Thisclose....

 I am thisclose to quitting!  Giving up, tossing in the towel, abandoning the quest, leaving the building, singing….  Most people get frustrated when they are trying really hard and the scale doesn’t move.  That’s understandable. 

I try to give them suggestions that perhaps they need to change their program or make sure their portions aren’t increasing.  Sometimes they need to drop the number of calories they are eating because their body is lighter and needs less calories.  Other times, they aren’t eating enough and need to get their body out of starvation mode and actually eat more to lose weight.  A tweak or two generally helps and after a few weeks, they notice changes again.

Myself, I am not trying hard enough.  This month is going to have horrible results, I can tell already!  I should be bruised from head to toe with the amount of falling off the wagon and getting back on that I have been doing this month….I have thought a lot about quitting and just giving up.  Then I get a great email or comment and keep trying.  I am not giving up, I can’t disappoint my reader.  She needs this too. 

I won’t give up.  This time I have stocked the pantry with healthy 200 calorie or fewer snacks, so I have something quick and easy to grab when I am hungry.  I am still working on the six “problems” from a few posts ago and realize that I am a work in progress.  So far this year I have:  gotten over a back injury (with help from We-Fix-U!), increased my cardio, greatly increased my strength, been certified in aquafit and  TRX, gotten a great full-time job and started the popular Y Weight class now two times a week!  Coming up I have new workouts planned such as running jogging, TRX, more cyclefit, aquafit, Olympic lifting (a class I will take), and training next weekend at Geneva Park for our yearly Y retreat.  There’s more to come…

I will not give up, I will not give up, I will not give up, I will not give up, I will not give up, I will not give up, I will not give up, I will not give up, I will not give up, I will not give up, I will not give up, I will not give up. I will not give up…….I. AM. NOT. DONE!