Just had a weight loss revelation

Tash128

Hey,
a little about me, So I have been on some sort of diet almost all my life. I started gaining weight around 12 when I moved from California to Toronto My moms separated so for a while I lived with one in Cali then I got into a lot of trouble well I mean as much as an 11 yr old left alone can get into lol, needless to say I was shipped back to Toronto to live with my other mother who apparently could handle me better. Rules in cali were different everything was low fat tasteless and there were no seconds (not that you would want them) Whoever my mom would reward me with food all the time it was her way to show "love". She basically had me on diet since I could eat solid because she didn't want a "Fat" daughter. So When I moved to Toronto the rules changed food was yummy and I could eat as much of it as I wanted which to me at 11 was freakin awesome...If only I could have been shown a picture of my future I think I would have made much better choices anyways it was basically the extreme in the opposite direction which wasn't much better. I gained weight steadily from then. In my mother defence I think If I had stayed in cali my eating issue would be much worse I would have probably become behlemic or something. living in Toronto I became addicted to food, the better of two evils in my opinion both will kill you eventually thou.

Anyways my revaluation, I have been on so many different diets you name it I have probably tried it, Weight watchers, Jenny, HCG LA weight loss, the list goes on. On all these diets they promise fast weight loss. I mean other then Weight watchers which is basically just another way of counting calories they all promise weight loss with no exercise and little change to your diet. I was always losing around .5 to 1 pound a day having great success for about 2 months then I would fall of the wagon and gain it all back. I will say the only "diet" I had real success on is Atkins I lost 60 pounds but really I don't want to be restricted from anything. I love bread and sugar lol. So this time around I want to lose weight the proper way the sustainable way a way that really isn't a diet just plan old healthy eating and exercise. I have always been a weight yourself everyday kinda person and yesterday I weighed and lost noting and again today nothing it was very discouraging kinda brought me down and made me not want to try today. but then I thought about it, how many calories do you need to burn to lose a pound 3500, I didn't burn that many yesterday so obviously I wouldn't have lost a pound. It was light a light came on 3500 calories is 1 pound if you don't burn that you won't lose weight so why in the world would the scale move? I'm not going to lose a pound a day (which is good) I'm not upset that the scale didn't move it's just logic.Now to change how I thin about the scale all together!! It will take time but I will no longer be a slave to the numbers on the scale!!
Sorry for the long post I just had to get my revelation out maybe it will help someone else relies that not losing everyday makes sense logically, it may make it easier to not step on the scale everyday or if you must you won't be discouraged when it doesn't move for a couple of days. Also I relies I must move more!! Aiming for at least a 3 to 4 pound loss every week I have a 150 to lose and I don't want it to take 4 years so I have to push harder!!

Keep BURNING it baby!!!!!!!