When I was in my twenties and thirties, I felt like a blimp too. I remember going to a TOPS meeting at about 170 thinking I was obscenely gross and wanting to get to 125, and was very surprised as well as off-put when so many of the older and heavier women there kept asking what was I doing there becuase to them I didnt look heavy and didnt need to lose any weight at all. Were they blind or something??? I am almost 60 now and thankfully more comfortable in my own skin. When I look back at photos of myself back from that time, and with more experienced eyes, I simply was not all that heavy at that size. Not skinny, but certainly in a normal range for my bones and muscles. In fact my current goal is 170. It was what I thought of myself that was causing such distress at that size. I am not telling you not to want to lose weight, just be kinder to yourself as you lose.
If you do the math, 2 pounds/week reflects a deficite of 7000 calories for the week, or 1000/day. No small sacrifice. To eat even less might even result in less loss as the body will go into famine mode and slow the metabolism more. Of course there are water fluctuations to consider too when looking at weekly weight.
Be patient. We all want it yesterday. 30 years later I still want it RIGHT NOW too, but I have to tell myself to relax. If I dont, I will get very frustrated and go off my eating plan entirely. And what good will that do?
If it were easy and straightforward to lose weight, and if it all went according to plan, there wouldnt be numerous internet forums and wl sites frequented by thousands of individuals, there would be no massive weight loss industry, no special diet foods in the grocery, there would be no ww nor jennie craig, articles on every magazine cover, numerous dieting books, and increasing obesity in our society. Its frustrating and hard in so many ways, both physically as well as emotionally. There are going to be ups and downs both on the scale and in our minds no matter how 'good', what or how little we eat, how much we exercise along the way.
Jan hw/250/s214/c206/g?170?
Last edited by jansan; 10-28-2004 at 07:43 PM.
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