... I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me...You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you." - Walt Disney
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Why this quote? I hit a plateau right now. It's ridiculous. It seems I can't drop any weight at the moment.
I made a mistake to begin with. One I told myself I wouldn't make. I weighed myself every day this week. It started on wednesday, when I had that wonderful meal (still no regrets). I hadn't gained anything, so no problem. I just told myself, that I will be very cautious with my diet, exercise really hard, and everything will work out just fine.
Well, I had a solid thursday where nothing special happend, I thought I stayed right within my calorie count (although I didn't write everything down), and on friday morning, I was up +0.1kg. I ate even less on friday, skipped breakfast, had really no time at all during the whole day, it was a busy friday, I'm not gonna lie, but still managed to get in a quick little run.
I hung out with some friends friday night, but I drank nothing but water and had a salad when they decided to go and have something to eat late in the evening.
Saturday morning, no change to the scale. -.- Yeah right. I knew I couldn't run two days in a row, so I kinda starved myself to death on saturday. Suuuper clever idea Dominik...NOT. Oatmeal for breakfast (300kcal), veggies only (broccoli, green beans, carrots,...) (300kcal) for lunch and a pumpkin soup and salad for dinner (300kcal). I snacked an apple and a banana in between meals (200kcal). So I probably had 1100-1200kcal for the day. I didn't do anything productive the whole day, didn't feel good, my mood was bad, I didn't feel like doing anything in the evening, so I didn't.
Today, I was down -0.2kg for a total of -0.1kg for the week so far. The scale seems to hate me right now. So what can I do? Go back to the approach that was successful and worked so well for four weeks. Eat enough and eat well, kill the work-outs and don't care what the scale says! This plateau is not going to break me! I have to draw strength from this (thanks again Mr. Disney^^).
So I had some nice scrambled eggs for breakfast, a nice peace of salmon (120gr.) with rice (50gr.) and a lot of vegetables (250gr) for lunch. Then, in the late afternoon, this happened:
I liked that one, although I'm pretty sure I'm gonna need my rest day tomorrow more than ever. :D
Tomorrow is monday, so my "official" weekly weigh-in day. And I don't care too much what the scale is going to say. I need to be at 80.4kg by tuesday/wednesday to win my next dietbet, and I really hope that I will do it, but if I don't, I can't blame myself too much for anything.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Vg4uyYwEk
"Life ain't about how hard you hit, it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!"