After several months (years, really) of half-hearted dieting and exercising, I've been doing really well for the past two months (combination of CICO/IF and exercise). However, it's been hard for me to actually see the results, despite the numbers on the scale going down, and that can be really frustrating for me.
I got a great perspective on my weight loss yesterday. I was at physical therapy - I'm nearing the end of my PT tenure, which is awesome, and I've been doing a lot of more intensive exercises. My therapist handed me an 8 pound medicine ball and made me do a bunch of my exercises with that. Man, was I exhausted - after the first few sets, I was dead. And then I realized - that's exactly how much weight I've lost in the past two months. That's how much extra weight I was carrying around. I left PT with a smile on my face and I've felt so much better about myself since that realization.
Maybe it's stupid, but somehow that visual representation of my physical loss was so important for me. I struggle with not being able to see the small changes as significant - I can only focus on how far I have left to go. I think that's usually why I have such a hard time hitting an end goal, because I usually don't see the progress being made along the way.
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