oh, the wonder! Oh, the joy!

179.6 Like A Broken Record

Today I was talking to a dear friend who has followed this blog since its inception. Recently she became quite ill and was unable to read it for about 2 weeks. She said when she asked her husband how I was doing, he said I was stuck! I admitted that he was so right!

Remember records, scratched records on which the needle would move a little this way and a little that way, but it was stuck in the same place and a few words or just sounds would continually be repeated? I'm like an old scratched LP record!

My leg pain is stuck, too. Ever since my encounter in New Hampshire with the big flying bug, my back has not been right and leg pain is the result. Leg pain makes it hard for me to think about jumping on the elliptical or even taking a long walk. Today we went shopping and after standing and walking through the racks of gorgeous clothes for about 20 minutes, I needed to head home because of the pain. So, in order to move forward, I think I had better check out what's going on with my back doc. Plus, I've got to get it all together for my 50th high school reunion in Palo Alto that's coming up in a week. Go Paly! Go Sue!

195.0 Jumping Up and Holding On

I'm wondering about something.... When I hit a new low, why do I go up about a pound and then stay stuck there for a while. It's an obvious pattern of mine as I look over the past several months of this weight loss program. I wonder if this is a common experience with others who are trying to lose weight or is this one of my very unique eccentricities. Can you have unique eccentricites or is that repetitive? Anyway, what I'm thinking about, with the help of my inner spirit, is that maybe I'm holding on to the weight like I hold on to the "comfort zone" of my past. How much do I really want to lose more weight? How comfortable am I with the idea of losing more weight?

I'm going to work on this with self hypnosis to reinforce the idea in my mind that losing more weight is what I want to do. I would love to hear any thoughts you may have if you are experiencing this same phenomenom.

198.4 Tea With Friends

This is going to be short and sweet today since I am still stuck at 198.4 and you don't need to hear me complain and carry on about that, at least not today. So I will move on to other things.

Here's a laugh for today...Jennifer and I realized that when I first met her I weighed exactly twice what she did! Well, it made us laugh.:) It is really hard for me to remember how large/heavy I really was.

I have become acquainted with a website you might want to take a look at. It is written by a gal in England who shares some of my views on what it takes to lose weight and keep it off. Judith has lost 40 pounds. She's at www.secretstoeasyslimming.com. Check it out.


Today I am going to have a couple friends over for tea before going to a local bookstore to hear an author talk about her book. I am serving tea, and for the first time ever, no cookies, cakes, nothing. I feel a little uncomfortable about this, but I am in a very strict mode right now about having anything like that within reach, and I hope they will understand.

Time for Wii Fit. Hope you are having a great day!

202.2 A Broken Record

Maybe I should say a broken CD, but since I grew up with the term broken record I think it sounds better. My current plateau is feeling like that. Being stuck is no fun, but I am trying to take it in stride. Weight is such a funny thing, or maddening, or frustrating thing! We all have it, but we all handle it differently, and it is very individual. Some folks don't have to deal with it at all, some heavier folks don't seem to deal with it at all (I was one of them for about 20 years), and some have watched their weight continually thereby keeping within about a 2-3 pound range most of their adult lives. I want to be in that third group eventually. Since right now I am proving to be so good at maintaining a certain weight that should be a piece of cake! Ouch! Bad phrase to use right now.

So as I approach the holidays and all that includes (read wonderful food) my goal is to stay steady, to use my inner voice to keep me present and careful, and enjoy my friends and family. That's not too tall an order!