Hello it is I again. I know long time no see. I ask if you will to please forgive my absence. Per request of my husband I will not go into full details but long story short, I am finding myself to be under a great deal of stress. I am sure that there are a great number of you who have heard that stress in itself can trigger cravings and lead to weight gain. I am noticing an increase in cravings and crankiness but I have still not completely derailed into an all you can eat frenzy. Maybe a soda or two but nothing like a buffet or an entire cake! What I wish to know is what can I do to escape it? Mentally, if I could I would be working out constantly but the body alas can only do so much. It decided to demonstrate that this week when I started experiencing some knee pain. (It's better now! (^_^) ) Believe it or not at one point I was feeling as though I wasn't doing quite enough until I stopped and actually took the time to evaluate my typical schedule. I mean when you view television shows depicting the lives of people who are dropping tremendous amounts of weight in the first few months, and I on the other hand so far have only lost 15lbs, you can easily start to question if you are really doing enough. As of now, this is what my schedule is currently looking like.
Sundays, if I am unable to get a ride to church due to the fact that it is not local, I take a yoga class (1 hour). Mondays will either be aqua-boot camp or Zumba (1 hour each). I have gotten to the point where I love both trainer's classes so much, I have begun to alternate the classes weekly. (I love all my trainers really, I just don't have a class that I don't like!) (^_^) Tuesdays consists of Body Pump and Zumba back to back (2 hours total). Wednesdays are now rest days due to the fact that yoga was canceled. On Thursdays I take Body Pump and a belly dancing class. (2 hours total). Then I wrap up my week on Fridays with Zumba (1 hour) and Zumba Gold (45 minutes) back to back in the early in the morning. I also rest on Saturdays. I can see why lately I have been having some friends call me insane. To that I'm going to say the same thing I say to my husband when he calls me weird. You knew that when you met me! I love you anyways. (>_<) LOL!) So taking all of this into account, what is the issue? Is there a certain stress inducing chemical imbalance that physically is not allowing me to let the weight go? I do not wish to find some "special" diet pill. It is hard enough taking vitamins everyday as it would seem that I tend to be a bit forgetful when it comes to taking any medicine/vitamins.Hopefully, this is temporary. Until next time.
-SKBarnes
