Just a quick update to my PLATEAUS SUCK post from a few months ago. I am stuck again but that’s not going to make me give up. I am LIVING MY LIFE! My life does not revolve around a number on the scale. Even though I am less than 20lbs from my original goal weight I am not stressing about my weight in numbers. Instead I am measuring my progress through my abilities.
Since losing 100lbs I am ABLE to:
Run 2 miles without walking (on a good day)
Jump
Cross my legs
Reach all of my body parts
Change my tennis shoes in the driver’s side of my car
Flip a fricken tractor tire
Hold a plank for 2+ minutes
Squat, kneel, bend
Stand on my HANDS
Climb stairs carrying 30lbs of dog food without getting winded
Ride roller coasters
Whitewater kayak
DO anything with adult-sized weight restrictions
See my muscles and feel my bones
LIVE! I CAN LIVE, LIVE, LIVE!
This is all that matters to me. Sure sometimes I get caught up in the number…SOMETIMES. Sometimes I get frustrated with the “look” of my body. But every day I am GRATEFUL for what my body can DO! IT CAN LIVE!
Focus on living and the number on the scale will become obsolete.
And just in case you were wondering…here is a visual of all of my weight loss plateaus over the last year…
Oh and in the last year my body has gone from this…
To this…
Rant over. XOXOXOXO
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