I remember looking in the mirror last April before I headed to the gym and thinking, Damn. Look at my butt. It’s AWESOME! When I stretched out in bed I could feel my hip bones. My thighs were still jiggly but I could feel firm muscles underneath. Shortly afterwards I gained back twenty pounds during what I affectionately refer to as The 2009 Summer/Fall of Doom. Good-bye adorable bubble butt. So long hip bones and quasi-toned thighs…
That’s what I think about now when I don’t want to go to the gym. What a difference those twenty pounds made. And for now that’s all I’m thinking about as a goal. Losing those damn twenty pounds. I will still be fat when I hit that goal (290) but I don’t care. Do you hear me, Internet? I DO NOT CARE. I refuse to worry about what lies beyond those twenty pounds. Obsessing over more than a hundred pounds is overwhelming and counterproductive. I’ve never lost a hundred pounds before so I automatically convince myself I can’t do it. But I know I can lose twenty, and twenty more after that, and if that’s what it takes for me to keep making progress then so be it.
One small chunk of weight loss? Piece of cake.
Instead of thinking “One day at a time” I think “One pound at a time”…then I don’t freak out at the thought of losing over 100lbs! Keep up the great attitude!
that’s totally the best way to think about it! Like you, I’ve never lost 100 pounds so everytime I’ve tried to lose weight… that seems like such a daunting task. But I have lost 20 pounds before and honestly looking back, it wasn’t that hard. It required me not to be a lazy butt, but it wasn’t hard.
You can do it! Twenty pounds- gone.
Girl, I haven’t even set a goal weight. That’s just too overwhelming. My current goal? The half-marathons.
And a lot of days? I focus on TODAY. Following the food plan. Doing what my training schedule says. I need -and celebrate – every focused decision.
Focus on the first 20, then you’ll have the momentum you need to keep right on going!
Very good way to think of it. I’m now out of the territory of anything I’ve lost before (over 55 pounds) so I’m looking at it 5 pounds at a time…
Keep it up
I lost 80 pounds 1.5 years ago. When I started, I didn’t think about the 80 pounds, I just thought about five pounds at a time. You CAN do this!
Cute pun at the end:) And I had my own Summer/Fall of Doom. Love that it now has a name. I has been referring to it as my slippery slope.
I think you approach to a chunk at a time is great!
I think making small goals is the best thing you can do for weight loss. Any loss is a victory! I try to remember that it takes 35oo calories to burn 1 pound of fat…so that makes 1 lb seem amzaing in and of itself. I also think taking it week to week is a good idea. I joined Weight Watchers in 2009 and have lost a total of 68 lbs. I’m now 5 lbs from my goal weight. This is the smallest I’ve ever been in my life! If I can do it, anyone can! I know you can do it!
I am a new to your blog, but that is JUST what I needed to here…
-Katie~Jo
ps…I had a faux hawk last year…totally the awesomest haircut I ever had!
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That’s a great way to think about it and I LOVE that you could find things awesome about yourself at 290. My next goal is 214. I remember being hot at 214… some people might think that is crazy, but it’s true!! It’s so much more about how you see yourself than the number on the scale!
I’ve been on a weightloss journey since 2006. I’ve been able to maintain through 2 babies and since my husband and I mindfully changed our eating habits and making our workout a priority over the other things, I’ve lost 9.5 pounds. It’s a day by day struggle to eat right, to exercise, but seeing a pound or 2 a week or even in a month keeps me moving forward! Don’t get discouraged – I have a goal weight too, but I have about 50 pounds yet to get there. Small goals are the way to go, even something other than weightloss. Chin up, my dear! We’re in this together.
Rock on, FB. Nothing else to say here, just: go you! This is a great outlook.
You’re amazing! When I lost my 100 lbs., I had NO idea if that was realistic. I took it as a it came- your mentality is awesome- keep it up!
I have a moment like that too it keeps me motivated…I was at a Goodwill looking for my latest “creative project” & I walked by a full length mirror, and since I usually cringe walking by, I didnt bother looking, BUT then out of the corner of my eye I saw myself and I went back! and I was all hey how you doin’?! lol Great moment!