Impatience with weight loss

[molaurie]

This has always been a problem for me in past attempts to lose weight. Like, I want to be skinny already!!! How do you all deal with this?

[missnikki217]

Re: Impatience with weight loss

Im there with you girl!!! And the thing I KNOW you dont want to hear is: Patience LoL And its all in how you feel

Gotta focus on the small things - Like, your pants falling off in a grocery store, or a new outfit that didnt fit before, but is slowly starting to fit. By all means, look forward to the big picture, but enjoy the little steps of your journey along the way.

I've had to learn this myself. I measure/weigh once a week, every 7th day, and seeing ANY loss.. even if it's zero pounds lost but 3 inches gone, its a victory. Because I'm NOT GAINING!! I figure my numbers are having an off day, and I'm trimming out. The scale will always catch up.

We didnt get this way overnight, so we cant expect to get rid of it overnight either. Like the good doctor said, give yourself reasonable time to attain your goal. So if you want to lose 100 pounds, set a realistic goal.. like, give yourself a year for that. Some people lose faster <grr> than others, and you cant let that get ya down. Every body's different.

[Lyssie]

Re: Impatience with weight loss

I would like to be at my goal weight pretty much yesterday.

I force myself to focus on the fact that I'm working *towards* it, and it'll happen, maybe not as fast as I may want, but it'll happen.

When I get really grumpy, I try on some pants that I know didn't fit me before that I can get into now just to show there's a difference.

[DesertRain]

Re: Impatience with weight loss

Everytime I've lost weight in a jiffy...I put it back on twice as fast. I think I never really appreciated the effort of taking it off. I did things like starve myself, or the Master Cleanse in which I dropped significant weight in such a short time.
This time I'm doing it the right way, and as much as I would love to be at goal, I am so ecstatic about my results and my determination. I always wanted an easy fix, but because I'm working so hard at this, I really can't see myself going back. Not only that, but because it's taking longer, I'm developing a lifestyle....this is all coming natural to me now, it will be really strange to go back to eating the way I did.
Another thing I think about is if I deflated really quickly, how much extra skin I would be dragging around, and that's not always fun (or sexy lol).
Sure everyone wishes they were skinny already, but one last thing I want to point out is this: had you never started you would still be the same size you were in the beginning, but you did start, and you are already smaller than you were on day 1 right? That's already a big difference and be proud of yourself that you've made it this far.
Congrats! And keep up the great work!

[vek]

Re: Impatience with weight loss

This has always been a problem for me in past attempts to lose weight. Like, I want to be skinny already!!! How do you all deal with this?

Hehe! You are lucky! Me, I want to be skinny YESTERDAY! There is no magic wand, unfortunatelly. But there is a solution: today. Yes, yes, the solution is today. Today I exercise, today I don't cheat with carbs, today I drink those 2,5-3l of water. Not tomorrow. Today. The biggest enemy you have is "tomorrow". Or "next monday". Or "after the hollydays". Delaying. Lieing yourself that that piece of cake you steal from the fridge is just a "piece of cake"...

[molaurie]

Re: Impatience with weight loss

Thanks for the excellent words of encouragement! You guys are so right. I have made progress, and I've only been doing this a month now. This is the most amount of weight I've ever had to lose! And, so what if it takes a year, it'll be worth it...next summer when I'm skinny!