judith55
Silver Member
I have dieted on and off for nearly 40 years since I was in my early teens and I have a real problem staying motivated past 2 months. It typically goes like this:
First week: saintly, big loss
2nd/3rd/4th weeks: smug, steady loss, "this is so easy, I'll easily reach my target",
5th week: a bad day sneaks in, only 1lb loss,
6th week: fiddling with the diet, missing meals to compensate for the fiddles, no loss.
7th week: determined to get back on track, still fiddling a bit and feeling guilty about it but trying hard. lose 1lb.
8th week: sts, looks back on last 4 wks and feels demoralized at only losing 2lb in a month, beat myself up, comfort eat, promising to start properly "tomorrow".
9th/10th week: re-run of week 8.
11th week onwards: "dieting is a social construction to make women feel bad about themselves and I will not bow to this. I'm sure if I just eat sensibly and don't obsess about it, the weight will come off naturally. I'm fed up of watching everything I eat. Who cares anyway."
I really don't want to do this again, so help me please. Tell me what you do to stick at it long term and help me crack my 10 week barrier and keep with it for the next 20 weeks. :break_diet:
First week: saintly, big loss
2nd/3rd/4th weeks: smug, steady loss, "this is so easy, I'll easily reach my target",
5th week: a bad day sneaks in, only 1lb loss,
6th week: fiddling with the diet, missing meals to compensate for the fiddles, no loss.
7th week: determined to get back on track, still fiddling a bit and feeling guilty about it but trying hard. lose 1lb.
8th week: sts, looks back on last 4 wks and feels demoralized at only losing 2lb in a month, beat myself up, comfort eat, promising to start properly "tomorrow".
9th/10th week: re-run of week 8.
11th week onwards: "dieting is a social construction to make women feel bad about themselves and I will not bow to this. I'm sure if I just eat sensibly and don't obsess about it, the weight will come off naturally. I'm fed up of watching everything I eat. Who cares anyway."
I really don't want to do this again, so help me please. Tell me what you do to stick at it long term and help me crack my 10 week barrier and keep with it for the next 20 weeks. :break_diet: