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Height: 5’3” Start: 298 lbs Now: 184 lbs goal: Size 8 Currently size: 12
I have been on a plateau for the past two months. I’ve done everything, from checking to see if my calories are where they should be for my height and weight, to exercising more. I’m weighing my food, and just doing what I’ve been doing since day one.I was venting to my therapist about it, and she gave me advice.
She said “You’ve been beyond stressed lately, right?”
Me: “I work in a hospital during a pandemic, of course I’m stressed. December is also when my family goes collectively mean and crazy, so double yes.”
Her: “That means your sleep probably hasn’t been great too.”
Me: “My sleep had been horrible the past couple months...”
Her: “Weight loss is extraordinary hard during both high stress and bad sleep. Keep doing what you are doing, and just focus on getting through December without gaining anything and consider that a success. With everything there is to stress about right now, you don’t need to add the stress of the scale and feeling like a failure every week. Just keep on your diet, continue exercising, and be okay if the number stays the same, because you aren’t losing progress. Don’t add that to your list of things to be anxious about this month. You can care about it again next month when you are done dealing with your family and probably vaccinated against Covid.”
After a bit more than two years of solid dieting, I think just being okay with pausing and not making progress for the rest of the month might be the right decision for me. Of course this may not be great advice for everyone, but personally, I think working on my sleep and anxiety might be more important right now for me, instead of focusing just on weight loss. I’ll still stick to my calories, but I won’t freak out if I miss an exercise every so often this month, or if the number stays the same. I’m the smallest I’ve been in my adult life, and there’s just so much going on that maybe focusing on making my mind healthier would be best for me right now.
Maybe this will help others in the same place. Keep going, but give yourself permission to just maintain for a few weeks to get yourself back together.
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