signalsStopping Short of a Healthy Weight Loss
March 23rd 2007 22:03
I've been wondering about something lately. Why is it that when some people who are overweight start losing weight, they make a goal like "I would be happy fitting in a size 12 (14, 16, etc)"? Sure, it's smaller than where they were - but is it really the healthiest they could be?
I experienced this the last time I tried to lose weight (on a low fat diet). I reached a weight that I felt was "adequate" and got lazy and just stopped losing. I wasn't as healthy as I might have been if I had reached my weight loss goal. Now I am doing low-carb, have lost 10 lbs and don't plan to stop until I reach my ultimate goal (115 lbs at 5'5").
I used to mentally put people down when I heard things like that. I'd think "Sure, go ahead and just settle for a 12...kinda makes all the work you did pointless!''
But now I am really trying to understand it and I wonder if it has to do with being comfortable. I was at 130 the last time I stopped, and I was feeling pretty good - I was in a size 6 (I'm a 4 now) and my tummy had gotten flatter. I could even see myself wearing a bikini in the summer. Basically, I just stopped caring that I had more weight to lose from my tiny frame. And since I wasn't careful, that weight crept right back on...leaving me where I had first started.
I'm not going to settle this time, and I don't feel that anyone else should have to do that, either.
Why not look great in a bathing suit? Why not have the energy to run and walk and play with your kids? Is it really worth it if you stop midway?
Just some things to think about...
Claire S.
I experienced this the last time I tried to lose weight (on a low fat diet). I reached a weight that I felt was "adequate" and got lazy and just stopped losing. I wasn't as healthy as I might have been if I had reached my weight loss goal. Now I am doing low-carb, have lost 10 lbs and don't plan to stop until I reach my ultimate goal (115 lbs at 5'5").
But now I am really trying to understand it and I wonder if it has to do with being comfortable. I was at 130 the last time I stopped, and I was feeling pretty good - I was in a size 6 (I'm a 4 now) and my tummy had gotten flatter. I could even see myself wearing a bikini in the summer. Basically, I just stopped caring that I had more weight to lose from my tiny frame. And since I wasn't careful, that weight crept right back on...leaving me where I had first started.
I'm not going to settle this time, and I don't feel that anyone else should have to do that, either.
Why not look great in a bathing suit? Why not have the energy to run and walk and play with your kids? Is it really worth it if you stop midway?
Just some things to think about...
Claire S.
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