week 2 sucks

Somehow, the excitement of week one always makes me forget the complete suckiness of week two. It never fails, week one is productive and impressive. I feel great, energized, I loose weight, usually more than I thought I would, and then we hit week two like a tube sock of soap across the face. Weight loss comes to a screeching halt, and with it, my motivation.

In week one I am in a full out sprint to the finish line, and in week two I'm barely dragging ass to the water station. It totally blows. I forget my own advice quite quickly. I forget that weight loss is meant to be a marathon, not a sprint. And my sprinting in week one that led to such amazing quick results, sadly can't continue. I also forget how sprinting leads to exhaustion, and burnout.

So I slowed myself down, and kept reminding myself, this is about changing my body. The scale is NOT always the best way to measure your progress. At the end of week one I was 191.8, then somehow two days later, after a lot of working out, and eating right I gained! I gained back a little ever a pound... what the heck?? I have no idea where it came from. The next day I weighed again and I was down to 192.8, which broke the other cardinal weight loss rule, don't weigh yourself every day.

So here I am stagnant this week at 192.8, but I am not giving up. I measured my waist this morning, and I lost an inch!! That is still progress. I may not have seen the scale move but last week my waist was one inch wider. It's a slow steady process, and I really think week three will yield better results. I think week one your body is shocked. You drop weight and then week two comes and your body says, hold on here, just what the heck are we doing? I don't know if I like this.... then week three comes, and I am crossing my fingers that week three your body gets on board and gives in to the fact that we are sticking to this.

So for anyone who has ever been stuck in week 2 and tempted to give up, don't. You are making changes, you really are. It all be worth it. I feel this needs to be shared again. Not just for you, but for me.