RANT: PATIENCE!

I’ve been a lurker of this board for a while, and a member of other weight loss boards for many years. There’s one thing that consistently makes me want to bang my head against the computer – people aren’t patient!

Please everyone. Be patient with your body. Losing a pound a week is a great, attainable, and sane goal. Stop freaking out if your weight fluctuated a bit – scales aren’t a great measure. You didn’t put the weight on within a week, you won’t lose it in a week. Find a SANE diet that works for you in the LONG RUN. Nothing gimmicky, nothing that you have to buy, nothing that paints certain foods as “bad”. Move more! Eat less! Energy balance! And be patient.

Slow and steady, my dear friends, slow and steady.

End rant :)

Amen!

This was exactly what I needed to read this afternoon. It’s so so so important! :)

Hey asyalieberman,

Here is a virtual high five! I hear ya! Lifestyle change forever is where it’s at.

-Kate

Thank you! Sometimes you have to just say it!

Thanks everyone :)

I’m with you!!!

Focus on how you feel rather than how you weigh! This has to be on e of the most frustrating things and one of the hardest things to get people to respond too. I have banned scales with anyone that I’m working with just to get them out of that mentality

thanks for bringing it up