At the start of the new year I started another big push to lose weight. So far I have lost about 28 lbs which is probably my most successful bout of weight loss to date. I technically barely crossed the line into the "ideal" weight range and I'm so proud of myself!
A few weeks ago I noticed that I was having to be more strict on myself to keep up the same pace of weight loss. I was getting really discouraged but I kept mentally trying to pick myself up and keep pushing forward and stay on plan. Consistency really is the key and is the hardest part.
With the quarantine it's been hard to keep my same routines and strategies. For example, one of my strategies if I started to feel hungry or munchie when I had already eaten all my calories for the day was to get out of the house and do something to entertain me so I wouldn't mindlessly eat. I would go hang with friends or run errands or see a movie or go to the gym or whatever. Just something to get me out of the house and keep my mind from dwelling on snacking. Technically I can still enact this strategy, but to a much more limited degree and not at the whim of being able to pick whatever activity I feel in the mood for. I'm trying to come up with quarantine specific strategies to deal with my various hurdles but it's definitely hard when I spent a lot of time building consistency these last few months with habits that I now can not rely on.
Anyway, I think between the quarantine and my general slower rate of weight loss, it's time to adjust my goals and lower my standards for my goal milestones. Is that wrong? I'm so worried that this is a sign of me giving up and is the start of a slippery slope of letting things go back to how they were. For that reason, I think I want to still shoot for SOME weight loss just because I don't want to mentally switch into "taking a break" mode and let myself go. But if I focus on losing even just a half pound per week for the next few weeks, I am hoping that I will give myself space to create a new plan (or maybe ride out the quarantine, but that's probably being too hopeful). I think it also wouldn't be terrible to let my body readjust a little since dieting for so hard for almost 3 months. I am hoping that by giving myself some space, I will still make progress, focus on being healthy, make more good habits, and find some renewed vigor to push through to my goal weight.
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