my analogy of weight loss vs a spending issue.

Funny way my mind works. I can make the analogy about how when you have a spending problem the only way someone can know you have this problem is to see your checking account. I could not pay my mortgage, credit cards and car payment and over a few months I could brag about having saved thousands of dollars. Eventually my house would be foreclosed, my credit cars froze and my car reposed. My weight problem shows I have a unhealthy relationship with food. THE FAT IS A SYMPTOM of my eating issues. 90% of this battle is in my mind. It's not about willpower, it's about making life long changes that I can do FOR LIFE, sustainability. When my mind set changed the weight did come off. It's still an issue of biology and I learned not to use the scale as my sole source of how well I was doing. I celebrated every day I stayed on point for my program. When I have stalled I can look at my program and subjectively assess what has changed. Make small changes and wait and reassess. The emotional mindset of "didn't lose any weight this week, month, I'm a loser" vanished. I also gave up the idea that I needed to lose weight FAST. I've been obese my whole life, so why the heck would I NEED to lose it so quick? It's our "do it quick" modern instant gratification. There is no magic pill but I can tell you that I have maintained my current weight of 220 for over 1 year after taking 2 years to lose it.

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