Am I making decent progress?

xxzenabxx · August 2018

So I've been on and off my diet since January, including a month holiday abroad in March, three huge weddings and I've lost 12lbs. Started off at 159lbs now I'm 147lbs. Goal weight is 129lbs. Is this too slow or am I right on track? Obviously if I didn't have all those obstacles I'm sure I would have made more progress but I also have PCOS. I've been 100% consistent with logging since April which is good. I'm gonna have to stay on my deficit for 8 more months till I reach my goal weight. Seems so far away...

snickerscharlie · August 2018

xxzenabxx wrote: »

So I've been on and off my diet since January, including a month holiday abroad in March, three huge weddings and I've lost 12lbs. Started off at 159lbs now I'm 147lbs. Goal weight is 129lbs. Is this too slow or am I right on track? Obviously if I didn't have all those obstacles I'm sure I would have made more progress but I also have PCOS. I've been 100% consistent with logging since April which is good. I'm gonna have to stay on my deficit for 8 more months till I reach my goal weight. Seems so far away...

Just take it one month at a time.

It's much better for it to take 8 months and be successful, than try to speed it up and then end up bingeing and giving up.

This is a marathon and not a sprint.

kgeyser · August 2018

If we flipped this, and you said you gained 12 lbs since January, would you consider that a big deal?

You have/had some obstacles but you're still showing downward progress. You should be proud of what you've accomplished, don't worry about whether or not it's faster or slower than someone else or what your weight loss would be if all conditions were perfect.

You're never going to have perfect conditions, the fact that you still managed to lose with all this other stuff going on is a sign that you'll be able to keep going and manage your weight once you have hit goal.

kommodevaran · August 2018

Your weightloss has been in accordance with your calorie deficit. I would try to avoid subjective judgements and instead look at the data - is your loss as expected? Does input match output? - and definitely avoid "if only"s. Would you rather live a life without holidays and celebrations?

DoubleUbea · August 2018

kgeyser wrote: »

If we flipped this, and you said you gained 12 lbs since January, would you consider that a big deal?

There is the quote of the week.

xxzenabxx · August 2018

Yeah I guess it's more of a mental thing. It's hard for me to be a on a deficit for so long

But I guess it's better to be slow then binge later on.

CarvedTones · August 2018

All progress is decent.

peggym4640 · August 2018

You lost weight and maintained it while living life. That seems like progress worth celebrating. Keep going if you have more to lose.

pinuplove · August 2018

Who gets to say what is too slow? Maybe you'd be happier cycling calories, with a slightly deeper deficit for a few weeks followed by some time eating at maintenance to refresh yourself mentally, if the thought of going on so long is discouraging you. You're within 20 pounds of goal, though, so it's going to be slow.

As far as I'm concerned, any month I lose weight (even if it's just a pound) was successful in inching me closer to my goal. And realize also that how you get to eat at maintenance isn't going to be all that different from how you've eaten to lose 12 pounds in 8 months. A few calories a day, really.

AnnPT77 · August 2018

There is no "too slow", with perhaps the exception of morbidly obese people who need to lose quickly under close medical supervision for health reasons.

You're doing fine.

elsie6hickman · August 2018

Look on the bright side - you are losing, not gaining. The trick you could learn is how to go about the fun things in life and not throw the diet out the window. Even if you don't meet your target every day, maybe on the days between you could really cut back. One trick I find helpful when confronted with foods that tempt me is to tell myself that it is not my last meal and there will be other times when I can eat it. I know it sounds silly, but it works for me.

pinuplove · August 2018

I'm out of edit time, but make that 12 pounds in 7 months. August is far too young to count

shaf238 · August 2018

Progress is progress

RetiredAndLovingIt · August 2018

I track my weight on Trend weight. I have been kinda on & off for a long time..similar..vacation, grandkids here, etc. I only have about 10 pounds to my goal (which really isn't even that low) & Trend Weight tells me at the rate I am going, it will take me until 2020!! Now that is slow!!

xxzenabxx · August 2018

RetiredAndLovingIt wrote: »

I track my weight on Trend weight. I have been kinda on & off for a long time..similar..vacation, grandkids here, etc. I only have about 10 pounds to my goal (which really isn't even that low) & Trend Weight tells me at the rate I am going, it will take me until 2020!! Now that is slow!!

Wow you’re super patient! Kudos to you

xxzenabxx · August 2018

pinuplove wrote: »

I'm out of edit time, but make that 12 pounds in 7 months. August is far too young to count

Yeah never thought of it like that

xxzenabxx · August 2018

Thanks for the encouragement guys!

JoeCWV · August 2018

xxzenabxx wrote: »

So I've been on and off my diet since January, including a month holiday abroad in March, three huge weddings and I've lost 12lbs. Started off at 159lbs now I'm 147lbs. Goal weight is 129lbs. Is this too slow or am I right on track? Obviously if I didn't have all those obstacles I'm sure I would have made more progress but I also have PCOS. I've been 100% consistent with logging since April which is good. I'm gonna have to stay on my deficit for 8 more months till I reach my goal weight. Seems so far away...

You've lost 12 pounds. That's a win. Remember you did not gain your weight quickly, so losing quickly is irrelevant. What is relevant is you are heading in the right direction. Keep on keeping on.

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