I can proudly say that, for the first time ever, I achieved my holiday goals:
1. Eat a pretty sensible and enjoyable Thanksgiving meal with dessert and consider that the holiday splurge (1 meal -- not several days)-- check
2. Eat whatever I want Dec. 24-26, as long as I stay under 2600 calories (my daily is 1400-1600) -- check
3. Exercise 5-6 days every week through holidays with a break of doing only 4 days over Christmas week -- check
All this has paid off. Between Thanksgiving morning and today, I am down 10 lbs.
So, my question is this...after such a great boon, how do you remain motivated? I know it sounds counter-intuitive to worry bout losing motivation after a really successful holiday, but I find that I tend to freak out after a really successful period of weight loss - such as this -- and chuck the whole thing. I worry that I could take this success and toss it right into a big bowl of self-sabotage.
Why is weight loss so scary? Why do we sabotage ourselves? Why is it sometimes harder to follow success with more success?
Or is it just me?
In search of greater success,
k45