Do you…..?
Do you do this too? Whenever I lose weight unexpectedly, like the pound I lost two days ago, I start thinking that I will lose at that rate on an ongoing basis. (Did that just make sense?)
I mean two days ago I was THRILLED that I had lost one pound in one day of dieting. Now there is a more reasonable part of my brain which tells me that really I did not lose a pound in one day and that this was probably an accumulation of something, BUT that part of my brain becomes silenced by the excited part of my brain. The excited part of my brain tells me - hey you lost one pound today so you will lose one pound tomorrow. AND THEN, the excited part of my brain becomes even more excited so I look at the calendar and start calculating when I will be the next magical weight I want to be.
Of course when the following day arrives, I do not lose another pound (in my case I maintained- which according to the rational part of my brain is a great thing because it is a more solid number then, and at least I have not gained!) so I am a little upset!
Noting the fact that most butterballs like me have been dieting for quite some time, so I know the rational part of the brain is far more knowledgeable than the excited part of the brain. Why oh why do I get pulled in by the excited part of the brain each and every time?
If I made any sense to you, please comment!
Cheers
Shari
I can relate. For some inexplicable reason I’ve lost a pound a day for the past three days. This is after being at roughly the same weight, give or take a pound, for two weeks. Now, I *know* that I didn’t have a 10,500 calorie deficit over the past three days, because that’s nearly impossible unless I was swimming the English channel or something. But part of me thinks, gee, this weight loss stuff is *easy.* Hah. Kim
You Canadians! Of course it makes sense, just like when four of your lotto numbers match so next time its got to be five…right? Thanks for the smile - dritta