Feeling discouraged lately
Obligatory ‘I’m on mobile’. Not exactly new to weight loss, this sub helped me go from 315 to 175 once, but I’ve since squeezed out a whole other human and gained back up to 217. I’ve been steadily chipping away at it lately and I’m sitting around the 205 market most days.
Today is not that day. I’ve really been trying to work on my relationship with food and stopping the mindset of punishing myself when I go over on calories by 20-30, and make a point to still give myself the gift of enjoying celebrations and time with family when it’s sensible. There hasn’t been a single day I was more than 300 calories off from my goal in the 2-3 months I’ve been tracking again. I work out 4-6 times a week, religiously.
I know in my heart of hearts, the extra 6lbs on the scale this morning is a combination of PMS bloat and water retention. I KNOW last week’s hot wings and yesterday’s sushi did not cause that overnight in the grand scheme of things.
But it’s incredibly hard to keep my progress in mind. It’s difficult for me to shut down that internal narrative telling me I need a 24hr fast to pay for my ‘bad’ choice to enjoy a date with my husband, complete with hours on the treadmill and extra steps in at work today. Harder still not to hit the ‘F’ it’ button and binge. This has really pointed out some red flags in my mindset about food and weight loss in general.
But I made myself my favorite healthy breakfast that falls in my meal plan, after an appropriate 20 minute moderate pace on the elliptical this morning.
I keep reminding myself that I can do hard things, and that failure is part of the process, but I could sure use a little extra motivation today if y’all have any to spare.
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