Plateauing

Lately, I feel like I have been a bit stuck with everything. I've been stuck right around the 180 pound mark. Sometimes I am a bit lower but it seems like I do the least little thing "wrong" and end up popping right back up again. I eat out? Bam. 180. I don't walk a bajillion kilometers a day? Bam. 180. It's like this weight is my nemesis.

Now, to be honest, I know that I can do better. I know that I can eat better than I have been. I've been taking in quite a few calories and then relying on exercise to get below the magic number that my fitness app says equals weight loss and I haven't been eating food that is nutritiously dense. I've been slipping back into my old ways and acting as though going for a long walk is going to get me where I want to be fitness-wise.

Recently, we had an elliptical machine delivered to the house. By recently, I mean yesterday. I went on it for about 20 minutes yesterday and planned to go on it today but have not yet done so. I did get some sit-ups in this morning and did front and side plank positions. I really want to try hard to tone up my abdominal region and this should help.

I want to tone and strengthen my core for a couple of reasons. The first is that I want to look better in a bikini next summer. The next is that I have a bad back and it has been bad for years. My hope is that if I tone and strengthen my core, that will disappear. Its a good plan but, like everything else, I've been kind of slacking. So my plan is to do crunches, front planks and side planks as often as possible, preferably every day.

So. I'm recommitting to my plan to eat better and committing to doing some core exercises in order to tone up and strengthen. I'll let you know how it all works out.