I really didn’t want to diet again. Honestly, just thinking about trying to lose weight was daunting. I didn’t have the drive I had previously had after the first two babies. A lot of that was due to being overwhelmed from having 2 kids and a new baby. My second kid was in the throes of the terrible twos, and I was exhausted. I’m sure you understand.
I have been overweight most of my life. In my head, if I had to nail down the date where I realized I was bigger, it was in 2nd grade. Now I don’t want to depict your traditional heavy kid childhood image…honestly, there was nothing scarring about me being overweight.
A lot has changed since I wrote my WW update 4 weeks ago. I have finally had progress, but the most important progress has been in my relationship with food. How did I get to that point? A lot of books and articles.
Losing weight is such a mental game. According to Brain Powered Weight Loss, one of the problems people have with succeeding on a diet is black and white thinking. WW helps me break that thinking pattern by seeing how the food I eat day to day all works together towards weight loss and proper nutrition. I can see and understand how one bad meal or day isn’t going to ruin my week.
Sometimes Losing weight can be hard. Just because you joined WW doesn’t mean you will have success. Evaluate your weeks leading up to your weight gain or plateau and learn from it.
