So I feel like I'm just being really dumb about this (or maybe I'm actually not) but, basically, over the past few days I've been really getting the urge to work out (I've done almost all my loss through diet alone). I feel like I have excess energy and renewed motivation, and I did it a couple of times over the holiday and it felt great, which should be a good thing, right?
But the problem is that I'd really like to lose ~4 more pounds before a wedding that I'm in at the end of the month, and I'm a little paranoid that if I start exercising again for the first time in months, it'll cause me to hold onto water weight and plateau for the next few weeks, which would basically self-sabotage my goal. Obviously, adding in exercise can only be a good thing in the long term, and it would actually help me lose real weight, but I've been allowing myself to be a little vain and focus on the short term and I just really want to look pretty and not-bloated in that bridesmaid dress, dammit!
So I've developed this pattern where I'll consider working out and kind of want to and almost do it, but then remember that the wedding is only three and a half weeks away so if I make myself plateau now I'll be screwed and I shouldn't mess with what's working, and then I end up not doing it and telling myself I'll start working out as soon as the wedding's over.
Somebody slap some sense into me? Am I being ridiculous or is this a legitimate concern? Has anybody else done this to themselves?
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source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/e68q11/convincing_myself_not_to_exercise_can_somebody/
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