If It's Hard and You're Not Losing Weight -

Let’s say that today you processed your negative emotions instead of numbing them with a 800-calorie meal at the drive through (which is what you 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 to do).⁣
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You went home, and ate your 500-calorie salad instead.⁣
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That was a legitimately hard thing to do. ⁣
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Incredibly, incredibly hard. ⁣
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The next day you step on the scale. Half pound UP 🤬⁣
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What. The. Hell. What is the point of this hard-ass work - of saying yes to feelings and no to fries and yes to salad - if THIS is the result?⁣
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The reality is, that 300 calorie deficit may not register today. It barely makes a dent overall. And if you get frustrated and eat a little more of your healthy dinner than you would have - the deficit will be erased completely.⁣
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But it WILL make all the difference in 10 days from now, when your accumulated deficit results in an unexpected and maybe significant drop.⁣
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𝘋𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥. ⁣
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Expecting reward for effort creates 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, and 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐲. Which has one destination: overeating.⁣
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Doing the work with a wider field of vision, in which we invest a tremendous amount of effort upfront for long-term effortlessness, is what gets us and keeps us at our goal.⁣
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The work will come back with interest - as long as you don’t let overeating mind seduce you into quitting.⁣
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You’re doing great. I love you. Keep going.⁣