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Originally Posted by phantastica
andoreth and wyllenn, I'm so glad you said that about plateaus. I keep thinking a plateau means I've somehow failed and I need to step it up, rather than just celebrating that I'm learning to maintain or allowing my skin and my psyche to catch up with my body.
Yes!! That was the probably my biggest weight loss break through. When I hit that plateau at 140 lbs, it made me crazy. I weighed everyday. I lowered calories, raised calories, worked out more, worked out less, whined about it. I was miserable, hating me, hating the scale.
After a couple of months, I realized - hey, I'm not LOSING but I'm not GAINING either. I don't think I had ever maintained a weight loss for 2 months before! I was like wow, I am STILL 140! Not 145, not 150! Not binging, not eating packages of cookies again - still planning/eating healthy meals, no break in the routine, no break in the system.
I think that was the a-ha moment, I could keep doing what I was doing and I would STAY the same weight. I would always just give up before and go back to my unhealthy eating habits.