Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Jul 28, 2009

I finally did it yesterday.  I broke my stall AND hit onederland.  When I weighed in yesterday morning I saw 199.5.  I was excited but didn't have time to celebrate.  Beside, I thought I'd been sitting in a stall and this could be a one day dip or some random anomaly.  Well,today my scale said 199.  So, it is official....I am in ONEDERLAND!

I have been continuing with my strenght training and cardio.  Four - six times per week I do something...I'm even training for the Turkey Trot.  I hope to be able to run the short run.  But some how through all that, my body started to tone and slim, but I wasn't' losing weight.  I stayed between the same 2 - 3 pounds for about 6 weeks and that was so sad for me.  Had I stopped losing weight?  Was this it for me?   I got defensive when people asked me how much I'd lost.  I didn't want to tell them I was doubting my success. 

After returning from my India trip last week I read a nice little message from Annette and she shared a great WOW moment with me and made me think about the good WOW moments I have had.  Most importantly she reminded me of the things I already knew.  She said to increase my protein.  Basic stuff, I know, but I was just hitting about 60 grams per day and I was working my body harder than that.  So I started drinking a protein supplement every day which gets me close to 100 or more and it finally happened, I broke my stall, lost about 6 pounds and landed firmly in ONEDERLAND.    Thanks Annette for the motivation!

So now that I'm here, I've got so much work to do.  I'm resetting my mind and getting motivated on an end goal.  I have my 6-month (at 9 months mind you) with Dr. Barker today so I'm going to ask for some direction on setting a goal.  I'm guessing I'll get the same answer I've gotten in the past, which is an incomplete explanation of something totally unrelated, but that's okay.  I need to figure it out on my own, I suppose.

So today's a great day...and it can only get better!

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