The Gain of Trying to Lose

This is an update on the first week of my diet.

I am not losing pounds, but I feel like I’ve dropped a couple centimeters considering that my pants are beginning to button again. I know that it’s not much, but it’s the first week. I feel like it’s a real accomplishment.

It has been really hard though. I never realized how much I actually eat throughout my normal routine, and my body is very confused. I usually eat late at night, so now I’m getting these hunger pains. They aren’t that bad, but sometimes they wake me up. Drinking water is helping a lot with the hunger. If my stomach starts getting angry, I just chug some water, and it shuts up. I cannot call out to many cons at the moment. The first week actually went pretty well.

I will tell you a pro that I am really enjoying though. I have so much energy. I have gone from being so tired I cannot stay awake anywhere to being fully aware and awake. I’m so energetic that it kind of keeps me up at night, but it’s okay because I’m still bright-eyed and bushy-tailed after I wash the sleep off.

I wake up, fix my coffee, eat my yogurt, get ready, and go down stairs to eat breakfast. I am very grateful that the breakfasts here are a decent size. I honestly don’t think I could handle eating so little for lunch if I didn’t have a good breakfast, and dinner is a godsend. I am appreciating the concept of dinner more and more. It’s not because I’m starving, but it’s more because I’m actually hungry. Usually, I’m never actually hungry. I just eat when I see food. Now, my body actually wants it, and that makes the meal so much better.

I am getting a little bit of judgement, as I expected I would. People just really don’t understand why I feel the need to lose weight. I understand that I am not fat, but I’m also uncomfortable living in this body at the weight I am currently at. This weight loss I’m on a quest for is for my confidence and the way I look at myself.  I don’t want people to think that I am doing this because I’m fat, or even because I want to look like or better than someone else. That is not the case here. I’m doing this for myself and myself only.

For those of you who have been supporting me, or even just letting me do what I wish, thank you. I have high hopes here! I truly appreciate the acceptance.

4 thoughts on “The Gain of Trying to Lose”

  1. I’ve been trying to diet too. I did it for three days, then gave up, but I am starting it again. It is so hard to lose weight, especially if you are anything like me and love food. I hope you stick with it better than I can!

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