Yes...even on 960 calories a day, one can hit a plateau apparently! In real world terms, I actually lost a good bit of weight: 1.5 pounds. Most people would be thrilled with that amount (as my doctor reminded me as I was whining to her!). The bottom line is that my body is 30 pounds lighter, so it doesn't need to shed weight as quickly. As I remind my students about life, "it's a journey, not a destination."
However, it is hard to not feel bad when you have had two weeks in a row wherein you have lost three pounds each time. I just need to remind myself of some simple things, like..
1) I am only 15 pounds heavier than I was when I got married.
2) My daughter has never known me to be less than 200 pounds, now she does.
3) I can shop in the regular section of department stores now (that's mainly due to the fact that 30% of women are overweight, so they put larger sizes in the regular sections now. I remember a time when 12 was the largest size available in the standard sections!)
4)My blood pressure is in the healthy range!
In our class, we call these "non-scale" victories. I call them hints of what my life will be like when I finally get to my goal.
External Goal: 160
Internal Goal: Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
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Thursday, May 13, 2010
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Keep doing what you're doing!! I think our bodies (metabolism) adjust to the lower caloric intake. But you can't defy physics. The only solution is to keep burning a bit more each week. IT WILLL HAPPEN!!! I read that there is something in the brain that tells the body to hold on to weights at which we were for long periods of time. So when you reach those, it's slower to let go.
ReplyDeleteYou can't defy the laws of physics!!! Keep on truckin !!!
ReplyDeleteKeep doing what you're doing. IT WILL HAPPEN.
ReplyDeleteIt was times like this I found keeping track of waist size etc. sometimes you loose an inch even when you don't loose pounds. Keep it up I gained mine back because I forgot that I had to stick to my plan. Make sure to get enough sleep too. I have a blog about my son with autism I think keeping these sorts of blogs can be really powerful.
ReplyDeleteThanks Brooklyn!
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