Patience

npancakes73
npancakes73 Posts: 2 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I have no patience for losing weight. One week I’m dedicated, then when I don’t see large results, I give up. Any tips on how to be patient ? What are some realistic goals . I’m trying to lose 5-15 pounds soon. I got lots of fat on my stomach and thick legs

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  • Wendyanneroberts
    Wendyanneroberts Posts: 270 Member
    seska422 wrote: »
    Don't tie your success to something you can't directly control. Set goals like "I'll eat about 1500 calories today" rather than "I'll lose X pounds in Y weeks." If you do what you need to do, the results will come.

    Weight loss is a general trend over time, not a daily, or even weekly, cause-effect. Concentrate on the now, rather than on the future.

    Time will pass whether you lose the weight or not. Losing an average of 0.25 pounds per week with get you there faster than going all-out and giving up.

    I completely agree and glad I listened to a similar message when I joined MFP (2nd time). As using these forums this time I learnt so much.

    I averaged 0.5lb a week but time passed. It added up to 50lb total weight loss. Now a healthy weight and actually maintaining for 2 years. As finding the calorie intake for me & my lifestyle worked. Coming up to 1,000 days of logging and know I'm still on track.
  • jawojo2017
    jawojo2017 Posts: 5 Member
    I agree with Seska422 in that "Weight loss is a general trend over time, not a daily, or even weekly, cause-effect. Concentrate on the now, rather than on the future".
    Somethings that I found that enabled me to lose weight and keep it off were:
    1. Understand you have to evole yourself. What worked for you in your 20's probably isn't going to work in your 30's and so on. Realize that you are going to need to evole yourself to get your body where you want it.
    2. Find a diet that works with your body. For me I focus on gut health and created sort of a hybred between Palo and Pearlmutter's. For years I did low fat, high protein and didn't mind the carbs. Doing this I would lose weight and gain muscle (this worked in my 20's and even 30"s) but when I hit my 40's as soon as I stopped doing extended excersize my body would just start adding weight. So I had evolve. I tried a few different things until I found what reallly worked for me.
    3. Focus on your overall body not just weight control (concentrate on the now). By this I mean if you might not at first notice a lot of weight loss but notice how your energy level has increased, certain aches and pains not being there anymore or just your general mindframe being in a better place. Once you notice that you might not be losing weight as fast as you wanted but you overall feel better it makes it easy to keep on going or keep your patience.
    4. Know you're human and will slip up or hit a wall from time to time. The key is cut yourself some slack and get back on to it the next day.
    Well I hope some of these suggestions help and good luck!
  • Wendyanneroberts
    Wendyanneroberts Posts: 270 Member
    If you only have 5lb to 15lb to lose, you should be aiming for 0.5lb to 1lb a week weight loss, to be healthy. If you can adjust your expectations you will find the process easier.

    Remember weight loss is not linear but an average over a period of weeks/months. Find a way of eating you enjoy and stick to a reasonable calorie target will help.
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