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This is mostly by way of a rant/vent/reminder of what I know.
I've been losing weight since early summer, I've dropped a lot of spare lard. I've done it with low carb and increased exercise, I know this works because I've done it before a fair few years ago (then I fell off the wagon and started 'intuitive eating' and put most of what I'd lost back)
Anyway, I know how to lose weight. I know how it works. I'm pretty confident in my methods. So why am I always surprised that weight doesn't drop in a nice smooth line but in small steps?
When I got on the scales this morning (I weigh every day - if I stop doing that I know I've started eating rubbish or too much generally) I'd dropped by 0.5kg after what I was feeling like was a HUGE stall and I'd never be able to lose weight again. In fact my brain was telling me that I'd gained and would have put on ALL OF THE KILOS I'D LOST!!! when I looked at the numbers.
Stupid brain. Stupid meat sack. Cybernetic bodies would be so much more practical where we could just dial in the numbers, tweak the settings and not have to do this biological, slow and steady, gradual stuff.
Oh yes - looking at my numbers since early summer I've been losing at a nice, steady, sensible rate. Convincing my brain of that, not going so well.
*wanders off muttering darkly about biology*
I've been losing weight since early summer, I've dropped a lot of spare lard. I've done it with low carb and increased exercise, I know this works because I've done it before a fair few years ago (then I fell off the wagon and started 'intuitive eating' and put most of what I'd lost back)
Anyway, I know how to lose weight. I know how it works. I'm pretty confident in my methods. So why am I always surprised that weight doesn't drop in a nice smooth line but in small steps?
When I got on the scales this morning (I weigh every day - if I stop doing that I know I've started eating rubbish or too much generally) I'd dropped by 0.5kg after what I was feeling like was a HUGE stall and I'd never be able to lose weight again. In fact my brain was telling me that I'd gained and would have put on ALL OF THE KILOS I'D LOST!!! when I looked at the numbers.
Stupid brain. Stupid meat sack. Cybernetic bodies would be so much more practical where we could just dial in the numbers, tweak the settings and not have to do this biological, slow and steady, gradual stuff.
Oh yes - looking at my numbers since early summer I've been losing at a nice, steady, sensible rate. Convincing my brain of that, not going so well.
*wanders off muttering darkly about biology*