A change: week 8

I had a long discussion this week with a trainer at the gym, who was looking for me, and once she found me started to congratulate me on my loss.  I didn't know her, but she saw me coming frequently and noticed I had lost weight.  We started talking for a while, and she commented how I will probably start to plateau soon and encouraged me to start trying new exercises to keep losing.

She was right, with my 0 pound loss/gain this week.

Weight Gain/Loss: -0... glad to not gain, sad to not lose.

Overall health: Besides still trying to recover from strep, overall I feel good.

Hardest thing this week: Not being able to exercise for 3 days.  Even though I didn't go "over" on my calories, I have a feeling this contributed to my 0 pound loss this week.  My body NEEDS exercise to lose weight, I can't just count calories alone.  Unfortunately this was out of my control. 

Overall thoughts:  Feeling discouraged about it all, you know?  I have to stop comparing myself to the girls who don't have to diet & exercise, because that will just never be me. 

This coming week: Continue running for 25 min straight, because I was only able to do it once last week out of the 3 times I tried.  My endurance is slacking lately, maybe due to me being sick, but also extremely possible that it's a mental thing.  Just keep swimming, just keep swimming.....
Also going to do the elliptical, a class or two, and keep active at home as well.

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Don't give up...keep going...keep moving...I can do this.
Right?