After the initial enthusiasm of beginning a weight loss journey, after the first weigh-in, the road ahead can seem very long and the goal very distant. Of course, this isn't when to quit, it's when to keep going; I now know it will be a long journey, but a journey worth taking. Perhaps it's best to focus on closer milestones, too, not the distant, seemingly unreachable horizon.It can be frustrating at how slow the weight comes off, and it can make you want to throw in the towel and have that bad food you've been resisting so well; but it isn't that easy. That would just make me feel worse, not better, so I continue to not want to eat the foods that made me fat in the first place. I WANT to be thinner, I NEED to be healthier. So the journey continues, though the road is long and challenging.
It can be discouraging as well after focusing on my weight for a week to know just how overweight I really am. Dieting makes you face your issues head on. Unlike ignoring the problems or denying that yes, I am indeed, overweight. This CAN be a good thing, I guess. I mean, I REALLY want to work out hard now, because I want this damn weight to be SO gone. Weight loss is as much an emotional ride as a physical one.
Five pounds lost last week DOES feel great, though I fear it might all have been water loss?! Who knows. The journey continues towards that distant horizon.
Anakin
3 comments:
Your first initial weight loss is usually a water loss, but drinking at least 8 glasses of 8oz a day can help with the cravings, plus the next weigh in won't be water loss because your system is flushing it out
As hard as you worked out, I think you are well justified in thinking that at least some of that 5 pounds was fat! Since some of it was water, next week's loss probably won't be such a big number, but slower really is better for you. Just keep up the great work, both you and padme!
Hugs,
Kallisto
Keep reminding yourself that you didn't get fat overnight :) It takes time to take it off, just like it took time to put it on. I find focusing on the end weight too much. I have a lot of pounds to go and so I just focus on the small goals. Losing another 10 pounds, getting to my next reward, etc. I've lost 20 pounds now and it feels great!
Now I seem to have hit a plateau because my body is getting used to the reduced calories I am eating (I've been at it just over three months) so my weight loss has slowed to a stop. I need to up my game now and get the exercise going. I found it too much to try and combat my eating and exercise at once so now that I have the eating part down (after three months it's become second nature) I can get started with the exercise and making that a regular thing).
Anyway, sorry to ramble, just know that I hear where you are coming from! Now is the time to keep at it :D Also I doubt the whole 5 pounds was water, I'd say you certainly lost some fat there as well!
XOXO
Shasta
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