Slacker: the story of me

As the few of you who pay attention to this probably noticed, I haven't exactly been that posty when it comes to this. The main reason for this is simple: I hit a wall. For a year or more, this didn't feel like a diet, it was going well, and things were processing the way I wanted them. Then, just as I broke the 80 lb lost line, it started to drag.

I've spent the last six to eight weeks plateaued, bouncing around between 315 and 320 (I'm currently at 317, down from last week's weigh-in of 318.4). It suddenly turned into a drag of tracking points, keeping on target, and all the rest. Throw into this the fact my daughter was born on 8/10 and I'm working two jobs, it all adds up to slow things down.

Week before last, I spent a week not bothering to track points. I ate what I wanted, didn't worry about it, and went with the idea I was going to shock my system to break the plateau. I still didn't make massively horrible decisions, but I did pick up a couple of pounds when I did it. I started back tracking points last week, and I got 1.4 pounds to come off. I'll feel better that I'm back on a losing trend once I see the scale below 315, but this is a good start.

The gym, due to my schedule, has fallen by the wayside. In addition to my full-time job, I have a second job that has me working 4 nights a week at this point. It's not hard work and for what I'm doing, the pay is pretty good, but it's still having me out of the house and working in bars and restaurants, which means I'm eating out far too often. Thankfully most of the places I work have decent menu choices and the one that doesn't has some choices that aren't horrible (though I'm likely going to start stopping at Subway on my way over there instead of eating there).

At least this didn't come off as whiney as it could have a week or two ago. I know that my issue right now is a mental one, and I'm the only one that can break through it. So that's what I'm going to have to do right now.