Hey congratulations on the milestone, I'm so impressed by you. I wish I could keep the same level of motivation as you, and keep on with my weightloss but it's just not happening. It will, but not right now! I need to find that motivating factor like you have. Scary thing sometimes, getting to the goal - especially such a big and longterm thing for you.
Thanks, and thanks for the acknowledgement of the difficult side of success.
Motivation is massive. Without motivation, success is... non-existent I think. I am fortunate to have such a big motivating factor. Things like 'I want to lose weight for health' are not generally motivating enough. I think it's the lack of specificity, and often the lack of urgency.
You could try writing a list of all the positive things losing weight could bring you, and maybe a corresponding list of the things staying the weight you are brings you (positive and negative maybe?) Just an idea. So much of this stuff is psychological.
Congratulations. You're doing a lot better than I am, that's for sure.
I want to get to where my chest is practically nonexistent before surgery. I collect pictures of female body builders to be my inspiration. They lift for a while and their tits disappear...so I'm hoping the same goes for me. I know they've atrophied quite a bit.
I started out as a 42 E/DD. (Before weight gain I was something like a 36D.) Now I have pendulous partially empty things hanging from my chest. They were never pert, but 2 yrs breastfeeding + weight gain + weightloss + testosterone = long tits. Sexy (sarcasm). I've been on testosterone for 2 years now.
'I'm sure the little over eating you did was fine'...
It was fine in terms of calories, but not in terms of behaviour. I don't give myself a hard time about it, but I need to be open and honest about it. If I'm not open about it, that leads to secret eating which is *never* good.
Diets are incredibly difficult to stick to. Mine is so flexible (as is my approach) which means I can stick to it better.
I will stop losing weight, but I won't stop being strict about my eating. I'll be on a maintenance diet at some point, which I am anticipating will be more difficult that the losing weight diet. I don't want to be 'thin', nor do I want the sort of six packs that male fitness models have (achieved through steroid abuse and dehydration). I *do* want my body to be a finely tuned machine that works well though, and I am certainly well on my way to that goal.
It's great that my maintenance diet is very similar to my weight-loss diet, so the transition from one to the other (and potentially back again) is easy. I'll add one or two extra portions of things like olive oil, nuts, hummus, meat, wholemeal bread. Simple!
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Well done!
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Motivation is massive. Without motivation, success is... non-existent I think. I am fortunate to have such a big motivating factor. Things like 'I want to lose weight for health' are not generally motivating enough. I think it's the lack of specificity, and often the lack of urgency.
You could try writing a list of all the positive things losing weight could bring you, and maybe a corresponding list of the things staying the weight you are brings you (positive and negative maybe?) Just an idea. So much of this stuff is psychological.
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I want to get to where my chest is practically nonexistent before surgery. I collect pictures of female body builders to be my inspiration. They lift for a while and their tits disappear...so I'm hoping the same goes for me. I know they've atrophied quite a bit.
Are you on T/How long?
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i wish i could stick to a diet i really want to but i lack will power and i feel lame for it.
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It was fine in terms of calories, but not in terms of behaviour. I don't give myself a hard time about it, but I need to be open and honest about it. If I'm not open about it, that leads to secret eating which is *never* good.
Diets are incredibly difficult to stick to. Mine is so flexible (as is my approach) which means I can stick to it better.
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I will stop losing weight, but I won't stop being strict about my eating. I'll be on a maintenance diet at some point, which I am anticipating will be more difficult that the losing weight diet. I don't want to be 'thin', nor do I want the sort of six packs that male fitness models have (achieved through steroid abuse and dehydration). I *do* want my body to be a finely tuned machine that works well though, and I am certainly well on my way to that goal.
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