Here’s a question that was asked by Christine yesterday:
Hey Stephen! I love your photos and enjoy seeing them, but I’m perplexed by them too. What happened to updates about food, exercise, weight loss? I have no idea how you are doing on your weight-loss journey. Are you still “in the game,” so to speak?
Hey Christine, thank you for asking. Yes, I’m still “in the game.” But I’ve been in a slump lately.
Also, I hope the pics aren’t too annoying. They are off topic. 
Last week I skipped my weigh-in, and my eating and exercise has not been on track.
Here are my excuses:
- I got the munchies when I started taking antibiotics for tonsillitis. I don’t know if it’s possible for antibiotics to make a person hungry, but I was.
- My Aunt died, so I just ate whatever I wanted.
- I only like to workout in the morning. If I miss my morning workout, I’ve missed my workout. Oh well…
Earlier I was texting with Emily, and she asked what was one thing that I would like to change everyday for the next seven days. I’m going to eat less than 2000 calories every day for the next seven days. I’ll report my progress every day.
My most pressing goal is the 200 lb loss milestone. As of my last weigh in I’ve got 24 lbs to go, but since I haven’t been doing well, and I’ve skipped a weigh-in, I don’t know where I’m at now. I’m going to weigh in the morning. Like Sonthe says, “before you lose 100 lbs, you must lose 5.”
Now that things have settled down at home and I’m feeling better, I’ll start my workouts again.
I just want some consistency!!!!
One great thing happened on Sunday, my cousin from Atlanta told me that she’s lost twenty lbs and is swimming an hour a day because of my blog. That felt good.
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Slumps are a part of life! I think it's great that you're posting every day. Sometimes just posting every day can help right the ship within a few days.
Don't be to hard on yourself. You are only human. But, I don't know about you but when I am close to a big milestone I tend to sabotage my weight loss. Don't know why just noticed that I do…. Try thinking of it as just plugging along everyday and do your best. Remember every day is a do over….I got that from you!
I agree with not being too hard on yourself. Everyone goes through downs. Slumps are natural. But definitely get back with the workouts, they will make you feel so much better!
You can never, ever skip the weigh-in! Whether you know what the number is or not, the damage (or progress!) is done. Knowledge is your strongest and most motivational tool.
I strongly suggest you work on finding other methods of comforting yourself. You don't want to end up like your aunt at your young age. That's why you're doing this. You're worth it. You are worth the fight! Now you may have lost the battle this week, but you've got to win the war.
You don't like working out later in the day? Do you like weigh it more or less than weighing over 400 lbs? Yes, I know it's hard. It's difficult for me to stay motivated to and when I'm writing to you, I'm scolding myself as well. We HAVE to do this, even on days that we don't feel like it! Let's get 'er done!
The most important thing I've done is work on emotional eating. After that the food in, exercise out comes naturally. Read some good books and get some ideas. You CAN do it!
Keep smilin . . .
It's happens to the best of us, life gets in the way. As long as you jump back on the wagon, any damage can be undone again. Don't be hard on yourself. We're only human. Good Luck on your week and getting back into your routine.
You can do it! I love that quote “Before you lose 100 lbs you must lose 5″…. that is great!
I like the idea of recommitting and focused on small weekly goals, until you can get a handle on it, then take on a new goal.
I enjoy the pictures, but i too enjoy hearing about how you are doing, what's working for you, what's not.
you got this
I just want to point out there's a difference between not being too hard on yourself and learning from your mistakes. Sure, you don't want to have negative thoughts about yourself after you go through a slump. Negative thoughts only breed bad habits. We've all been in slumps, but what we LEARN from those slumps is what is important. What were your excuses? After you identify them, don't use them again. Most excuses are not worth straying from your goal. And I'm going to be hard on you for a minute…your excuses are not good enough.
Think back to what triggered your slump and next time work through it. If you identify a trigger early on you can work through it instead of letting it affect you.