Need to refocus
It’s funny how your opinion on something can change in a moment. This week I lost 5 pounds. I was thrilled. I’m even more proud of the fact that I honestly stuck to my eating plan and didn’t cheat one time. Then one of my sisters came over and she mentioned that she has lost 8 pounds this week. Incredible! What’s even more amazing is that she only weighs 185 pounds whereas I weigh 289. So all of a sudden those 5 pounds that I lost seem like nothing and I was upset with my progress. She lost her weight doing the cabbage soup diet so I’m assuming that she won’t continue to post these big numbers but it’s still discouraging. This is why I hate the scale. I wish there was a fair way that we could have our contest without relying on weight.
So my goal for today is to try to refocus my thoughts on all of the good things I did this week. I don’t think I have ever gone an entire week without making at least 1 bad choice. I also got in 2 really good workouts and I should be able to get in at least 4 workouts this week. And I’m trying to make myself be happy for my sister’s loss, right now I’m not there yet. Immature, I know, but that’s honesty.
As soon as she eats again normally, she will regain it, do not despair. {{{hugs}}} I have never lost 5 in a week in my life, good for you!
The only way to drop eight pounds in a single week is to do it in a way that is ultimately unhealthy. That weight will not stay off because she’s not going to be able to eat cabbage soup every day forever.
Making a plan and sticking to it, week after week, takes a lot longer, but it’s what works if you want the weight to stay gone.