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Originally Posted by SwimGirl
Hmmm, great thread! I am wondering, how do you all deal with no losses, both in weight and measurements? I haven't really figured out how to deal with that just yet - its definitely the source of all my frustrations!
-Aimee
I used to get all caught up in the scale and its numbers. And sometimes I still find myself weighing a couple times a day "to see how I'm doing", even though I KNOW that's self-defeating!
I try not to put my food into mydailyplate until the evening, so I'm not actually counting calories... or I'll start "figuring" how much I ate and how much I have left (or went over)... and that's not my plan anymore.
That sort of obsession to the numbers is what would get me SO discouraged and give up whenever I went "over" or I stopped "losing" (at the rate that I had arbitrarily given myself, which was inevitably too fast and thus destined to frustrate me).
Anyway, I'm really trying to focus more on "the next meal" and the clean food I'm going to eat and the healthy choices I'm going to make. Solid protein, whole grains, veg and fruit, no sugars or refined flours... And I try really hard not to think about calories or pounds or stuff like that. THe only number I really pay close attention to is protein grams, and that only at the end of the day when I record my food.
By focusing on the choices, and not the results, I find that it's a much more interactive way of eating and living. I mean, when I was focusing on calories and pounds lost, I felt "reactive"... like I'd put in my coins and pulled the handle and was waiting to see what the slot machine was going to "give" me. When I focus on the next meal and the next healthy choice, I'm not waiting for something to happen... I'm DOING it. I'm making the choice. I'm eating clean. I'm using that elliptical. I'm planning the meals. The choices will lead to the results, but I'm not focusing on the results... I'm focusing on the choices.
I feel like I'm having a hard time explaining this. *sighs* Sorry if I confused anyone.