Consistency is a hard word for my to live, and it only seems like I am consistent with all of my bad habits. I am consistently up too late, and asleep too long in the morning. I am consistently slow to do laundry and ironing until the baskets overflow, but always consistent on watching a Friends episode or movie while we eat dinner or before we go to bed.
Over the past 6 weeks we have been having a little "Biggest Loser" competition going on in my office. It has been pretty intense and I had to learn quickly that a little consistency will go a long way. Loosing weight isn't hard, but it takes some discipline and some focus. So far I have lost 8.5 pounds and I want to loose 2 more before the 8 weeks are up on March 15th.
On week 4 I hit the infamous plateau. I was stuck, and stuck bad, and I knew exactly what I had to do. EXERCISE. Before this point the only thing I had changed was my eating habits and counting calories. It worked well for awhile, but I knew eventually that the success would fade. So, I put on my tennis shoes and set out to bust through the plateau.
I wish I could tell you that the following week, I lost 5 more pounds, but it wasn't that easy. I was so frustrated- I walk/ran a total of 8.5 miles over the weekend- how could I have not lost anything!!! Then it hit me- consistency. Just like eating right and doing it everyday- that is what I have to do with exercising. I started reading a lot of articles and blogs about overcoming your plateau and how to get optimum weight loss from exercise. Everywhere I read talked about working out everyday, and not just take the stairs and park far away. You need to exercise everyday and really get your heart rate pumping. You want to break down those muscles so they can rebuild bigger and stronger. But without being consistent, I won't get the results, and without the results I won't reach my goal, and without my goals I won't enjoy my rewards.
What is my reward you ask? Dinner at Maggiano's and dessert at the Cheesecake Factory, of course! Maybe not the most logical reward for a weight loss competition, but It is motivating!
I have 2 more weeks to go- Wish me luck!
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