Disclaimer: senseless rant approaching.
After being "off" for over six months (which was totally my own fault) I knew I needed to change my life permanently. Since Christmas, I cut out soda, stopped eating candy bars and chips (though I'll occasionally eat a square of 80% dark chocolate for dessert), avoided fried foods like the plague, and started eating a diet of organic fruits and vegetables, fish, lean meat, and some nuts and seeds.
I used to come home after work and stuff myself with bread and cheddar while I cooked a box of macaroni and cheese. Afterward I would spend all evening snacking every half hour on anything I could find... chips, cheese, rolls, leftovers, crackers, more cheese... Now I eat my dinner (last night was baked salmon, raw beet with lemon juice and a small sweet potato) and sometimes have a piece of fruit a couple hours later. I drink water and unsweetened green tea, and a little skim milk here and there.
I have to say I feel awesome, and in the first few weeks I lost a few pounds. But in the last three or four weeks the scale hasn't budged, and it just annoys me. How can I plateau so fast?!
I know there are lots of factors to consider... there's water intake and retention, acquisition of muscle mass (though I haven't started strength training yet) and other things. But not seeing any tangible progress is really discouraging. I mean, beforehand I could eat two Snickers bars a day and load up on bread and cheese at this weight. I was like a human Pac-Man inhaling everything in sight. But now, even though my diet is way different and I'm getting more exercise, I feel like nothing is happening.
I know that eating healthy is important, even if the scale doesn't comply. I feel good, and that's important. All of my efforts are helping to improve my health and quality of life. I'm just... annoyed. Sorry for the rant but I had to get that out.