My heart went out to one of the group members. It appears that she is not losing weight as rapidly as she had hoped. And if she is following the program she should be. But I remember when I first started out, that first week I lost 1.7 pounds. I was shocked and disheartened, only to have it followed up with a three pound loss the next week. I had over two hundred pounds to lose and if the first week is water loss, I should have lost like 15 pounds. I had expected to lose 10 pounds. I remember thinking that this was not going to be the quick start I had hoped for. And hearing others in the group talk about their weight loss, one even lost 13 pounds, left me completely demoralized.
But time is the great equalizer. I consistently lost 4 pounds a week for the next 6 weeks, and for the first 16 weeks I averaged 3.67, and for the 30 weeks I averaged 3.03, yes I lost 90 pounds in 30 weeks. I persisted. We persisted. Their were a few of us that embraced the program, made goal weight, and worked at the goal weight.
What do you tell someone whose weight loss is less then they expected? Hang in there it will come? One pound is better then none. Those are hollow words. They mean nothing to us. It is the reason why heavy people look for blogs from people who have lost a lot of weight.
For me, I didn't care if you lost 45 pounds. 45 pounds wasn't really going to help me in the long run. I needed information from someone who lost over 100 pounds. I needed to know someone had actually lost the amount of weight I needed to lose. I needed inspiration. I needed to know that sometimes they didn't lose a lot of weight one week. I needed to know I was not alone.
I scoured the internet looking for that inspiration, read blogs by people who had lost 100- 200 even 300 pounds. They did inspire me, but the difference was they were all young. I wanted to find a blog where a 50+ had lost the weight. I found the blogs harder to find, I guess by the time you reach 50 you have accepted your weight. You are set in your ways and it is harder to change a life long habit of eating. But they are out there. I hope to join them. I hope this member will join me, joining them.
But time is the great equalizer. I consistently lost 4 pounds a week for the next 6 weeks, and for the first 16 weeks I averaged 3.67, and for the 30 weeks I averaged 3.03, yes I lost 90 pounds in 30 weeks. I persisted. We persisted. Their were a few of us that embraced the program, made goal weight, and worked at the goal weight.
What do you tell someone whose weight loss is less then they expected? Hang in there it will come? One pound is better then none. Those are hollow words. They mean nothing to us. It is the reason why heavy people look for blogs from people who have lost a lot of weight.
For me, I didn't care if you lost 45 pounds. 45 pounds wasn't really going to help me in the long run. I needed information from someone who lost over 100 pounds. I needed to know someone had actually lost the amount of weight I needed to lose. I needed inspiration. I needed to know that sometimes they didn't lose a lot of weight one week. I needed to know I was not alone.
I scoured the internet looking for that inspiration, read blogs by people who had lost 100- 200 even 300 pounds. They did inspire me, but the difference was they were all young. I wanted to find a blog where a 50+ had lost the weight. I found the blogs harder to find, I guess by the time you reach 50 you have accepted your weight. You are set in your ways and it is harder to change a life long habit of eating. But they are out there. I hope to join them. I hope this member will join me, joining them.
Did you give her your blog url?
ReplyDeleteIt is demoralizing not to lose the big numbers every week. I think our bodies respond uniquely to the weight loss. I notice that I have small to no loss weeks followed by big loss weeks, even though I'm keeping with my program. I have to force myself to remember that on the small/no loss weeks.
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