You'll notice that under the tips section I have already spoken about weight loss plateaus, what they mean etc..

This section under "My Own Journey" is for my own personal experiences, what's going on in my life etc..

So by the title of my blog and by everything I've put up you may think that my weight loss journey is over, but it's not! I've still got a lot of hard work ahead of me. The other thing I have mentioned in my steps is that this is a lifechange for me, once I'm done losing the weight I'll still keep track of what I'm eating. Not only to keep the weight off, but also to keep myself feeling better!

So as promised here's the skinny on my weight loss plateau and that crazy title:

I'm five weeks into my weight loss and I think I'm on top of the world. I had lost 19 pounds in just four weeks!  Each week I had, as an overly-excited school girl, skipped over to the scale in excitement and it had rewarded my skip with fantastic numbers!  This week would be different.

The skip continued but when I looked at the scale... it said 250.5. 18 Pounds! What the #%)(#%*)#% !!!

I had been trying as hard as I possibly could to lose weight, exercising 4 times that week, and on the scale?

I gained a pound!  Well ladi freakin woopty doo!

My wife was going through a similar problem so at least I wasn't alone going through this hard situation, but in that instant I had lost my schoolgirl skip. Want to know the worst part about it?

It lasted for 3 weeks! The second week I lost nothing and the 3rd week about a pound!
Since then my weight loss has been more consistent but that was an important crossroad.

Want to know the best part of it?

I didn't quit.  That's right I didn't.  it's not like this was the first time I had tried to lose weight, but this was the first time I hadn't quit.  Anyway, the point of my whole story is to expect it and remember the point of weight loss is to lose fat. The scale is just a tool, in fact when it doesn't give you the number just call it exactly that... stupid scale tool (you can kick it too if that helps, just try not to break it).

Remember that even if you are plateauing or not losing weight you are probably still losing fat - and that's the real goal anyway!