How do you deal with impatience when trying to lose weight?

This past week I started doing intermittent fasting, and I’ve finally cut out soda entirely. I’ve also switched to drinking smoothies to get fruits and veggies along with exercise.All this is also to help me lose around 30-40 lbs, and just generally be healthier. I started at 175 at the beginning of this week and now I’m at 173.5, not sure if it’s just I’m not full/bloated or if I’ve actually managed to lose a pound this past week.

Anyways I’ve always had issues with being patient when it comes to weight loss. I know it’s a process that takes time, but I can’t help but want to see results now. How do you deal with the impatience?? I can never seem to just be patient and give it time to see results.

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I have gained 4 pants sizes in a year. Holy wake-up call.

Obligatory 'I've always struggled with my weight, yo-yo dieted for years, etc'. I've had a very rough last two years, and I knew I had gained weight. I just didn't realize how MUCH I'd gained, because for the last few years I've pretty much stayed in and isolated myself socially, haven't bought new clothes, always wore the same 2 loose pair of sweatpants and baggy t-shirts to hide myself, etc.

Today I went jeans shopping. Was dreading it the whole damn time. I used to be a 12, sometimes a 14. Today I tried on some 16's and they wouldn't zip. Like, not even close. The mall was fucking crazy and I was sweating and feeling like shit, so I just hung it up and went home. I'll have to go back and try on a bigger size some other time, I guess. But yeah... I'm most likely an 18 or perhaps a 20 now. And that feels bad. Real bad. This is the biggest I have ever been in my life and I want out. Just staring at myself in the mirror and realizing I have let things get this bad was my final straw.

I know exactly how the weight gain happened, and I'm trying to tell myself that that's a good thing because that means I can fix it. The biggest new habit I picked up is binge drinking, mostly beer. Well - guess that's not going to work anymore if I want to wear jeans and feel comfortable in my body. I've also developed a habit of eating fast food many times per week. My financial and living situation have changed drastically in the past month or so, and so that will force me to save money by cooking at home I'm hoping. Severe depression has robbed me of my love for exercise, but I'm working on being more consistent with my antidepressants so that I can fight back against that, too. But I know that weight loss happens in the kitchen, and the gym is just an accessory that makes me feel more fit and better about myself.

Just feeling really, really bad about myself right now. Knowing that I need to make a change, but it's overwhelming and of course I have tried so many times in the past and failed. I don't want to live like this anymore, though. I don't want to care about beer and french fries more than my own health. Something's got to change. God damn. Size 20.

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Slightly worried - dif between fasting and disorder?

Hi, I've been getting a little worried about how I'm approaching weight loss, mentally. I can't really talk with friends/family off-line, I've always been really thin so if I bring up work outs, dieting, or my emotional concerns, they just roll their eyes and the conversation ends before it starts.

Well, I'm older now and I can't just eat whatever and laze around and stay a size 2. I have to work to stay anywhere near a size 6. Which brings me to my worry:

I'm worried about it becoming an unhealthy fixation. Like, at what point does intermittent fasting turn into anorexia? I'm currently doing 16:8 fasting 4-5 days a week. I suspect I might be having some mental disphoria, too. Like, I know rationally that I'm not overweight, even if the tape measure tells me I'm the biggest I've ever been. But I keep thinking of myself and seeing myself as 1-2 inches overweight. (I don't own a scale, probably for the best.)

Are there warning signs I should lookout for? Ways to deal with how I see myself? Also, any exercise tips for trimming down a waist? I'm at 27" (it was 26" 3 months ago) and would love to get it back down to 25" (where it was for most of my 30s.)

Thanks

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What books would you recommend that encourage a healthy relationship with food and your body while also encouraging weight loss?

May sound like an odd request, but I’ve always wanted a self help book about loving my body and learning to love eating in a non binge / restrict way, but I’ve always avoided those books in fear that they wouldn’t let me “lose weight”. That is, I wanted a book that said “you should love your body because XYZ, and it’s okay to love it into change” and not a book that said losing weight = inherently messed up relationship with your body.

