Now I know when people normally post things like this, it goes somewhere along the lines of: “No one in my family supports my diet/journey, they eat a bunch of junk food and it’s hard to stay on track, yada yada yada” But I feel like I’m the in the /opposite/ situation.
My mom, dad, brother, and I all independently decided to lose weight within a month or two of each other. For instance, I started in October of last year, and my brother followed suit a couple weeks later. Now it’s almost February and my brother has lost 40lbs and is looking/feeling awesome. He runs on the treadmill every day and never complains about being hungry or craving this or that. Meanwhile — in the same basic timeframe — I lost 22lbs, started to gain it back in December, and now am only down 10 net lbs. I’m so out of shape I can’t exercise for more than 15 minutes at a time, and I not only crave food but genuinely feel hungry when I eat at a deficit.
I’m very proud of my brother (and my parents who have been similarly successful) but at the same time, it makes me feel like shit to see them do so well when it hasn’t been as easy for me. My kitty passed away in late November, and I just completely fell off the bandwagon... Grief is apparently different for everyone — it seemed to hit me a lot harder than it did for everyone else. High calorie, cheesy, salty meals have been so comforting to me lately. (I guess that’s why they call it comfort food lol!) I’m weeks away from undoing all my progress if I don’t get back on track.
I’m going to ask my family to please stop talking about calories and weight loss with me. It depresses me more than it motivates me to hear that so-and-so lost another 2lbs this week. Maybe weight loss is something I need to do alone...
Does anyone else have any advice for when you feel like you are the only one struggling while everyone else is thriving?
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