So I think I have this hangup over getting under 160lbs. Mostly because I've never been under 160lbs. Not even in high school. So the closer I get, I think to myself "is this where it ends? Am I going to be stuck here for the rest of my life?" I have this feeling if I dwell on it, I'm going to somehow stop myself from losing more and getting past this point. I know I should just keep doing what I'm doing, eating clean and going to the gym. But it's all still so new and overwhelming to me. I just don't know if I can do this. Mentally, I mean. I still feel like the "fat girl". And in some respect I still am. I'm overweight, yes, but I'm not obese anymore. I think I need time to adjust to my body, even though the change has been slow. I think we're more accepting of our bodies as they are getting larger, rather than when they get smaller. I put on this weight over the course of 4 or 5 years. It's taken me only 1.5 years to get back down to where I started.
So we'll see, in September or October whether I really can break past the 160 mark. 150's here I come!
Uh. So yeah. I rambled a bit there. Hope I didn't lose anyone along the way.
Youll get there. Even if it isnt by september or october dont get discouraged. Youve come so far! Keep focus, but dont become consumed with it. Youll make yourself crazy
I had the same problem when I reached 90 kg. I had never, ever been 90 kg before and I thought this was the most I could reach. It took me a whole year to start trying again and still there are days I think I will never reach 80 kg, not to mention 70 kg where my doctor says it will be ideal.
But every time I lose a kg now I feel so accomplished, so do hang in there. I believe in you.
Laney, my body LOVES 160. Absolutely loves it...no matter what, I never, EVER go under 160.
This is funny because I am also the same height as you, lol.
I hit 160 in 2003, 2006, 2008, and again in 2010. This time around, getting down to 160 has been relatively easy, but I've been stuck at 160 for over a month now. It may even have been two full months, I have to check. I wonder if its really my body doing this or if its a mental block where I just get used to that number? I don't know... I definitely have the same feeling of "Is this where I'm meant to be forever?" Hang in there!!!
Maybe I have a mini-goal mental block as well. I thought I was down to 167 this week, but apparently over the last week I've managed to gain just over 2lbs. In my head I know I haven't gone over my calories even though I've "cheated" a little bit. It's probably just water retention, but it's so discouraging. It makes me want to crawl into bed with a pint of ice cream and never leave.
Perhaps I'm meant to be "obese" for the rest of my life.
yeah, i think there is something about those 160's.... i can never break'em either. every time i reach around 165 i end up losing focus, stalling for a while and then going right back up to the 80's. somehow i feel my body is really comfortable in the 80's and it SUCKS. meh. one day. one day we will break those evil 60's!!!
I also think I have a mental block when it comes to 173.6. So freaking specific LOL At WW, I have hit this number THREE different times. Each time I hit it, I go back up some pounds and end up spending weeks fighting to get back down. The last time I hit it was at the beginning of the summer. Promptly after that, I went on vacation and gained. I am now about 4-5 pounds above that magic number and am fighting to get back there.
It's frustrating because I was really hoping to be in the 160's by the end of the summer and now I'm so far away from that goal with only a month left.
I used to have one too, so I stopped focusing so much on the number and more on how I felt/fit in my clothes. What's funny, is I bet more than anything you'll wake up one day and the scale moved beyond what you thought you could do... that day is the best!
I totally had that too. For me it was in the 140's... I hit that last year, went right up to 170's over winter... now I'm in 150's and determined to break to 110.
I think it takes time - I know for me it does. I think I need to mentally get used to a lower weight before I can push it down again.
My mental block in the past has been 175. When I get there I usually look "good enough" and I feel like that's the shape I'm supposed to be. When I get there I'm going to double my efforts to lose those last 25lbs and get to 150!
My number was 182... and I got there! I even got down to 178!! ...and then I started thinking about 182 again... and now I'm back up to 188 (I did get married during this time, which definitely didn't help!!!)
I've had a fresh start this week and am getting back into my healthy routine and I'm determined not to think about the numbers too much as I head towards the 170s
my mental block is in the 205 range. I get down to 205 or 206 and I just fall apart and start eating just bad enough to hold water. Sometimes I can reign it in quickly and others times it takes weeks.
i had that problem too! like my body refused to get any lower than 170. then all of a sudden it started to pick up weight loss again! 8 months i was stuck at 174-176. now im 168 =) DONT GIVE UP HOPE!!!
Mental Block = Stall?
LOL At WW, I have hit this number THREE different times. Each time I hit it, I go back up some pounds and end up spending weeks fighting to get back down. The last time I hit it was at the beginning of the summer. Promptly after that, I went on vacation and gained. I am now about 4-5 pounds above that magic number and am fighting to get back there. 
