After my FOUR MONTH LONG plateau in which I GOT down to just below 200 (198) and have STAYED HERE (I got there on March 8th... which I guess makes it a 3.5 month plateau now that I have checked) I have been searching for solutions.
I keep pushing my body HARDER AND HARDER. Do more, for longer, HARDER because it's GOTTA bust right? RIGHT? Cut calories MORE because that will work... right? RIGHT?
wrong.
Why the **** am I BEATING up my body. I lost 180 pounds in less than 18 months. LESS THAN 18 MONTHS. Do you think that just maybe my body needs a break? And WILL TAKE THAT BREAK no matter WHAT I do?
I think so.
Some chickies (and you know who you are... THANK YOU) have thrown out the idea of raising my calories to maintenance, doing a reasonable amount of exercise and giving my WONDERFUL glorious magnificent body a BREAK! This is NOT a race. And I am KILLING myself trying to force my body right now to do something it REALLY does NOT want to do.
So... that's my new plan of attack. I will SLOWLY raise my calories over a period of time. Keep incorporating tons of fruits and veggies. My whole grains and complete proteins. Keeping the junk out and keeping the fast food gone (as I have been) So keep doing what I am doing but NURTURE my body right now as it sorts itself out.
I'm taking my exercise down to lifting twice a week, resistance training once a week and walking 4 days a week. I WAS doing my resistance bands 6 days a week and RUNNING 5 days a week for 5-7 miles. I need a break.
So yah. I'm here. I'm sorry I'm not around much. My life is crazy busy and quite frankly this plateau has been one of the hardest things I've gone through on my journey.