Is it irrational...

Blakelynn3

To be frustrated that I'm losing one pound a week? Consistently, I am losing one pound a week. I know that that is good. Lose too much, too fast it's less likely to stay gone. Go slower so your skin has time to adjust and you don't end up with a bunch of excess skin. Right? I guess. But I just figured that in the beginning I'd lose a nice chunk of weight pretty quickly. And in the Success Stories thread, it seems like a lot of those people lost a significant amount of weight in under a year. If my rate of loss continues at this pace, it's going to take 88 weeks to get to my goal. Not counting any plateaus along the way. That is forever away. I know that every pound that I lose is a victory and a healthier me. And a longer life. But I just guess I'm getting frustrated when I think of the longterm, far reaching goal. I also feel like a jerk for complaining about my one pound a week loss when there are plenty who would gladly welcome that. I dunno. Pity party over.

ecka723

It's not irrational at all. If it is upsetting you, then it's not irrational in the slightest. I know how frustrating it all can be!

That being said, congrats on the 1 lb/week! I understand how you feel, I have a ton of weight to lose (like seriously, 200+ lbs), and I find it's been more helpful if I set myself a smaller goal. Currently, my goal is 5% of my body weight. I also make it a habit to set the ticker on my page to my current goal. It helps me feel like I'm actually accomplishing something, and not thinking about how long it will take. I try to focus on how I'm feeling eating healthy foods and keeping my body strong. I focus more on what's going on internally than externally.

I hope this helps, best of luck!

antitek

Your frustration must be making you crazy. When they've got 100+ to loose, that first 10-15 lbs can drop like nothing for many people. The only thing I can suggest is change your focus away from what you weigh. Whip out the tape measure and slide the scale under your bed for a couple of months. If you are working out, those muscles are getting heavier and denser.

deprek

I feel the same way some days. And while I find the success stories motivational and inspiring at times I also read those stories and think they've lost more per week than I have or they met their 100+ goal in about a year and at the rate I'm losing that's just not going to happen for me.

On the other hand, though, when I check in a year from now and I weigh what I hope is 50 pounds down, that will be a victory and that will feel good. And then I'll spend the next year trying to get the other 50 off. But once I get this weight off, I want it to stay off...so if losing at a slower pace gives my body time to adjust and gives me the power to maintain that weight loss then I'm willing to put in that time. Some days I look at other people's tickers and think gosh I want to be the person who has already lost 70 pounds. But I'm not, I have not put in my time yet. I didn't work as hard as they have already and one day I hope someone just starting out envy's my ticker too!