What to do when you’re struggling to lose weight
It feels like we’re all being gaslit sometimes. You’ve tried to lose weight at least 20 times by now, and most of the time you’ve lost some. It just always ends up coming back.
Now the things that used to work aren’t working anymore, and you can’t just ignore your job or your kids so weight loss can be a part-time job. But everyone is screeching on the internet about discipline or telling you that it’s just because you’re overdoing it all week and then crashing out and eating everything over the weekend, and you just don’t realize it…
But you’re not stupid. You’ve done this before.
And even if the problem were discipline or motivation, why was it never a problem before? If that changed, isn’t it possible there was a reason that’s also affecting other things about losing weight, too?
You’re not wrong.
Can I offer you some peace of mind?
For most women, short of something truly clinical going on, the problem is that the fitness industry has taught us weight loss in a really short-term way that works… right up until it stresses your body out so much that it can’t work anymore.
Think of it like getting thrown into a pool with no shallow end, walls 10 feet high around it, and no ladder.
There’s no where to learn to swim before you’re in the deep end, and no clear way out. So you manage to doggy paddle around for a while, but eventually…
Most weight loss plans do the same thing.
They throw you in the deep end right off the bat: here’s a workout plan and a calorie number to hit, no prep, no making sure your body can handle it, no making sure the calorie number is even the right one…
Then, on the other end, they give you no way out. You’re left trying to figure out if you’re just supposed to stay there treading water forever or what? You can behave like you’re trying to lose weight forever, or go back to normal and regain the weight.
There’s another way
Instead of jumping straight in to the deep end, you wade in where things are shallow. You test out how well you can swim, and then work on improving where things might be a little off so that you’re prepared to handle the deep end well.
And you build a ladder so you have a clear way out without drowning.
Stay tuned
Next week, I’ll let you in on how to check that your swimming skills are ready! 😉
In the meantime, I have a free 2-minute quiz available to help you find out how healthy your metabolism is and if you’re ready for weight loss!
In Faith + Fitness,
Amy
