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Now I'm mostly mad at myself because even though I wasn't at my goal weight, I was so fit and strong, and I felt fantastic. Giving up just because I wasn't magically 120 pounds was stupid and immature and I hope a mistake I won't make twice. I felt like a failure for not reaching an arbitrary number on the scale, and that's a shame.
sure, but this time I'm trying to focus on feeling better, because I know looking better goes along with it.
I am AGGRESSIVELY trying to incorporate multiple things to break it. I thought I was making headway by doing a Spike Day and calorie cycling throughout the week, but then, I had to have a rest week b/c of a previous back injury. It seems like I find it, then something deters it!!Originally Posted by thistoo
That's what happened to me when I regained all this weight. I hit a hardcore plateau and no matter what I did, I just could not get my weight lower than 150. Now I'm mostly mad at myself because even though I wasn't at my goal weight, I was so fit and strong, and I felt fantastic. Giving up just because I wasn't magically 120 pounds was stupid and immature and I hope a mistake I won't make twice. I felt like a failure for not reaching an arbitrary number on the scale, and that's a shame.
sure, but this time I'm trying to focus on feeling better, because I know looking better goes along with it.
I promise, the 1st 2 times I lost these 20 lbs, I didn't have ALL of the tools I have now AND it was not nearly this hard. I didn't obsessively "count" everything AND I didn't wear a monitor to tell me how many cals I was burning. I also didn't journal food like I am now
I kinda stopped trying to get to goal (140) and just work on changing the way the fat looked, which is why I started BodyRock.tv in November. If I can't lose, I'll make it look nice