amyf19's Journal, 11 July 2008

I need to give myself a pep talk. I'm very frustrated. The way I lost 30 lbs. at 21 isn't working at 29. My body is 8 years older, 2 babies later, and fighting an uphill battle against this Mirena thing. I don't know if that's having an effect or not, but I've been working my butt off and barely losing a pound a week, if even that. I did have a "loose" couple of days over the 4th of July weekend, but I thought those 3 extra lbs. were just water. I didn't do THAT bad. But apparently I can just think about eating a spoonful of ice cream and stall out on my weight loss. I'm just now back to the weight I was a week and a half ago. But (here comes the pep talk), I'm doing everything right. I'm eating like I should, I've started watching portion sizes more, and I'm working out daily. My body HAS to lose this fat at some point or another. I can't continue to be overweight if I just keep on doing what I'm doing. It just looks like it's going to take a lot longer than it did a few years ago. This is supposed to be a lifestyle anyway, not just a short term diet, so I'll be eating like this for the rest of my life, not just until I hit my goal. My two-year-old would sing Dory's little song from Nemo, "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming...."

181.0 lb Lost so far: 10.0 lb.    Still to go: 31.0 lb.    Diet followed reasonably well.