The weekly weigh in, week 34
This was another good week on the diet as far as foods and behaviors. I wish I'd exercised more, but that's just not a habit yet. It's something I'm still developing, and it's my biggest growth area in being a healthy person. Despite this, my loss this week was only two tenths of a pound. Hey, it's still a loss.
I've been dieting seven and a half months now, and I'm proud of what I've accomplished. However I can't help feeling like I ought to be further down the road. I want to hit the seventy five pound mark so bad it's gnawing at me. It's good to have a goal. At the same time, a week like this makes that goal feel farther away when it ought to feel closer. I did things right. I lost weight, and if I start rushing myself now, I'll be creating problems for myself.
I can remember very distinctly a moment in one of my teenage diets when I realized that losing weight at a healthy pace meant that I would have to diet for at least ten weeks. I felt like there was absolutely no way I could last that long on a diet. My odds of eating that way for a lifetime were even smaller. It was the first time I ever looked at my fat as inevitable and my size as hopeless, and it's taken me around 30 years to break that mindset. If I start trying to rush things, I'm buying back into the mentality where time and numbers matter more than healthy behaviors.
So, at least my eyes are open. I can see the trap into which I could easily fall. That's really more important than how much weight I lost this week. It's keeping the mind healthy as well as the body. That's a good feeling too.
Weekly summary: Weekly loss -- .2 pounds, Total loss -- 61.4 pounds, Average weekly weight loss -- 1.81 pounds per week.
health and wellness, diets, weight loss, Weight Watchers
3 Comments:
Cynthia
I wrote about working to change habits tonight as well. I've lost fourteen on my way to seventy five. Thanks for sharing your journey.
Peace,
Milton
Your eyes are open and so is your heart.
Congratulations.
Great job!
Have you ever lost this much on a diet before?
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