I've been Mademoiselle M.I.A lately

Many times I've thought of writing a new entry in here and just kind of waved it off. It's not that I planned to start a blog only write a few entries and then give it up. That's far from it, in fact, and I hope to get back on track. I doubt I have many readers (yet, at least!) but if anyone was reading faithfully, sorry about the delay in this post!

I will tell you what kind of got me off the blogging bandwagon last year: the holidays. The 2013 Holiday Season was great, but let me tell you, I struggled. I always hear about people struggling during the holidays with all the Thanksgiving feasts, the Christmas cookies and candies, but usually I can just sneak through because I'm not a huge fan of sweets. I didn't feel like I struggled at all in 2012 during the holidays. That was the first six months of my healthy journey though, and I still had a lot of weight to lose at that time. I don't remember plateauing at all. Maybe I did, but I think I would remember. Maybe also, since I was heavier, and had more calories to play with, it didn't stress me out as much. This year though, not only did I hardly lose a single pound between the beginning of November until the first couple weeks of January, but I found it difficult to sneak past all the unhealthy and snacky foods. I also got sick in the beginning of November, and while I didn't completely fall off the bandwagon, I ended up cutting out the 30 minute strength training part of my workouts. My workout is one hour of cardio, and 30 minutes of strength training and abwork. I still am working on adding that back to my workout, over six months later.

With the plateauing, not losing much weight, and really struggling with healthy choices made even the thought of writing in my blog very hypocritical. Even thinking about writing a new blog entry was upsetting. The struggles I faced over the holidays really got my year off to a frustrating start, and there were times that I truly felt like I was at the end of my journey, but I was very unhappy where my end seemed to be.

I am very pleased that I have broken the plateau that I was stuck on earlier in the year and that has helped a lot. My total weight loss is ninety pounds, which makes fifteen pounds down from the start of the year! I am feeling motivated and ready to blog again, and share what has worked with me. The biggest thing I need to remember is just to give it time, and not get upset. It will all eventually be all right.