The biggest reason people "diet" is because they want to lose "X" amount of pounds because society tells them that they need to weigh a certain weight. The chart on the back of your doctor's office says based on your sex, age, and height, you should weigh "this" and not that. Well what happens when you were way off the mark a long time ago? What if you went off the chart years back? Do you live life sad and depressed until you can get yourself back down? Of course not. Here's why...
You don't live and die by the scale.
Success must be measured everywhere it can and lack of progress should be downplayed if you want to stay on the path. If you step on the scale three weeks in a row and weigh the same exact amount, so what? Are you failing? Nope. You're actually doing very well at maintaining your weight. You are not adding weight and instead, you have done well with giving yourself a very balanced eating/activity lifestyle. Look at it as simple as this; You are not gaining weight.
This last weekend was a perfect example of my personal measurable progress. When picking out clothes to wear to the wedding on Friday, I ran into trouble finding something nice that would not look stupid on me.
The khaki pants I wore had enough room to accommodate two extra fists.
My belt was pulled up to the last notch and there was space for a few more holes.
On Saturday, the first thing my uncle said to me was “You’re losing quite a bit of weight there.”
This is a guy who has only seen me like twice in the last two years.
It’s nice to hear that kind of stuff.
My aunt says to me on the way out “Keep doing your Weight Watcher thing, you’re getting skinny.”
Now I know for a fact that I am not skinny.
I kindly thanked her and told her that it’s a work in progress and that I have quite a bit to go still.
She’s seen me a handful of times in the last few years so it was pleasant to have someone recognize it.
When you surround yourself with the same people every day/week, they may not notice it until they get out a picture of you from some time back.
Wanna check how you’re doing?
Call a friend you haven’t seen in a few months and see if they notice it without bringing it up.
It’ll make your day if and when they do.
I’m proud to say that I know how much to eat without overdoing it. I can eat enough to fill my stomach up and not cross into the point where I feel stuffed and need to lie down and recoup. I was successful at this over the weekend and even though I only lost 1 pound this week, I feel great about it.
