This past week was a struggle for me. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I had some issues around keeping things in perspective in terms of getting off track of this healthy lifestyle. The post really resonated with so many of you, and the comments were truly insightful. For anyone who’s been struggling in any way regarding weight loss, I highly recommend that you go back and read them. You’ll definitely come away with a heightened awareness about your own journey.
The thing I realized after reading everyone’s comments and spending some time really thinking about it was that often I make an insignificant slip-up seem like a much bigger issue. It’s that perfectionist side of myself that I’m trying to combat. In reality, I probably wasn’t over my Points by much this weekend, and I did get in some good exercise. No one feels like they’re on track in all aspects of weight loss (or life, for that matter) 100% of the time, and I am working on reframing my thinking so that I’m able to bounce back from setbacks much more quickly than I have in the past.
After all of that worry and strife, let’s see what the scale showed this morning:
which means I gained 1.3 lbs this week, for a total loss of 5.1 pounds overall. This is actually a fantastic result, considering I just got TOM. I usually gain between 2-5 lbs, so this is actually a smaller gain than I have had in the past 3-4 months. I’m attributing that to my increased water consumption (minimizing bloating), and increased exercise over the past few weeks.
Which really shows me that I need to get a grip on myself sometimes. I’ll never be a calm, mellow person – that’s just not in my nature. But I can probably be a bit more zen about this weight loss journey. Every speed bump is not a cause for alarm.
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Did you guys see Biggest Loser last night? I won’t ruin anything for those that haven’t seen it yet, but I will say that I was overwhelmed, inspired, and just so moved by the entire episode. It was exactly what I needed to help put things into perspective. Even though I’m a very positive person overall, sometimes I focus so much on the pounds and what’s not going well, when I should also focus on is how much I’ve grown in terms of my abilities. BL reminded me of that. Also, can I just confess that I have had the biggest crush on Michael since the beginning of the season, but it has solidified even more last night. He really seems to be coming into his own now, and I find him very inspiring. Even if you’re not a regular view of the show, I really recommend going to the website and watching the episode, because it’s worth it.
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Lots of us are in the middle of 21-day challenges. I’m working on water consumption, Scale Warfare‘s wearing her GoWearFit, and Seattle Runner Girl is getting up early every day.
Well, the girls at The Sisterhood are in on the fun too, and have started their own version of the 21-day challenge for everyone to join in on. They just ask you to commit to starting or changing 1-3 habits for the next 21 days and then reporting back weekly to them on how you’re progressing. I’m going to join in, because I can use the extra accountability. How about you? Do you have something you’d like to work on (I’m sure you do). Why not join in on this challenge and make (or break) a new habit?!
My new habit: drinking 8 glasses of water per day.
Bella on the Beach 
Not so bad at all lady!! I think we can both work on putting things into perspective. It’s hard, but we can do it.
We need to help each other with this.
I really thought last night’s episode of TBL was the best so far this season. Sometimes when I watch that show I get frustrated because it just doesn’t seem very real (you know, excessive product placements, ridiculous numbers on the scale that can put weight loss perspectives a little out of whack,)
But last night it just seemed so genuine and honest and inspiring. I loved at the end when daris said to o’neal that sunshine “still had family.” Daris is SO. CUTE.
Keep up the good work with your H2O!
Bella! You are doing so well 🙂 We all are so hard on ourselves, I wrote a wee blog about it earlier in the week. I’m always amazed by how much exercise you do during the week, I started C25K last night and nearly had some sort of seizure/panic attack/ jelly legged fall over after every short spell of jogging! You should feel so proud of yourself for your perseverance, it really is inspiring!
Just watched it yesterday. I felt so sorry for that girl in the high school. It was very brave for her to stand up in front of the whole school. I was hoping Jillian would someone say she would work with her. The only thing that worries me is how attached Sunshine is to her dad. He seems like a great guy and they seem to have a great relationship, but I worry that she seems to dependent on him. I hope I’m wrong and that after the show is done she can be her own person and not rely on him so much. Anyway, good show.