Sucking at something you've never tried before is natural...including weight-loss.

The first time you ever do anything you're bound to suck at it. Whether it's working out, starting a new job or trying a new hobby. Day 1 will inevitably be the literal worst you are at the thing you're attempting to do. There is no shame in this, anyone who has stepped out of their comfort zone has been there.

The important part is to "fail" trying rather than being perfect right out of the gate. This doesn't change for weight loss. You will have screw-ups and set backs and make "rookie" mistakes. The great thing about weight-loss is that you DON'T need to be perfect. You need to have more good days than bad and be willing to invest time to getting better at making less mistakes.

There is no quick overnight fix which will make you suddenly into your ideal weight/size. Even if you are literally PERFECT with calorie counting and not once go above your calorie goals it will still take months/years to get to your goal depending on how much you wish to lose. The time will continue to pass regardless. Making a better lifestyle change for yourself and feeling more confident in yourself is wonderful and worth the investment.

Like your everyday life there will be good days and there will be bad. Allow a little bit of wiggle room on those bad days. Understand that this journey is just that, a journey. It doesn't just magically end. It just gets easier to manage along the way. Slip-ups, unexpected events will get in the way but learning to cope with them will be a skill set learned along the way.

Learn, grow and change. Be open to others who are here to help and be willing to pass forward knowledge you gain onto others who ask. Someone's "secret" to their weight loss might be the key to another's success while yours may be entirely different.

At the end of the day we're all here for the same major goal. To better ourselves. We all have different finish lines and no ones is less important. Whether its someone looking to lose 5lbs or someone whose looking to lose 500lbs.

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