Hanging Tough!

The past few days have been a big struggle for me.  My scale was not going down, it had held steady and then started to creep up again.  Uggg.  I knew that it was bound to happen there are always plateaus and setbacks but it is still demoralizing.  I felt like this panda. --->

I did a lot of mental pep talks reminding myself that this is normal, that I have had a stressful 5 days and that will impact things, and I had been having problems with Noom and hadn't been able to log things well and I wasn't really sure how much I was eating calorie-wise, and of course with sinus congestion and pressure that makes it really hard to work out so that was lagging.

For me, I know that I am emotional eater, specifically when I am stressed and beating up on myself will not limit my stress.  I crave crunchy things specifically cheeze-its, potato chips, nachos and sometimes I just let myself give in.  On good days I can make crunchy substitutes with baby carrots and hummus or apples.  On not so great days, I do my best to stick to servings sizes of chips and cheeze-its in a bowl and then walk away from the kitchen and try to eat only one chip at a time.  On horrible days yep I just take the box with me to the couch 🤷 it happens.

Our bodies are amazing and yet somewhat mysterious, meaning that we need to work the system that we know works.  Move more, eat less and do your best to ignore natural fluctuations.  Be forgiving of yourself if when you fall off the wagon because you are human and that will help you get back on track.



This morning my scale did a dramatic drop!  This is good and reaffirms that even when things seem to be going poorly just keep on doing what you are doing as best as you can with your given circumstances, and it will pay off in the end.  Yet again I am reminded that this journey is a long one and I have to take the long view just as much as the short term one and that is a difficult balance to maintain on a regular basis.



The lessons I am trying to internalize:
  • Setbacks are normal don't despair
  • The body is weird, just roll with it
  • I still need to work on determining portion size and estimating calorie intake, I rely too much on my app.  
    • But I am getting much better so progress is being made.
  • Just breathe, look at how far you have come and know that you are capable of making progress and you will get there, setbacks are only temporary.

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