What to tell those voices in your head!
Hello! I've been browsing and this looks like a great sub, happy to be here! I've never actually reached out to others on any previous weightloss attempts, so I guess this time is the real deal.
I'm 5'3 and starting weight was about 220, and after 4 months, I'm down to 202, so -18 lbs so far. This is the longest I've EVER stuck to a weightloss program, and the best one I've ever done. But 14 years of failed weight loss attempts have ingrained some pretty defeatist mantras into my mind. So here's what I'm struggling with rn, along with my personal comebacks.
"I'm not actually losing weight; I just think I am." (Admittedly, this one is pretty ridiculous. Sure, maybe I could "imagine" a 1 or 2 lb loss, but not 18 lbs!)
"I might be losing weight now, but eventually it will stop working." (I'm doing something completely different than I've ever done before. I might need to tweak it a little along the way, but it's not going to just "stop working." I'm at a calorie deficit.)
"Being skinny might suck. I've never been skinny and the unknown sounds kind of scary." (Getting diabetes sounds scary. There are needles. Needles are scary.)
"No one is even noticing. I don't look any different." (But THEY WILL. Eventually people WILL start to notice. One day, I will have friends who NEVER KNEW ME FAT. Friends who have ALWAYS known me as skinny. One day, someone will ask me, "How do you stay so thin???")
"I'm losing weight too slowly. This is taking too long." (BUT I'M LOSING WEIGHT. The time will pass anyway. Besides, I've had a lot of trial and error these first few months, so my monthly average will probably increase now that I know what I'm doing.)
"This sucks. I want to eat fill-in-the-blank. Being fat isn't that bad." (Being fat is THE WORST. I only believe this because I've never been skinny. If I had been skinny, and one morning just woken up fat, I'd see clearly how awful being fat is. Someone once said that if fat people could try on a fit body for 5 minutes, nothing could stop them from getting fit.)
"I'm going to fail again, and I'm sick of failing." (Then DON'T FAIL THIS TIME. Don't stop; that is not how you avoid failing. You've started this thing - SEE IT THROUGH.)
That's it for now! I'd love to hear yours too!
Edit: Thought of another one and added it.
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