Sticking with it

The past few weeks have been a little tough. We have had mass lay offs in the job that I've worked for about 6 years and I'm one of the next to go. With all the stress though, I've managed for the most part to stay on the plan. One of my biggest remaining problems is that I don't eat or drink all the water that I should at times. I get busy and before you know it, it's the end of the day and I've only had maybe two medifast meals and less than half of my water. So, my weight loss has slowed a bit. There for a while I would lose a pound, then stay the same for a week or so, and then lose another pound. This week, I've unofficially lost 2 lbs for a total of 49.5. I say unnofficial because I really should only weigh once a week and that's on Monday. But sometimes the scale gets the best of me and I have to check it out. To think that I'm 1/2 pound away from 50 is amazing to me.

I have another friend on the plan with me and she had a week of staying the same. Last week was one pound. It's frustrating when you do all that you're suppose to and things don't happen. But I keep telling her not to give up. I'm proof of that. Every 1/2 lb and 1 lb adds up. And if we quit now and go back to the way that we were eating, then the scale moves the other way. I just don't want to have that happen to me again. And I hope that she doesn't give up after coming this far. She's lost 24 lbs and she looks great. And she said that she feels good too. Just have to figure out a way to get her though the discouragement and excited about the program again.

It is hard when the scale won't move, but I've learned to just let it go. I make sure that I'm eating what I'm supposed to and drinking my water. I know that my body is just making adjustments and it will start losing again. And I try not to listen to all those well meaning people who say things like "maybe it's just not working for you" and who work hard to sabotage my efforts whether they know they're doing it or not. I think that sometimes our friends and family feel threatened by the changes that we're making and can, knowingly or not, try to get us to give it up and go back to our old ways. I for one am not falling for it this time. At 44, I feel like the time to get in shape and lose weight is now. I'm not getting any younger, but I have to say that I'm getting better looking every day!!