First it took me a while to start doing
something about my surprising weight gain. I kept delaying action time, because
I “knew” that I would be easy. I lost 91 pounds before, so I thought I would
lose the recently gained 20 pounds as soon as I start my efforts.
And, as expected,
when I stopped allowing myself to relax healthy eating on week-ends and was
strong while watching TV in the evenings (no unhealthy snacks), the weight
started to come down. I got to 180 pounds relatively quickly. Losing 10 pounds felt
good. It confirmed that when I made efforts I lost weight.
Something else also
happened. Since I was successful again, I did not keep going to get to my healthy
weight of 170 pounds. I relaxed my eating
and I stayed at the 180-182 level. My arrogant thinking that “I can lose weight
easily any time I want” prevailed and I am remaining at the 180 pounds point.
I
am weak.
You are not weak. You are human.
ReplyDeleteNo it is not easy, but you know what? Anything worth doing is worth the work! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteAny progress since May 25?
ReplyDeleteNo, it is not easy, we are human. But try to motivate your safe.
ReplyDeleteYou can't forget that the older you get the hard it is to lose weight because everything runs a little slower. If you lost 100 pounds when you were 20, you will have to work 25% harder when you are in your 30's for the same results. This is why we have to remain active. Our bodies are designed for this.
ReplyDeleteA horrible thing about weight loss that makes it especially hard is that you don't always think it will be hard. So many people get this crazy rapid weight loss, either because they were lucky, did it in an unhealthy way, or had more opportunity to eat better/exercise more. This is not the common reality, though. Weight loss is difficult, but you can do it!
ReplyDeleteJust like everything, weight loss is hard work.
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