Beyond Willpower

Well, apparently the gym was just what I needed! I finally broke my plateau. I was stuck at 230 lbs for four miserable weeks. I am now, officially in a new decade! 228 lbs! This morning joey, who is a late sleeper, and I, got up and went to the gym before work. We got there around 11. I stayed until 12, then headed off to work. Joey was able to stay until 130, then I think he walked the 2-3 miles to work. He seems excited. I'm excited that he's excited. ha. I'm excited in general. I don't have much to say today, I'm just REALLY happy to be down to 228 lbs and wanted to share it with you guys, this plateau has been frustrating, but just keep in mind, we've gotta have patience. Maintaining is at least not gaining!

" Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgement of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you're going to do about it." So have any of you been stalling out? How are you dealing with it? For those of you who haven't yet, how are you planning on dealing with it when that time comes? I've given it some thought, and have decided against doing the juice fast. I realized it made me cranky and with my unhealthy dieting history it had the potential to take me to a bad place. I have accepted that I'm stalling out. I've reduced my cals (after first trying to increase them also with no results), increased my exercise....nothing is happening and I've decided that is okay. I've had a steady 8-9+ lb loss every month for the last 7 months or so. This happens, stalls and plateaus, they happen and they are unfortunately a part of the process. I'm glad I lost almost 70 lbs before it happened, I'm trying to be thankful for that at the very ...