Hey all!
Feeling extra discouraged today about my extremely slow weight loss and would just love to hear from some of my fellow slow-losers, if you’re out there!
I’m in my tenth week of keto right now and have lost only 14 pounds. That would be fine if I only had a little bit to lose, but at 5’7" and 215 lbs, I still have a long way to go!
I keep telling myself all the “usual” things:
- It’s not a race.
- It took a long time to gain, it’ll take a long time to lose.
- Look at all your NSVs, don’t just focus on the scale.
- Muscle weighs more than fat, your body’s just changing.
- All those years of low-cal dieting have wrecked your body and it’s going to take time to change.
- Stop comparing yourselves to others; everybody’s different.
etc, etc…
Most of the time those pep talks work ok… but when you work really hard at something for 2 months and don’t see the results it seems like everyone else is seeing… it gets pretty frustrating.
Would just love to hear from some of you who have maybe had my same experience. How do you deal with it mentally? Have you ever been able to get your weight loss to speed up?