Tips for being patient?

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squirrelzzrule22
squirrelzzrule22 Posts: 640 Member
edited January 20 in Motivation and Support
Maybe this is a question with no real answer.....I am finding that my biggest discouragement is the wait for the weight if you will (love me some puns!). Basically I haaaaaate how slllooowwww the process is, and it makes me feel obsessive, like I am consumed with thoughts about what I am eating above all else. I am just so damn impatient! I am the person who will order something online and track it compulsively until it arrives at my doorsstep. I just hate waiting!! And I hate looking back and seeing that since I really recommitted myself to this in January I have only lost 11.5lbs. I have lost steadily, but still. 11.5 lbs in FOUR MONTHS. SO SO SLLLOOOOWWWWWWWWW

I'm not asking for ways to speed the process up....I know that's not really how weight loss works. What I'm asking for is ideas about how to handle this impatience....how do you not get obsessive? How do you not feel let down over how small a distance you've come in such a long time?? Its just so frustrating!!

Note- I've tried taking comparison pics, and I'm not sure if its because I haven't lost a lot or because I tend to lose and gain weight very proportionally (so no one body part will look like it is changing size) but I see NO difference. My clothes do fit much more comfortably. I haven't changed size exactly, but my clothes were way too tight before and now fit.

I'd love to get down to within a couple pounds of my goal by early August. Can I do it you think?

F, 24 y/o, 5'8" SW 174 CW 157.5 GW 138.

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  • jenndymond
    jenndymond Posts: 117 Member
    Did you take measurements? They always help me. I may not be loosing weight according to the scale but my waist, hips, chest, thighs would all show losses when the scale refused to.

    I lost 6lbs since january. And went months before that not loosing anything. After awhile I just had to tell myself that one day my body would catch up with what I was doing.

    Just keep trucking. You will get there!
  • projectbam
    projectbam Posts: 55
    Slow progress is still PROGRESS :)

    Stay determined, Stay focussed .. dont take measurements or weigh yourself or take pics and compare them too often (perhaps only do this once every month) this is probably the source of your discouragement more than anything .. and Trust in the Process :)

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