This has literally been the most anticlimactic 10 days in the history of dieting. I almost feel bad blogging about it. I swear, this blog is starting to read like a daily newspaper in a town where nothing happens. Front page: "Gladys Weinstein Waters Her Lawn; Wonders Why Neighbors Haven't Brought In Trashcans" "Wal-Mart Remains Popular Place to Purchase Household Goods" "Chunky Bride: Weighs 152.4"
Seriously. You can even see in my Progress Tracker that I appear to have landed at "152-point-whatever" with a resounding thud. It is not for lack of trying! I haven't cheated at all. But something is still not working. That's why I've made a few tweaks to my routine in an effort to move things along. I've begun eating a small breakfast every morning. (That's the "preeeettty" at the top of the page). All of the healthy people I know tend to swear by eating breakfast and jump starting the 'ole metabolism. I hope they're on to something. At this point, I'll try anything to break free from this because there's no way I'll make it to 130 by Christmas if nothing changes.
I've also increased my daily calories to 1350. I know that it seems counterintuitive, but I just think that at this point the lack of progress is certainly not a result of overeating....my body might have just gotten used to getting by with fewer calories and my metabolism is slowing down accordingly. I think eating more might actually help. It's only been three days since I've made these changes so the jury is still out on whether they'll work.
The good news is I haven't bounced back up to 153.8 since the last blog post! And 152.4 is a decrease from yesterday's 152.8. So maybe things are beginning to look up! Err.....down.
However, in an effort to keep up the 1.9 pound-per-week pace needed to get to my goal by Christmas, I hereby make the following decree:
If I have not reached the 10 pound weight loss mark by next Tuesday's Weekly Weigh In, I hereby swear to the sweet baby Jesus that I will start doing the 30 Day Shred again.
I have really, really tried to avoid it coming to this. But at this point, I'll do anything to break the plateau. Wish me luck.
