Hello you lovely people! (and please let me know if this doesn't go here!)
TL;DR: Are there ways of helping my head to catch up with the fact that I've lost the weight I have lost, or do I just have to keep on dealing with it and hope for the best?
Partially thanks to lurking in this sub for motivation, I've managed to achieve one of my major goals (although there's still a slight way to go for my actual goal weight), and have evenly slid down until I finally slid under 25 at the BMI scale. I did mainly CICO and some light exercise (the Nike Training Club app is now fully free and with an amazing range of workouts!!) over about 1.5 years (winter 2019-2020 was harsh and I gained some 5-10kg, so it was a bit of a setback).
Now, a brief statement here: I know BMI scale isn't an absolute truth and hitting the "normal weight" doesn't magically change things for the better. I also objectively know I've lost a lot of weight. HOWEVER.
I don't really feel like anything has changed. Looking back at pictures I can definitely tell the change, I can see my collarbones, all my pants are too big for me, and of course the scale tells its story that I cannot really refute. However, just like I didn't realise I had gained a lot of weight (and didn't see myself fat, maybe a bit overweight but honestly not that much, I've always had big thighs after all), I'm struggling with actually realising I've now lost most of that weight.
My mental image (even when looking into the mirror) is still similar to what it was. I keep estimating my clothing size wrong, I keep looking at my thighs seeing absolutely no difference and feeling discouraged, I try to "squeeze" through spaces where I actually can fit through with no issue whatsoever, all of those funny things. My body shape hasn't changed drastically (still a pear, just lost most of my boobs I guess and I'd imagine slimmed down in general everywhere) so there's no great "a-ha!" moment there either.
I remember reading about other people having similar issues in the past, so I think it's not that abnormal for the brain to take forever to catch up, but my question is more "are there ways to help my brain to catch up"?
And I know this sounds a proper "first world problem" or maybe humblebragging, and I hesitated with making this post, but my fear is that it'll affect finding that "okay, I've reached my goal, now I just maintain it here and go on with my life" moment and I will just want to keep going "until I really see the difference".
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source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/ju1hh3/finally_hit_normal_weight_in_bmi_scale_so_why_do/
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