Breakthrough!

So, all last week I thought my weight wasn’t going anywhere. I kept gaining and losing the same 1-3 pounds.  Talking about getting frustrated!!  I think I have finally hit the dreaded plateau. I have only had to log a gain once since being on this journey and that happened within the first month and I wasn’t really excited about that.

For the last month I have been struggling to get out of the 140’s. I was getting to the point that I felt I wasn’t going to make my goal. Not necessarily giving up the fight, but I just kept thinking to myself that maybe my body is finally going to give up on the weight loss and want to stay between 140-143lbs. Maybe my body is comfortable at that weight and it doesn’t want to change anymore.  I know I have said to ignore the number on the scale and just go by the way you look and feel, but I just can’t seem to get passed it! I have been at my goal weight before and I am going to be persistent to get there. I should just be happy with where I am, right? I am a size 4-6 in pants and a small to medium shirt! I am smaller now, that I was when I was in college and before I got married. But, NO, I WANT to get there! I want to feel that sense of accomplishment. Besides, having my two beautiful babies and saving my marriage, this has to be one of the hardest things I have ever done! I am going to finish it out! NO excuses and NO giving up!

Anyway, our schedules at home have been pretty hectic. I thought to myself since the current show at the local theatre I work at was ending, it would be a good time for me to try and “eat clean” for a few days and really get some good burns in with my workouts. On Sunday, I ate very well. I stayed within or lower than my daily limits. High protein and low carbs always works for me!! Monday morning, I woke up and lost .06 ounces. Okay not bad, but still at 140.2lbs. Ugh! So, again, I ate clean all day Monday and had a killer workout in kickboxing. Here comes Tuesday morning. Now, I can normally gauge when I wake up whether or not I am going to have a loss. Most of the time, I can just feel it. I wasn’t feeling anything that morning. I was just dreading to step on the scale, but I did. The morning normally plays out like this: I wake up go to the bathroom, go potty, turn the shower on to warm up, take off the clothes and stand in front of the scale.  I always like to play a game and I try and guess what the scale is going to say. That morning out loud, I said “Okay today, I am going to be 141.3!”  Deep breath….The moment of truth…I step on the scale…and it says…..

Um, what?!!  Normally when this happens, I step off the scale and step on it again, just to make sure….Again…..139.2lbs!!  ONE WHOLE POUND DOWN!! From there, I just started crying.  Let me just say that I have not seen any number in the 130’s since 2006!!  It’s been a long time coming!!

My husband and I had the day off since I recently had an uncle pass away, so I ran out and told him the great news.  What a great feeling!! FINALLY A BREAKTHROUGH!!  Maybe I can actually reach my goal!