Day 21 - What is going on.....

Ok, everything SEEMS to be going well.....

Working HARD, only taking 1 day off each week at the direction of my trainer......and until this week, even did some walking on my "day off" but my trainer reminded me that if I don't take a day "off", I will get burned out and it will be hard to keep it going.....makes sense to me, so on Tuesday, I came home after work, fixed a nice healthy dinner of fish and vegetables and enjoyed an evening of "Biggest Loser" and some other things from my DVR storage.....

Diet or rather my eating (diet can sometimes sound like a 4 letter word!) plan is going GREAT...
I write down everything that passes the "pie hole"...although I should change the name now as there hasn't been anything even resembling "pie" going down that hole for 21 days now :)....
But seriously, everything I eat is either fresh or if frozen, like fish for example, I prepare it...so nothing processed and seriously most days average under 1300 calories...

So it has been over a week since my last weigh in...where I lost 10 pounds in 12 days....that was awesome and quite a large number for me.....I don't tend to lose weight quickly, which brings me to WHAT IS GOING ON?????????????????

The dietician warned us not to weigh more than 1 time a week or so.....that seemed reasonable to me, so I haven't been, but when I finally stepped on the scale, after a week, it didn't look like the scale had moved even a pound!!!!!!!!! WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????????????????
WHAT IS GOING ON?????

So I knew it was only a matter of time......this is the "frustrating stage"......mostly because I have never worked harder in my life or been more dedicated at both the exercise AND eating.....

DO YOU THINK MY BODY IS JUST SWOLLEN FROM ALL THE WORKOUTS? YEAH, THAT MUST BE IT!?!?

OR

DO YOU THINK THAT I HAVE JUST PICKED UP SEVERAL POUNDS OF MUSCLE? YEAH< THAT MUST BE IT??!!!

OR

DO YOU THINK ALL THOSE RAW VEGGIES HAVE TAKEN ROOT IN MY STOMACH AND I NOW HAVE A HEAVY VEGETABLE GARDEN GOING ON IN MY STOMACH...YEAH THAT MUST BE IT??!?!?!

I talked it over with my trainer today.....told him about my "bad thyroid", but he said, you are on medicine so that shouldn't be an issue.....talked to him about what i am eating....I'm bringing my food diary in to him tomorrow so he can take a closer look, although he has looked at it along the way just to see how I am doing.....he sees me at my workouts and knows I come for every workout whether it is with him or 1 on my own......

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In the meantime, I will just continue to plug away.....I'm not giving up, I'm just going to work harder.....I am going to be successful at this - and get to my goal.............the next weigh in is just days away......but whatever the outcome, I am in this for the duration.....all 12 women are...just if you get eliminated, you do it "at home"...that is, you still go to the gym etc, but you don't go to the "filmings" at the gym or to the challenges...I'm a firm believer in....

-Whatever happens is meant to be
-I am in control here
-Hardwork is the way to go
-Keep a positive attitude and never give up!

So for those out there struggling with a "stuck scale", maybe we just need to push a bit harder, but most of all DON"T GIVE UP AND DON"T LOSE HOPE!

For today, keep a positive thought, visualize yourself at the end of your goal and if all else fails, go do some lyposuction.....ok, JUST KIDDING on the last part! It will come off, just don't lose hope!

1 final note......after speaking with my smart & adorable daughter Kelly......don't forget the LAWS OF ATTRACTION.....I WILL LOSE WEIGHT AT NEXT WEEK's WEIGH IN....