I'm not prepared
I am not prepared to exercise for an hour everyday to see the scale move down. It seems like that is what it is going to take, though. I know that there are many people out there who DO exercise for an hour or more on a regular basis (SwimKatt comes to mind) and I admire those people. I'm just not there yet. I am in a battle between my mind and the scale right now. My mind says, "Are you ready to commit to exercising an hour everyday? Do you really have the time? You barely have time to clean your house - when will you possibly fit in an hour everyday?" My scale says, "Oh how happy I am to be weighed down with less weight. When you exercise for an hour a day, you weigh less and that makes both of us VERY happy." And the scale is right. I AM very happy when I see a drop the day after I exercised for 60 minutes. But the day after I don't exercise for that long - even if I do it for only 30 - the scale goes back to the window it's been stuck in since October. I'm frustrated. I know that in order to bust through this plateau, I need to increase my exercise. But I'm just not there yet. Just like Forgiven waited until she was mentally ready to reduce her caloric intake on JC, I need to be mentally ready to undertake such a serious commitment. I want to be - again, I admire those of you out there who exercise for and hour or more a day. I just don't think that commitment is realistic in my life. 30 minutes? Sure. 60? Nu-uh. Not there yet. So, other than starving myself (and trust me, I do not have an anorexic bone in my body!), how can I get through this plateau? I don't want to resign myself to being 260 for the rest of my life, but since I've already lost 14% of my body weight, have I maxed out? Is that all I get? God, I hope not. I still have a long way to go.
Shelly
Your body wants to be at a healthy weight. I agree with Shelly that you should just try something new. To me, there's not much difference between 30 minutes and 60 minutes of exercise. Once i get started, the time just kind of flies. Last night I said I was going to do some stretches for 20 minutes. Then when I got up it had been 45 minutes. I think the key is to find something you enjoy. If I'm on the elliptical or something I hate, I'm watching every second tick by, but if I'm doing yoga or hiking or lifting weights, and hour goes by without my even noticing. Try something new!