I have heard it all now! This morning the DJs on the radio station I was listening to were reporting about the latest thing in fair food: deep fried Kool Aid. It's not enough that we can now have our candy bars deep fried alongside our meats and vegetables, but a favorite childhood drink is now mixed into a batter and bubbled in grease until it comes out like a fruity donut hole. Craziness!
The other surprising thing I heard today was that one of my cousins had run into a Biggest Loser at home winner at her local swimming pool. Turns out they're practically neighbors! My cousin doesn't watch the show so didn't know all the insider questions to ask. She did find out that on the ranch they work out around twelve hours a day! That puts it into perspective! I can't tell you how many weeks I've watched the show during this journey of mine and have been anxious because the contestants were dropping two to three times the weight that I did that week. I knew logically that they were in the mode of full-time weight loss while I still had to maintain a job and family, etc. I know in my head that I can't spend twelve hours a day working out and I don't have a chef to prepare all my meals. There's not a camera on me 24/7 to discourage me from eating the wrong things when "no one is looking." But tell that to my heart some days.
No matter what, I stumble on along my journey and I don't stop. I try my best to watch what I eat even though the thought of another salad or piece of grilled chicken sometimes makes me mad. I squeeze exercise into my day no matter how busy I am or how bad my right foot throbs. I tell myself every day not to let the scale defeat me even though the thought of weekly weigh in is the last thing I think about before I go to sleep and the first thing I think about when I wake up. I know that eventually I will get off this plateau, but for now I just have to keep my head up and trust the process. And stay away from fried Kool Aid.
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