hitting the plateau-- ~week 8~

For those of you who have tried to, are currently, or are going to do this thing called "try to lose weight," one of the biggest challenges is when you hit a plateau--when you are staying in one place and everything stops. Well, I am there. The first few days, or weeks are hard, because you don't see any results. After a few days, the numbers on the scale started to go down, sometimes fast, like when you are going down hill on a sled. And somewhere before you reach your goal, the sled stops on a leveled ground. You will have to push again to start the momentum. I absolutely hate that stage.

It has been 8 weeks since this whole journey began. During this not-so-long period of time, I've hit some high points, and some low points. Right now I'm at that stage where I will have to push in order to start going down hill again. It's hard because it makes me feel like I've failed (although I know I haven't.) It's hard because it means my regular work out routine needs to be modified. It's also hard because I feel like I've not worked as I should.

On the brighter side, hitting the plateau means I am reaching my goal fairly soon. I'm not sure how much further on this road I'll have to go, I just know that being at this stage is like when you are driving to a destination that is three-digit miles away from your starting point, and it has finally become one digit. The last stretch.