REALITY: I gained 20lbs during my reset & NEVER lost it
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YEESSSS
Please bookmark, because you WILL get panicky
you WILL gain weight
you WILL want to quit
if you do quit...
you WILL, more than likely, end up back at square one :ohwell:
and if you push through.....
you WILL BE SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU DID!!!
~Kiki :flowerforyou:0 -
Amen0
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Thanks for posting this....because I "was" seriously considering scaling back the calories. I have been on this process for just over 3 months....and lately I have been losing the mental game.
But between this message & Lucia kicking me in the tail (a much needed one) - I am back on eating at 10% cut and changing up my exercise rountine. I am measuring & weighing in & taking pictures & trying on those skinny jeans and will consider those tools to gauge my process -- not define it.
And I figure the best things in life are ones that you earn.....so I am going to EARN this.
Oh and one a side note -- seriously, thank you for all that you do....the amount of time & care that you and Lucia show to all of us is incredible and certainly appreciated!0 -
You guys have been SO real. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Each individual is responsible for his or her own actions and choices. We all make our choices based on our experience and education.
To blame anyone else for your own choice is a very sad thing, since it does no good for anyone.
We are human and I think that each of us lives life until we have some significant experiences and we realize that nothing really comes for free, but that that is ok. That confidence and self-love is really the "magic bullet." Ha, I sound so wise, right? But I'm still working through all this--I think we just get closer and closer to this.
As a side note, I feel that it would be beneficial to all members of this community for all of us to not include a "pounds lost" ticker in our signatures. To me it seems to go against everything EMTWL embodies. How about putting NSVs in our signatures?0 -
Wow Kiki thanks so much for your dedication to supporting us all, your posts always inspire me.
I am only just starting this journey, havent got beyond netting BMR on a consistent basis but I struggle to eat much food, I am getting there though and eventually I will do the reset and hopefully change my body for good.
But even in these early days I have totally changed my view of food, I will NEVER return to VLCD I will NEVER starve my body of the fuel it needs. I am totally converted. I now enjoy food, I look at my stats and think, crikey I need something more to eat today. I'm learning to put in low volume high calorie food and even monitoring my macros - you have changed me!! but in a great way.
There is huge room for improvement but I'm in this for the long haul and not stressing over it too much, it will slot into place in the future.
In the meantime my body is thanking me, its letting me run harder, for longer and I'm not burning out part way round, I joined MFP to lose weight to help me run better, when all I needed was to feed my body.
The scales, I still hop on them for progress reports but I dont worry about the number any more, I got on this morning and I was up slightly and I said ok so be it, Its a number. The next milestone will be not getting on them anymore or only monthly when I do my weigh in but like everything else, baby steps.
I will no doubt have days of pulling my hair out, but you have all prepared me so much that I will hopefully take it in my stride and as part of the journey.
Thank you all xxx0 -
You guys have been SO real. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Each individual is responsible for his or her own actions and choices. We all make our choices based on our experience and education.
To blame anyone else for your own choice is a very sad thing, since it does no good for anyone.
We are human and I think that each of us lives life until we have some significant experiences and we realize that nothing really comes for free, but that that is ok. That confidence and self-love is really the "magic bullet." Ha, I sound so wise, right? But I'm still working through all this--I think we just get closer and closer to this.
As a side note, I feel that it would be beneficial to all members of this community for all of us to not include a "pounds lost" ticker in our signatures. To me it seems to go against everything EMTWL embodies. How about putting NSVs in our signatures?
Yes, you sound very wise
I love the NSV in the signature. I wish there were ways to have signatures here :ohwell:0 -
As a side note, I feel that it would be beneficial to all members of this community for all of us to not include a "pounds lost" ticker in our signatures. To me it seems to go against everything EMTWL embodies. How about putting NSVs in our signatures?
That would be awesome. What's the title of this thread for anyhow? Maybe we should have tickers for how many pounds we gained. LOL, "20 pounds gained and not looking back!" :laugh:
Just kidding. It would be awesome if we could do the pounds gained thing if we knew how much muscle we gained, but otherwise it could be embarrasing. I like your NSV idea better. :bigsmile:0 -
bumping to read more . Thank you. I never thought you made it seem easy. GOD BLESS YOU:)0
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I love this post|!! Thanks Kiki!
I haven't had much time to post in this group lately...too busy eating :P
I had a 12 week plateau recently which I discovered might be postpartum thyroiditis related, and will find out my blood work results on Thursday but I have FINALLY started dropping again. I did adjust my calories to match my fitbit which was a bit less than what scooby suggested but it's really all about finding our own personal numbers and I think I finally have!
I am now .2 of a pound away from prepregnancy weight and I lost half of that weight eating more. After my first babe I starved myself to lose weight to the detriment of my breastmilk.
This has not been an easy journey at all. I started in April and it has been super slow going but frankly it is nice to be able to go out to family gatherings and to actually be able to eat. To not stress about food. To use food more for fuel and to not be hungry, irritable and constipated. The slowness is worth it in the end.
Thank you so much for all your hard work!0
