This topic is close to home. I spend year feeling stuck as I kept doing too much followed by too little. I wake up every morning with new bright idea about how to make my life harder. Instead of looking at the weight loss and the scale going down and celebrate it, I look at how many steps I am doing and comparing myself to others or to how was I before I got sick few years ago. I think should I just tweak this, or that and do 1000 steps a day more but at the moment what I am doing is working so why change?
I have two options. Face my morning do more, eat less drive or face urges to overeat at night. The thing is after feeling stuck for year, last 9 mornings it has been easier to say – no, we are not doing more or eating less. We are sticking to the plan, it’s about the results and the sustainability not about figuring out perfect plan. The scale is going down, I feel good, I don’t need to mess with things that are working. I tried pushing too hard too soon last year so many times and we didn’t get anywhere with that approach
And if I stick to my current plan, I feel good in the evening. Not too tired (tiredness is trigger for me to crave excess snacking) not hungry, no urge to raid the fridge. My will power is stronger in the morning, so I just need to talk myself out of doing too much early in the day
I am getting better at it. They say all or nothing usually end up being nothing. To help myself I said no more diet books or podcasts this year, I am going to listen to comedy podcasts on my walks. Also once I come up with plan, witch I did last month – I will only let myself change it if I lose less than pound a week on average for 3 weeks (to cater for monthly fluctuations). Not before that. Xhanges will be driven by results not by drive to do things perfectly or like someone else
Without a doubt at some point it will be wise to add few more steps and cut few more calories but not before the current plan stops working