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Quest for Skinny Erika: Week 10

Posted By: Erika Mitchell on 04/12/2011

Quest for Skinny Erika: Week 10.

I hopped onto the scale on Saturday with severe trepidation. In fact, before I left I even told my husband that if the scale showed no weight loss for a second week in a row, I could not be held accountable for my actions.

You can understand the heck out of the weight loss “plateau”, but that does nothing to salve the bitter frustration that comes from exercising and dieting and feeling like it’s pointless. I knew I would’ve had a hard time staying motivated had the scale shown me the same weight as last week.

Thankfully, I have been fortunate and seem to have experienced a short stay on the horrible weight loss plateau. That’s not to say it won’t be back, but I’m not gonna lie: it feels good to be losing again.

So what did I do to get my weight loss journey back on track? I followed the advice of my personal trainers!

For example, trainer Jeff noticed that, despite my frequent exercise, I seem to get out of breath pretty darn easily, so he recommended upping the intensity of my cardio routine. If I jogged at two minute intervals in between walking very fast at an incline, he recommended that I increase the jogging intervals to three minutes, then four minutes, etc.

Above all, I just keep incorporating the exercises we do in the studio into my personal workout routine. The trainers come up with a different set of exercises each workout, so I have plenty of moves to try.

I can’t rave enough about how helpful it is to have a personal trainer’s advice after running into obstacles like weigh loss plateaus, injuries, and lack of motivation. I tell you what, do yourself a favor: If you ever feel like eating half a pizza, just tell trainer Jeff and see what happens. I guarantee he’ll cure you of your craving!

Here are my stats for this week:

Weight: 190.6 lbs (I lost 2.6 lbs. this week! Total lost = 16.8 lbs.)

Waist: 38.5 inches (That’s .75 inches off my waist this week! Total lost = 4.8 inches.)