Sad Day

Today was my weigh in day. It has been one month since I stepped on a scale and I have been working really hard to reach my goal. Since I was not allowed to work out one week out of this month I knew that I probably wouldn't reach my goal, but I sure wanted to try hard to. The past 3 weeks I have been exercising regularly and eating much, much better than usual. I had already prayed for my attitude to stay positive even if I had only lost a couple of pounds. Like I have been saying, it seems to me like I have been losing weight since my clothes are fitting better and I can see changes in my body. With that being said I thought I would have at least lost 2 lbs. Welp, I only lost 0.7 lbs. NOT EVEN A FULL POUND!!!! At first I was sooooooo angry, then I turned to being extremely sad and disappointed due to all the hard work I had put in. For goodness sake, I met some girls from church for breakfast at Cracker Barrel saturday morning and ALL I ate was an apple bran muffin with water. Biscuits sitting right in front of me and I didn't touch one of them. See, this is what makes me mad. Oh and I didn't even tell you that I went on a fairly long bike ride before I even went to meet to girls for breakfast. See....anger!!

Anyway, after fussing about it I then shed a few tears, and still could shed a few more that I have never worked this hard at losing weight in my life and there is little to show for it. Yes, I did lose, but after a month I would have thought that I could have lost more than 0.7 lbs. Just very disappointing, that's all.

I am not going to give up. I am however choosing to take today off and rest. I am eating what I want and not exercising at all....not even during lunch. I am not going to focus on losing weight at all today. Tomorrow I will pick back up and try again to reach my goal for next month. If for nothing else, this made me realize that I HAVE to continue to work hard. The results that I can see (toning of my muscles, clothes fitting better, feeling better, and having a desire to stay active) are worth the work that I have been doing. Just pray that I can stay strong and push past this. Right now I feel like I can, but I can't make that same promise if next month produces the same results.