I strongly advise my patients NOT to weigh themselves everyday. Due to fluid changes, salt intake the day before, etc., you may see the weight go up despite following a very aggressive dietary intake. Once a week, when we weigh our patients, sometimes the patient will experiecne a minimal weight loss, no weight loss and even a weight gain without any reason for this. The affected person usually gets a very defeated, frustrated look on his/her face and I try very hard to pump the person up, explain how this can happen, and implore the affected individual to NOT get frustrated.
After frustration comes the "give up"mentality and that affectively ends the person's efforts to lolse weight. Psychologically, the attitude becomes: "why even bother?" and then the efforts to become healthier cease.
As mentioned previously, each week will be its own battle and sometimes the battle will not be won. That is okay. the next week(s) will be big "wins". Do not let frustration set in!
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Showing posts with label weight loss and frustration. Show all posts
Friday, August 14, 2009
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
The "Give-Up" mentality
Along the journey to be happier and healthier (which is what weight loss brings you) sometimes we stumble a bit. The scale will show us a slight weight gain or no loss despite a week in which we try very hard. The frustration that is felt when this occurs is very deep. Sometimes, a thought creeps into our mind like: "Why even bother?"
There are great reasons why NOT to let a challenging week coerce you to stop your efforts entirely. Once again, you are choosing a path that will allow you to live longer, avoid medications, feel more energy, look younger, fit into your clothes, be able to be seen at events and not be embarrassed, etc. These are GREAT results of weight loss and you cannot let a week or two of no weight loss block your mission. Turn that frustration into resolve....resolve to increase your exercise, get rid of any saboteurs that are creeping back into your kitchen, be firm at a dinner out and say "no" to the proddings of your friends to "just taste it...it can't hurt."
Your choice to be healthier and happier is a great one. The entire picture is somewhat of a war between the instinctual part of the brain and the intellectual. Not everry weekly battle will be won, but the war is the big picture...you can ,lose some battles but still win the war
There are great reasons why NOT to let a challenging week coerce you to stop your efforts entirely. Once again, you are choosing a path that will allow you to live longer, avoid medications, feel more energy, look younger, fit into your clothes, be able to be seen at events and not be embarrassed, etc. These are GREAT results of weight loss and you cannot let a week or two of no weight loss block your mission. Turn that frustration into resolve....resolve to increase your exercise, get rid of any saboteurs that are creeping back into your kitchen, be firm at a dinner out and say "no" to the proddings of your friends to "just taste it...it can't hurt."
Your choice to be healthier and happier is a great one. The entire picture is somewhat of a war between the instinctual part of the brain and the intellectual. Not everry weekly battle will be won, but the war is the big picture...you can ,lose some battles but still win the war
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