Female, 5’9”, 20 lbs lost thus far, to about 164 currently; 10-15 lbs to go.
I hit that part of the weight loss where those things you might have been numbing or repressing, creep up out of the subconscious, rearing their ugly heads. I swear to God it felt like my very soul was wounded. This has been creeping up all week, but worse over the last few days. On top of it, I started having some signs of adrenal fatigue—probably from a little too much fasting, caloric deficit and coffee this week. My energy crashed and my muscles started cramping, among a few other things.
I don’t have depression, but for a day or so, I spiraled into a feeling that must be just like that. And I just couldn’t make myself do anything. I really couldn’t. Laundry piled up, dishes in the sink, not doing the bunch of things on my short term to do list—things I gotta do in the next week or so. I just wanted to sit there and watch TV. And I clearly went over my TDEE (which I figure is okay, my body seemed to need it yesterday).
For some reason, this morning, something clicked and I got moving. I was able to start laundry, dishes, and packing for a big trip I’m taking in a few weeks from now. In the course of that I discovered my size 8/10/12 clothes in the attic. I’d been meaning to get them down...but now, there they were.
So I started trying on the 10/12s. These are clothes I haven’t worn in at least two years.
Son of a gun—they all fit!
I can see exactly where on my body I still need to lose weight. Since I’d erased my “before” pictures (pro tip: DON’T do this!!) I had kinda lost track of how far I’ve come. However—now these old clothes of mine fit, and some of them look really good! And they sure didn’t three months ago.
I really needed this reminder that good things are possible. Is re-encouraged a word? Anyway, now I’m being particularly careful with logging just to make sure I’m still on track. :)
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