Psychology of weight loss

[Bellyman]

It takes a while for our minds to catch up with reality.

[ssablich]

I feel like a good amount of the psychology of this whole thing has to do with the value we’ve ascribed to certain weights/sizes. There are varying standards of beauty and normality all over the world, and SO much of this is socialized.

A really big part, for me, has been uncoupling value with size. I am a valuable person at my current size 16/18. I was a valuable person when I was a size 28. I will be a valuable person when I’m a size 10. So then, what does that leave? Health.

Feeling “fat,” and having that be a negative thing in your mind, means that you’re adding value to what that means. Is there anything you liked about yourself, as a person, when you were heavier? What do you like about yourself now that has nothing to do with the way you look? What health improvements have you seen (actual and objective measurements, not things like, “I look better”)?

The mental game is so so hard. I had to come to accept myself as a person of value at a size I wasn’t happy with, and it was only then that I was able to effectively lose weight.

You’ve got this!