Last night was tough. I was feeling really down about this weight loss plateau, plus I had a bad day of dieting. I went over on my calories by about 400 and was just being really hard on myself. All I could think was I am beginning to fail at this whole dieting thing. It's just that, plateaus suck! All this hard work to see no results. Finally I got on SparkPeople (I have an account, just don't do much on there since I log on MFP instead) and started reading some motivational stuff on their message boards. I realized I was being way too hard on myself. I have done an awesome job this far - losing almost 40 lbs in like 3 months. That is no small accomplishment! I decided to not worry about the day, and I decided not to worry about today either since I knew I was going to Seabreeze and would probably eat junk there. I figured maybe my body needed a quick change anyway, and that a 2 day increase in calories, and then back down to my normal amount tomorrow may be just what my body needs to start losing again. It has to realize that there is no famine, and I will always feed it.
So this morning I went to the gym around 7:30. I did 45 minutes on the treadmill and burned about 330 calories. It was a good workout! Then I went to the picnic and ate what I wanted to. And I DON'T feel guilty now!! I have a feeling I will start losing again this week. I am not going to weigh myself until next weekend. And I really hope I am in the 190's finally! I will weigh myself at the gym next Sunday when I go, and hopefully not until then. I am also considering getting a tape measure and taking my measurements. That may be the better judge on my progress.
Lesson learned! I won't be beating myself up anymore. At least I will try not to. :)
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