Strange and interesting

So I had a real stall. For two weeks, I stayed in a 2-pound range. Mostly I didn't go up or down, except after the apple-day-from-hell. But the two pounds I lost after that day came back, and I stayed right around 215 for two weeks. It was VERY frustrating, and I almost didn't open my third vial of Releana. But I decided to give it more of a chance, so I opened the bottle and still, it took another week before anything changed.

But then on Wed. April 29th, I started to lose again. I've gone down about a pound a day, with this morning's weight being 209.6. It's so strange! I cannot for the life of me figure out what happened. Nothing changed in terms of what I was eating or doing. The only thing different is that I started my period again, but could that be it..? I doubt it, but maybe?

Anyway, now that I'm going down again, this whole thing feels better to be doing. I know it's crazy, because I just lost 25 pounds now, in little more than a month, and it is real weight loss, not the kind that just depletes you and makes you flabby. I feel good, I feel strong, I feel happy, and it isn't too hard to stick on this diet. I wish I hadn't stalled out for so long, but I seem to be right back on pace now. So it's all good. Right?

I have to say I am not feeling quite as cheerleader positive about it as I was before. It really hit me to be following the diet perfectly but not to be getting any results. Not even the results that a person might expect for eating so few calories normally. But maybe now that I'm dropping pounds again, I'll get all my trust back.

I noticed that 215 that I stayed around was a weight at which I have often topped off at. In the past 10 years, that's pretty much been my top weight. So maybe that's kind of a natural plateau for me? Maybe that's why I stuck there for so long? If that's true, then my next last plateau point was about 201 or so, and that used to be a high point for me. Then the next plateau down was 181, and I was there for quite some time. I'd be pretty happy to get there! My body looks pretty good at that weight. But if I have to go through another plateau to get there, it will be a problem. I only have about 2o more days of Releana left, plus I'm timing out of the time I can be on Releana because of that strict "afterwards" month. I'm going to be traveling this summer, and I have to be able to eat fairly normally before I can leave for 6 weeks. So I pretty much have to stop before the end of May so I can have June to do the "after" diet. So....hopefully I don't have another plateau!

It is really (really) good to be losing again though....