Week 10 Weigh-In Results: Falling off the plateau!

After a month of not budging, the scale finally decided to go down for me today. I’m down 2.5 pounds for the week, which got me to my first Weight Watchers goal of 5%! I’ve passed the 15 lb. mark. (Go me!) I’ve been eating very well…tons of good fresh veggies…and I’m being much more physically active. Between actual workouts and opting to walk instead of drive, I feel good about moving again. Maybe it’s the early hints of spring that have me motivated to move more. Or it could be that I want to be in top form for my summer of research in North Carolina. There will be lots of opportunities for outdoor activities, and I definitely want to be able to keep up with the group. Not to mention, I won’t have vehicular transportation while I’m down there, so I’ll be relying on biking and walking to get me where I need to be. I can’t show up in crappy shape and then hope to get from point A to point B without turning as bright red as a tomato. I’m even giving some thought to doing the Couch-to-5k program again so that I can run in the MathFest 5k in Kentucky in August.

So the plateau is over, and while it wasn’t fun at all to be stuck in limbo for a month, I’m really proud of myself for not giving up my goals and program. The first couple of weeks were tolerable. I could write them off for various reasons, but the next couple of weeks were tough. I was sticking to my daily and weekly Points Plus points, I was exercising, and I was getting really frustrated that there weren’t any results. I think part of that played into my little meltdown this week. I hadn’t seen change on the scale in a month, and staring at myself in the mirror, I wasn’t seeing any change there either. I have to keep reminding myself that the bigger you are, the longer it will take to see change. It will come. In the meantime I need to focus on the less visible changes. The drops on the scale, the ability to push myself harder during workouts without passing out, and the willpower I have to keep making choices that are good for me…those are all positive changes that I can cling to while I’m waiting for the visible changes to show up.

I have decided to change my weigh in day to Saturday. Just a little shift, but I felt myself obsessing a bit about my weekly Points Plus points on the weekends. I know it’s just psychological, but I’ve pretty much stuck to my daily points during the week and then never wanted to splurge with my weekly points on Saturdays out of fear of ruining my Sunday weigh-in. Now my week starts on Saturday, so I can use those points on the weekend without worrying about an impact on the scale the next day. I know that in the long run it shouldn’t have an impact on my weight loss. Even so, it’s something that has been bugging me, so there’s no reason not to change it.

Well…off to another week and whatever it may bring me. Enjoy your weekend!