Hey all. I agree that heading into month 3, it can get stale. We get into our routines, but they can get old fast if we don't change them up!! We need to be encouraging each other like we have been, and offering our ideas, so we all have plenty of tools in our arsenal. I have reached a plateau, which is a fancy way of saying the scale isn't budging. I am 95% following my diet, and working out at the gym for at least 1 hour 4-5 times a week, and nothing's changing. I'm trying to figure out what I can do that's different!!!
I've re-learned a couple of good lessons about shopping. Obviously we all know not to go shopping hungry, so I have a box of 90 calorie granola bars in the car that I can grab if I forget to eat before I go. This rule will also help you follow the other rule. Regardless of what dear hubby and/or dear children want to eat, if it is a weakness of yours, just drop it and walk away!!! Don't buy chips for your hubby if you will just end up on the couch with the bag in your lap!! If he desperately wants something you can't have, give it to him immediately after returning from the store and tell him to hide it real good!! Ray hides his goodies way up high, because even if I want them, I am too lazy to drag the ladder out from the garage to reach them, lol.
A side note - Ray is doing really well on the diet - this example is from before he started!!!
OK everyone - keep up the good work, and remember, even though we have a sort of a deadline, this is not a race. Think Tortois and Hare - we want to be the tortois and actually cross the finish line, not the Hare and get lost halfway through!!! Good luck all.
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Carole definately is our cheerleader! Thank you Carole. I am so glad Ray is doing well on his eating. I think mixing up your exercise routine is a fun way of changing things up and maybe it may help kickstart your weightloss again. Just hang in there. Do you take measurements? Maybe you are losing inches instead of pounds. Keep up the good work.
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