Day 3 & 4 : It Gets Easier!

After years of either losing weight or maintaining, I've come to realize eating healthy and working out always gets easier the longer you do it. I've been on track for a little over a week and it was REALLY tough at first, but every day I've found myself having to fight urges less and actually being excited to work out.

I think the hardest part of weight loss is the patience and consistency that it takes. I lost 90 pounds and it was really hard sometimes because I would hit plateaus for awhile, and I would feel so impatient about reaching my ultimate goal that I wanted to just give up and go back to the way things were. Luckily, I was very determined and pushed through. It always took refreshing my routine, new meal tricks like carb cycling, or a new work out routine. This time I am determined to be patient and consistent even if the scale doesn't cooperate for a week or so.

I also wanted to comment on the picture I attaced to this blog. One of the reasons I really love DietBet is because I'm not competing against anyone but myself. I feel like it creates a more positive, supportive environment. I just want to get my original money back and lose weight, I don't necessarily want to beat everyone else's weight loss numbers. I think The Biggest Loser should do something similar. I think everyone should be able to make it to the end and keep working out with trainers. I would love to see everyone on the show get to their goal weight, whether or not they win the big prize!

I hope everyone has a healthy, active, productive weekend! Keep working hard and don't let the weekend get you off track!

angellove185

03/20/2015 8:57AM

I've been overweight my entire life and have no idea what my ideal weight "should be" other than arbitrary BMI numbers. When I try to visualize a goal weight, the best I can do is think of a clothing size that will allow me to buy an outfit from almost any store. Right now I'm thinking a size 12, but who knows. Just gotta wait and see where trusting the process will take me.

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Mandy H.

I would definitely focus on living a healthy lifestyle in general and the rest will follow! Find eating habits that you can maintain for the rest of your life, not just a diet! Also try to figure out workouts that you love and you can keep up with a couple times a week forever!

Elizabeth H.

BMI is very misleading. It was never intending to give information on fitness. Have you heard of Go Kaleo? It's a blog about fitness and not fat shaming or gimmicks. I ran into it on Facebook a few months back and reading some of her posts really helped me feel better about me and sort out body standards and such. Let me see if I can put in a link.... https://gokaleo.com/?s=ideal+weight&submit=SearchWell, the link didn't work quite right, but maybe copy and paste will work, or just search for it. :-) Good luck and Happy first day of Spring!

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