You sweat your butt off on a treadmill, exploding those last 10 minutes to burn any residual calories you possibly can. You eat nutritiously and chug water. You're working, working, working, and coming home to a scale that barely moves.
It happens to us all.
It took you years to put this weight on. It took you thousands of hours of emotional eating, choosing junk food over the good stuff, drinking beer, and sitting in front of the TV with a piece of pizza watching, "The Biggest Loser".
It took you getting to the point where you were disgusted with yourself to finally change it. Not that you're complaining, if that's the way it had to be, then so be it. It's why you're changing your life now, so maybe it's not so bad to hit rock bottom.
If it took time for the weight to go on, then it's going to take time for it to come off.
Gimmick diets and ridiculous internet ads offer quick weight loss solutions. It's easy to go for the short, quick solution instead of the one that actually works when it seems to be taking too long.
That's a trap.
Those didn't work before, and they aren't going to work now. The road to health is one that is paved with healthy habits. These include the 5 basics...nutrition, water, sleep, exercise and balance. It includes some soul searching, identifying emotional triggers and beginning to try to understand our food addictions and how to overcome them.
Do not get discouraged because its taking time.
Find ways to motivate yourself. Concentrate on how you feel versus how slowly the scale moves. Take before and after photos so you can document your journey with photos as well as your journal. They will motivate you when its rough.
That needle will come down if you're consistent. Don't try to change by cutting out. Instead, change by adding in. As you add-in the things your body needs, old habits naturally begin to subside. It takes time. It takes consistency. It takes self-forgiveness, and sometimes it takes a therapist.
A massage doesn't hurt, either.
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