Today it’s 45 degrees, mostly un-sunny and yet I feel the warmth of a peaceful respite washing over me. My skin has goosebumps as I sit here at the open window and listen to my kids playing in the yard, but my soul is warm and toasty. For now anyway.
Yesterday when I weighed in I was 3 pounds down. I couldn’t believe my eyes.
Since I posted Wednesday about a 2 week plateau, I spent the next two days receiving your amazingly supportive comments and emails, trying not to wallow, and oh yeah LOSING 3 POUNDS.
That slight change in the scale not only makes me feel excitment for being through this small circle of quicksand I got stuck in, but shows me that a plateau really is just that. A plateau.
Not a never-ending stretch of land that is desolate and long and disheartening, but just a flat expanse that I need to trust will end eventually.
The peaks and valleys of weight loss are so analagous with my own life that I am not sure if I should laugh or cry at my own irony. I imagine people with no weight issues must have their struggles too, but as a writer and a thinker and a bit of a tortured artist at times, this whole “art imitates life” thing is funny and ridiculous and difficult and beautiful.
Then again, so am I.
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Yay!!! That is terrific!! I hit a plateau months ago and it was so so so frustrating! I know how you felt. I'm so glad that you've reached the end of that hateful plateau!
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Congrats on the 3 pounds! This whole weight loss thing definitely has peaks and valleys. It's just how we choose to climb them…of course, sweating the whole time
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Results on the scale are quite the roller coaster ride, aren't they? Still, it's great to see a 3 pound loss. Congrats!
I just wanted to stop by and say hi as one of your fellow Walk-It Blog It participants.
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Oh. Amen. This is awesome.
Steph
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Yes, you are! Woo-Hoo!
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I'm SO proud of you! That's awesome.
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Congrats! Love your attitude. The plateau is really just that, things will start to happen once they are changed up. Love that! Keep up the great work.
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Yay! Go girl!!
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Way to go! 3 pounds is awesome! And, you know, you are not doing this because of numbers on a scale. You are doing it because you want to feel as good as those numbers seem to look. I love reading your posts.
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