My first two months on Jenny Craig, I dropped 15 pounds. For the last month or two, I have dropped two pants sizes (maybe more now, my size 20s are getting big on me), but the weight keeps fluctuating a pound or two (up and down) around that 15 pound mark. This baffled me. It made absolutely no sense....until yesterday. I have found not only an incredible support system, but some great friends at my kickboxing gym. I was talking to one of my coaches yesterday about my frustration with dropping inches, but not weight.
He clarified for me that I had already dropped the weight and my body was now adjusting to it. The skin is pulling itself back in, which is causing the drop in inches. Once it adjusts, more pounds will drop off, and then another plateau will happen so the skin can adjust. That’s why when people lose weight the natural way they don’t have to deal with all of the excess skin. Your body naturally acclimates itself when you let things happen naturally.
It is very important not to beat yourself up or give up on yourself. Focus on feeling better and learning to live a healthier lifestyle. I deny myself nothing. If I want chocolate, I will have chocolate, just not an entire bag. Remember that it is a process. Don’t be so hard on yourself. The point is to be happy. Learn to love yourself as you are. Then you will begin to treat yourself as you would anyone you love. You’ll take care of yourself, spoil yourself, forgive yourself, and realize how beautifully you deserve to be treated.
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