Getting Very Detailed And Specific - A Little More
Explanation
Going back to the idea of losing 2lbs. every week, if you started your program on January 1st, by January 8th you would have lost 2 pounds and your new weight would be 218 pounds.
By January the 15th you should weigh 216 pounds.
January the 22nd your weight will now be 214 pounds.
January the 29th you will now weigh 212 pounds.
See what I mean? It’s more realistic to break your overall goal into achievable little bite sizes so that you can see your progress and where you are headed. You appreciate that these little mini achievements add up to your overall goal.
When you approach your weight loss from this perspective it makes it “doable” and removes the pressure from having to lose 100 pounds now, like most of those fad diets would have you believe. You set yourself up for failure when you see you’ve only lost 2 pounds in your first week because you have that huge monumental goal in mind. You feel defeated because you lost sight of the fact that significant weight loss is just a collection of little weight loss successes that form the overall bigger picture.
Knowing that massive success with weight loss comes in little steps you will know and appreciate each pound you lose.
If you half kill yourself with punishing calorie restriction and excess exercise and find yourself losing over 5 pounds per week, just remember that most of that weight will be water and some
desperately needed lean muscle tissue. That means that most of the weight will return quickly, almost overnight. So stick with a realistic, healthy, permanent 1 to 2 pounds per week weight loss.
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