I’ve read eating in the light of the moon, and I really loved it but I also felt like it was the sort of book I could use lines from for OTHER people when they shit on their bodies. For me, my self hate for my body as it stands runs to deep for that to work.

Also, I don’t want those self-hating books that describe your eating disorder or weight loss struggle as though it were a “pig” like this stupid book I once read that was just 400 pages of the author describing binging as a pig inside you smh.

It’s 3AM, and I just binge ate 4 Pb&honey sandwiches because I was feeling depressed and empty, and I really realized just how messed up my relationship with food and body is. I keep saying I will “fast” away these cravings and mentality, but I know deep down I am masking an eating disorder with a health technique (fasting) that should only be utilized by those who already have a healthy relationship with food.

I want to lose the last 50 pounds, I really do. But I don’t know how if I will constantly trick myself into believing the crazy gymnastic conspiracy theories I set up for myself to do various diets. I want a book that will deeply convince me that I can change my relationship with food and my body and still lose weight. I don’t want to fear recovery because I think it’ll mean I won’t lose weight.

Does this make sense?

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Opinions on treat meals/days?

Just curious what everyone’s opinion is about this subject and why. I know a lot of people have strong feelings about it.

For me, I like to do a treat meal every weekend. I choose if I do it Friday or Saturday depending on my plans for the weekend. The reasons I do it are:

1. If I “mess up” and overeat junk food on a day I wasn’t planning to, I have a tendency to beat myself up about it and have even given up weight loss regimes multiple times because of one or two little screw ups. I know if it is planned, I don’t feel guilty and I have no trouble going back to my healthier diet the next day.

2. I say I have to do it Friday or Saturday for a few reasons. First of all, I do most of my socializing and therefore eating out or drinking on weekends. Second, I like knowing it’s coming at the end of the week as something I can look forward to. It keeps me from snacking on things I shouldn’t for the rest of the week. And third, I weigh myself every Friday morning m. When I see I’ve lost weight, I often will feel so great that I won’t even want to indulge THAT much because I want to keep the progress going.

I know some people don’t like it and say if you need a treat meal or day, then your diet is too limiting or isn’t sustainable. But for me, this just isn’t the case. I like it this way personally. And I can be flexible when I need to be, but overall this schedule works for me. So I’m not looking for a debate, just curious about all of your opinions and also if you DO choose to have treat days/meals, how you fit them into your lifestyle.

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Won an IG weight loss challenge at the perfect time

I have been at a plateau with my weight loss for almost 2 months now. I tried changing up my diet and exercise and nothing was working, even with the increased weight training sessions.

I decided to give Intermittent fasting a try and started it last week. I lost 1lb which was exciting because my I hadn’t lost weight in so long.

This afternoon I was running errands with my family and got a notification that I won an IG weight loss challenge! I am not sure if anyone follows fit girls guide, but it’s what I started with when I decided to start changing to a healthier lifestyle. I still follow the exercises 3x a week in addition to my other workouts at the gym.

I honestly don’t even care about the prize. But the fact that I was recognized in a community that sees hundreds of progress pictures made me so happy as I hav felt like a failure recently.

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Let’s talk about the scale real quick

Assuming your scale is functional and accurate (which it most likely is), the moment you step on it is the moment you face reality. The scale is a reflection of all the good and the bad you’ve done. It is simply a mirror of your actions. Accepting that fact is probably one of the biggest steps you can make towards reaching your goal.

But before you go and step on that scale, I want you to present your best self. What does that mean? It means weighing yourself in the morning when you’re the lightest. It means weighing yourself the morning after a solid day of dieting. Avoid eating anything after dinner the night before. The morning of the weigh in, avoid having anything in your stomach. And most importantly, hit the treadmill, go for a walk/run or do any kind of cardio that will make you sweat off some water weight.

Only after all that should you give yourself permission to step on the scale. Seeing that initial boost of weight loss will make all the difference in the world. Use that as a spark to light up your enthusiasm. And tell yourself that you never want to see that new lowest weight ever again. Keep yourself accountable and do this on a weekly basis and you will undoubtedly begin to see some results.

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