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Getting out of a rut!
Jul 17, 2009
I was away for business last week in beautiful Colorado. The weather was great and I even got to run along some very nice trails by the mountains and water. Boy, Colorado really caters to a healthy lifestyle - jogging/biking trails everywhere and plenty of trail mix and protein bars in almost every retail outlet.
Anyways, I got back home feeling great, but found that I had suddenly lost all restriction, had family functions full of food to attend, and quite honestly lost a little bit of my motivation. I had several horrible days of non-stop snacking and poor food choices. I honestly don't know why this happened. Maybe because people have started to question whether I really need to lose any more weight or maybe because I just needed a little break - I just don't know. It also didn't help that every time I reached into my closet for something, it was always too big and I had to pin it just so that it didn't fall down. I was getting SO tired of having to buy new clothes. I was getting tired of losing weight, quite honestly, and just wanted to be done with it. I had even stopped exercising for a few days.
In any case, my ambivolence to reaching my goal started getting to me. Why was I giving up just 10lbs from my goal?? I suddenly got really scared that I was headed down a path of regain and realized that I needed to get myself out of this rut I was in. So, I decided to get my butt back in gear and kick these last few lbs to the curb. I re-energized myself by picking up the pace on my running and setting new fitness goals. This really helped a lot, as exercise always makes my body feel good. I also went shopping for some new clothes and to my surprise, I was now in a size 6!! Exactly the kind of thing to help me out of my rut. I have felt so good wearing my well-fitting outfits and it has really made me remotivated to finish what I started last December.
Now, my next goal is to get my calves thin enough to get a nice pair of knee-high boots this fall . . . can't wait!
