I was tired of being fat. Rule 1 to weight loss: you REALLY need to get used to being hungry. Even if you get cheap foods, if you consume less calories than you burn, you WILL lose weight.
I had (am having?) a covid scare so I haven't exactly been able to get out very much. How do I handle it? I eat less. It's 10:13 on Saturday morning, I had a small cup of soup for dinner last night and I haven't eaten yet today.
The hardest part is to avoid boredom eating, stress eating and when you do eat, stop eating when you aren't hungry, not when you're full. It's frustrating not being completely satisfied after you eat, but I am quite satisfied with having lost almost 150 lbs since 2017.
One of the most important things to weight loss, the key mindset I had to get over to get started, was simply this: believe you CAN do it. There are a lot of "fat activist" voices in left spaces that will say things like "You'll just hurt yourself trying to lose weight" or "You're just going to gain it back" or some other defeatist talk. You need to shut that out and tell your self that you can, you will, you need to lose weight. I didn't tell myself "I want to lose this weight." I told myself "I WILL lose this weight!" The right mindset goes a long way; and the wrong mindset will get you stuck in a rut you might never get out of.
I had (am having?) a covid scare so I haven't exactly been able to get out very much. How do I handle it? I eat less. It's 10:13 on Saturday morning, I had a small cup of soup for dinner last night and I haven't eaten yet today.
The hardest part is to avoid boredom eating, stress eating and when you do eat, stop eating when you aren't hungry, not when you're full. It's frustrating not being completely satisfied after you eat, but I am quite satisfied with having lost almost 150 lbs since 2017.
One of the most important things to weight loss, the key mindset I had to get over to get started, was simply this: believe you CAN do it. There are a lot of "fat activist" voices in left spaces that will say things like "You'll just hurt yourself trying to lose weight" or "You're just going to gain it back" or some other defeatist talk. You need to shut that out and tell your self that you can, you will, you need to lose weight. I didn't tell myself "I want to lose this weight." I told myself "I WILL lose this weight!" The right mindset goes a long way; and the wrong mindset will get you stuck in a rut you might never get out of.
I live on facebook. Come see me there. http://www.facebook.com/tara.rizzatto
"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
