Im Gonna Lose It! 0.2

0.2? I only lost 0.2? What happened? I went to the gym three days this week, I ate well. Well, kinda. Okay, maybe not so well. I’m still mad.

This week’s meeting theme was perfect for me. “Only.”  We talked about how even the slightest loss or gain can affect us. If we gained or lost just a little, sometimes we are disappointed. Especially if we had been steadily losing more. What we need to remember is that this will happen sometimes. Our bodies reach occasional plateaus when losing weight. This is our bodies going through an adjustment. Once this adjustment takes place, we will start losing again. We might have to adjust our eating or our exercising, but it will eventually start coming off again.

Although I paid attention to what was being said and I understood it, the minimal weight loss still bothered me.

When I got home I complained about it to my roommate and on Facebook - Underlined words, exclamation points, even a few expletives. My roommate and the people I talked to were all very supportive. They tried to help me see that although it wasn’t a lot, it was still a loss. Also, the scale might not be moving, but my waistline is. I have had to start wearing a belt again and I can no longer rest my arms on my gut!  J

A week has gone by. The day of reckoning has come. Weigh in day was here! Did I do it? Did I lose the 0.2 pounds? YES! I did. In fact, I lost MORE than 0.2. I lost 1.4.

Be patient with your weight loss. It will happen if you stick to it. As I said before, you didn’t gain it overnight it’s not going to come off overnight. Stick with it. It will happen. I would love to hear your comment and how you are managing your weight loss.