So I fell off the wagon many times since I began my weight loss journey in November. I started off with only 20 lbs of unwanted fat but it looks weird on me because I hold ALL OF IT in my torso and my limbs, breasts, and booty are all pretty small. I have struggled with losing this since I gained it all 6 years ago.
In the last 3 months, I haven't been able to make it to the gym very often or go on my weekly 30 mile bike rides. I felt like I was losing all of my progress. I stopped taking monthly progress photos because of this. I also stopped doing my monthly weigh-ins. Despite feeling like I wasn't trying my best, I tried really hard to stick to eating better (I have issues with binging). In the last 2 weeks, I have been so busy I didn't even realize I had been throwing on shirts/blouses that I would have never put on before because of my tummy and running out the door feeling pretty good about myself. I finally realized I have been doing this two days ago. So I weighed myself for the first time in about 3.5 months and I have lost 10 lbs!!!
This has given me more motivation to keep going and not give up. I typically give up and binge when I feel like I have failed in exercise or diet. This time, even though I was failing at exercise, I tried my best to keep up with my diet for the first time instead of giving up and eating everything. I am halfway to my goal and I haven't been at this weight in 2 years (in 2017 when I almost reached my goal before giving up).
I have learned a valuable lesson and hope this might help anyone that, like me, gives up at any failure. Don't spiral! Just keep doing something that works for you, even if it's small, you wont regret it 2-3 months from now!
TL;DR: I fell off the wagon. Instead of spiraling into a binge, as I always do, I kept up with my diet even though I thought I was making no progress. I stopped even tracking my progress over 3.5 months just to find that the little changes I was making in my diet made a difference. I have found my motivation again!
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