Update

I did not have muscle exhaustion. 

I had a kidney infection and I did not work out for almost a week.  I was so worn out and tired.  

I will say this - the scale has not moved very much in my current Six Week Challenge.  I knew I would plateau but I did not expect it to happen when I had a kidney infection.  

This has been my reminder for the last few weeks.  

• My skirts are loser as well as my dresses and tops.  
• I do have a bit more endurance.  
• Some rings are looser but my fingers are not small enough to be able to wear the rings I really want to wear.  
• Inches has been lost -  A LOT of inches.  
• People have been asking me at work how much have I lost or just told me I look great and that I look great.  
• I do feel healthier - I go up and down stairs and my knee (ACL replacement) does not hurt like it did.  I can kneel and it hurts but nothing like it did before.  
• I do have more energy.  
• I can lift heavier in some cases - the other day I did squats with 110 lbs.  I had a spotter and it hurt after 10 reps but I did two more sets of 10 after that.  
• There is a Taco Bell across the street from the Camp and my first work out when I thought I was going to die I did think - I don't really like Taco Bell but I don't want them to take away my ability to go there for a mexi-melt when I need some food on my way home from work. Guess what - I have no desire for a mexi-melt and I now look at that Taco Bell and think I have no desire to go there.  I have better food at home.  
• I do enjoy working out but I don't have enough time to work out as much as I want to but trying to figure it out.

So tomorrow I am weighing in and I was no where near my 20 lb. I had about 13 lbs. to lose as of last week but there is no way I lost that and if I did I wont have enough check ins as I was not able to work out this weekend and I would have had to tripled up and we can only double up.  Am I sad - a little, because I fell a bit short because of being sick - but I am happy that I have had 13 weeks of a new lifestyle.  

I had a friend ask me when I was going to stop dieting and start eating normal and I didn't answer it because I was dumbfounded that the question was asked.  My response should have been:  I am doing a lifestyle change - I left 22.6 lbs in the first six weeks and I will add a few more tomorrow.  I am leaving those pounds behind.  However, I plan to exercise and make healthy food choices every day.  Yes, there will be days when I may fall short and have a cookie or a slice of cake.  However, I will always pick myself up and start over again when I do fall so that I can keep going forward.  I am down two to three sizes in clothes.  I am happier, confident and I want to keep going forward because I believe in myself!!!