I weigh in on Wednesday mornings. This morning (my first weigh-in, I may add), I stood on the scale and it came up to 166. That's 1 pound less than last week. I don't feel like it's enough. Why not? I understand that one pound is good and healthy and I should feel good about that, but...I don't know. I feel like it's not good enough.
Something in my head keeps thinking that I'm a failure unless I lose like 5 pounds a week. Which, yes, I understand, is COMPLETELY ridiculous.
I understand Especially when you're used to losing a fair amount, one pound seems kinda dismal. But its really not, it means you are losing healthily, you are more likely to keep it off, and you are definately not a failure
Yes, this is my main struggle. I find if I can;t stick with something 100% i give up.......i am trying really hard not to think this way anymore, but as you prob know, it is hard!!
Stick in there, we can do it!!
1 pound down is always better than ZERO.
Tomorrow will be one month since I started dieting. I weigh in tomorrow morning, and I'm expecting to have lost 7lbs total in a month. I've been feeling good about the loss-I'm definitely feeling it in the way my clothes fit-but bummed that it's already been a month, and I'm 3lbs short of where I thought I would be, given that you lose more the first few weeks AND I did that ***** SoBe phase 1 PERFECTLY for 11 days straight. It should have counted for more than 4 lbs.
But never mind all that. Tomorrow is a new day. Tomorrow I'm going to do well on my diet and do my walking. One day at a time is my motto.
Where's my ticker?????? I've spent a month coveting that ticker and I thought it was all fixed!
I've definitely had that feeling, I have a very sensible stated goal of losing actually less than a pound a week--I need to lose something like .8 pounds per week to get to where I want to be by when I want to be there.
But if I lose .8 pounds per week, am I happy? Noooooo, of course not! I wish I were, though...
you lost a WHOLE POUND??? THAT'S AWESOME! Please don't sell yourself short on that! Losing 1 lb a week... that's hard work. Seriously. One lb a week times 52 weeks in a year... that's 52 lbs a year. Your goal is 37 lbs. Which means you should be at goal before the year's end if you keep up with it. That's awesome! the truth is, if you are going to keep the weight off... you are going to have to eat and exercise like you are for the rest of your life. That's a lot of weeks! In the grand scheme of things, the 37 weeks that it will take you to get to goal at 1 lb a week- that's such a small portion of your lifetime. Enjoy the loss. Celebrate it!
1 Pound
Especially when you're used to losing a fair amount, one pound seems kinda dismal. But its really not, it means you are losing healthily, you are more likely to keep it off, and you are definately not a failure 
If only it worked that way!! 