Chickie Buddies.
Uber needs a good kick in the butt....
Quick rundown. I spent all of July being UBER good. I sped down to the low 90s and I got really excited. The homestretch in sight. It was very hot and so I really ratcheted down my calories. But I didn't lose any more, I stuck.
Now, the last couple of weeks I am juggling a super duper lot on my plate-- I'm trying to finish a huge and really important project, changing jobs, moving my entire family to a new city-- all simultaneously.
I've also been on vacation and eaten several restaurant meals, and needed to switch up my normal eating patterns. No binging or major off-plan mistakes, but more estimating calories than I usually do.
Also, I have cut back on my workouts-- I've normally averaged 5 a week, and lately it's been three.
The scale is bouncing 1-2 pounds above my lowest weight.
I am REALLY worried about losing focus. I have so many things distracting me that it's harder to focus, and for the first time since I started, over a year ago, I sometimes have these fleeting thoughts that any day now "something will happen" and my entire new way of life will fall apart.
And I can see why-- moving to a new city, taking a new job, even working a very different schedule than the one I'm on now. I don't know how all that will play out. How will I fit in my workouts? Etc. etc.
On the bright side-- my eating habits are now so entrenched that I really do prefer them-- I LIKE the food I eat and I have had ZERO attraction to going back to the kinds of foods I used to eat....
I've been working on this for fifteen months, and I have stalled out a few times before, so I think I can make it through. But I am worried about tearing apart the routine that has been working for me, and I'm especially worried as each time I have a long stall, I have a tendency to sort of lose focus.