The frustration...(W,M,G)

At 6 months, little Ishe is the cutest thing ever but the plateau is sucking the joy out of my life.

210 is going to be the death of me. I am staring at my short term goal of 199 and it seems so out of reach. My other goal is to reduce inches so I can possibly fit into this dress IJ promised to buy me if I get to a size 13…

Goal Measurement (inches)      Actual Measurement (inches)

Chest   40                                           41.5

Waist   32                                           36.5

Hips     41                                           47

This means I have 12 inches to lose to get to that goal. I am going to aim to get that done before my birthday. I am really feeling discouraged that my body actually can change. It seems like I am just destined to stay a size 16 for the rest of my life. Sooo frustrating. I wish I could just stop eating but someone else depends on me to eat too. I look at the amount of fat on my belly and I can’t understand why it won’t even budge, not even a little. Until I see a change I am going to be doubling up on my workouts, I keep hearing this mess about gaining muscle nonsense. While I may be gaining muscle, isn’t this muscle supposed to be burning more calories therefore increasing weight loss?

I read this article and I am going to note everything in it so that I can make some changes. I am really desperate so anything will help.

http://www.builtlean.com/2012/05/22/weight-loss-plateau/

I also determined my ideal weight based on another article on the same website, after the calculation I have deduced that my ideal weight is 167lbs….which puts my new long term goal at 167 pounds which means I have 43 more pounds to lose, yikes….

http://www.builtlean.com/2010/05/04/ideal-body-weight-formula-how-to-calculate-your-ideal-weight/

No more sugar, no more creamer, I am going to eat carbs at breakfast and lunch only. Dinner will just be meat and vegetables. Everytime I feel hungry I am going to drink 8oz of water first because I am also hungry nowadays. I am also going to stop taking pictures of myself. I really don’t look any better so what is the point. I am also going to get IJ to sign up for the gym this weekend, it is getting cold anyway so it is time to take my workouts inside. The sauna may also do me some good too.

6M- Week 1 (W,G)

Back on track. I am soooo sick of being stuck at 210…I really am. This week I pushed myself to get back into my morning routine. The weather is changing, it is getting colder and there have been more showers than usual but I did not let that stop me. My new matra is “f$#K 210”, I really need to bust this plateau or else I am going to be forever mad at the scale.

This week I went to Creve Couer park for the first time. The trail is 3.74 miles and when I started, I thought I was just going to walk. I started jogging about a 1K into it and kept going for 8K. It made it my fasted 10K ever at 1 hour and 24 minutes. I seem to remember setting a goal for 1hour and 15 minutes by my birthday and after that run, that goal is more within reach than I ever thought possible. So even though I very discouraged by the scale, I want to get strong enough to run a 10K in 1:15:00 by December 16…

In Summary,

Weight: 210.8

Distance: 17.86 miles

# of active days: 5

5M- Week 5

I came back from Peoria with a cold. My throat was killing me and then my muscles started to ache and all I wanted to do was lay in bed. I tried walking but my body was just not having it. This was the least active week I have had in a long time. Couple that with the very rich bbq we ate there, it was a recipe for disaster. I saw the scale climb with 3 more pounds and I was close to tears. I really could not get my body to heal sooner and decided to just let my body rest. Hope the next few weeks will be better and can get me back on track.

In Summary, (9/9)

Weight:

Distance: 6.18 miles

# of active days: 2

5M- Week 4 (W)

This was labor day week. I tried to stay active as I was planning to leave town to go and visit Uncle Kwane. Everytime we visit him, he goes all out with the cooking and what not so I know this is going to be bad for me next week. I did drop below 210 on the scale so that is a really good sign. I am still very discouraged because I have been stuck for a month now. This is getting ridiculous.

In Summary, (9/2)

Weight: 209.8 (weighed in on 9/7)

Distance: 12.68 miles

# of active days: 4

5M- Week 3 (W)

One pound down with 5 days of activity. That is a little better but still discouraging. I am still stuck on doing the before and after pictures and that kinda helps to see how far I have come but right now that really means nothing to me. I was very excited when I went to the basement and found a shirt with tags on it. I don’t even remember when I bought it but I am pretty sure I put it down there because I could not fit it. I put it on and it fit perfectly, no buttons popping or anything. It was an amazing feeling.

In Summary, (8/26)

Weight: 211

Distance: 16.10 miles

# of active days: 5

5M- Week 2 (W)

The scale is back up again, I don’t know what I am doing wrong that is making me gain weight. IJ keeps pushing me to do weights and I will really try but my days are just so full. We will wait and see.

In Summary, (8/19)

Weight: 212

Distance: 19.81 miles

# of active days: 5