Stalled... and grumpy!

I'm still pretty much plateaued. It's very depressing. Which makes me grumpy.

It's completely normal to plateau when you're losing weight and you reach a weight that you maintained for some time in the past. That's where I am now. The hardest part about it, is that being stuck makes the "Sabotage" part of my brain want to forget the whole project and get myself to a great restaurant as fast as I can. Of course I'm not going to do this, but only because I'm quite stubborn and I committed to seeing this thing through. Charlie Palmer's will have to wait another few weeks.

The other thing that's keeping me going is that other people can really see the difference 10lbs has made. (I can sort-of see it, but not as clearly as everyone else.) So I'm going to print some of the before-and-during pictures I've been taking and stick them on my bathroom mirror so I don't lose sight of the fact that this IS actually working and it's worth going without cheese.

The picture here was taken this morning... still stuck at 131lbs. I've re-done two of the body fat tests and both said I lost both fat and muscle, but slightly different amounts. And my metabolism has slowed down a bit (I don't think this is supposed to happen!). We'll see what the next few days bring.

I am currently very tired - mentally and physically lethargic. I think this is emotional (caused by being bummed about this plateau), but the effect is physical and I'm taking some long naps. The past four days have not been my finest!

Being the generally happy little positive-thinker that I am, I truly believe that tomorrow will be better.