I started reading this sub a lot recently and not only has it been a huge inspiration to me, it's also completely shifted my mindset around weightloss in a way that I think will finally make it possible to lose the extra pounds I've been trying to lose for decades.
I've been teetering on the edge of healthy BMI and overweight BMI my whole adult life. So I don't have a ton of weight to lose but I've never been happy with my body because my frame is on the smaller side and I don't like the extra chub in my arms and thighs. I know this is peanuts compared to the incredible weightloss journeys some of the folks in the sub have gone through and I'm so inspired by the people that have lost 100+ lbs! I'm sitting over here thinking, I only want to lose 20 lbs, I can do this!!
Not only that but I love the general attitude about weightloss on this sub. It's just CICO. It's not rocket science. You don't need to do keto, you don't need to do intermittent fasting, you don't even need to exercise, all you need to do is track your calories out, and track your calories in (with a scale!) and that's it.
I used to think weightloss was kind of mysterious. Like if I just ate keto I would lose weight. Or if I stopped drinking alcohol or eating sugar I would lose weight. Or if I got into mountain biking I would lose weight. Sometimes it would actually work and I would lose a couple pounds! But I would always gain it back because it wasn't sustainable or I didn't really get how it happened in the first place.
Most of all, I used to try to motivate myself by fanning the flames of self-disgust and self-hate. I thought, if I could just get to a point where I hate my body so much that I'll stop eating so much, that will be the trick!
But now I see the trick is just CICO. I've been tracking religiously for three weeks and I'm realizing, "hey if I want to eat out at this restaurant tonight I need to run for an hour beforehand", or "wow sugar has a TON of calories in it and sugary things are NOT satisfying, if I eat this cookie I'll be starving later and won't have any calories left so I'll just skip it". I'm making a lot of classic "diet" choices but they are just coming naturally from the constraints of CICO and I don't feel deprived, it's all just rational, like balancing a budget.
The best part is that I feel like I have a way more positive attitude about it this time. In fact, I feel like I'm doing this now because I love my body and I want to do right by it. My arms and thighs have been faithfully doing my bidding my whole life, they never did anything wrong and they don't deserve all that hate.
Anyways, thanks for reading and I'm curious to hear about how your mindset has shifted around weightloss!
[link] [comments]
from loseit - Lose the Fat https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/1cpbchr/thanks_for_the_attitude_adjustment_loseit/
Comments
Post a Comment