Slow and Steady

Well, I had a bit of a down day Sunday. I got on the scale. It was the same as the day before. I entered the number into the Google 15. There was no change, positive or negative, in the moving average. And up comes this message, "Danger! (or maybe it was warning) You are heading away from your goal!"

Now, since my moving average had been going down every single day for over 3 weeks this was sort of depressing. It was odd how it made me feel. It wasn't rational. I know that because I haven't 'cheated' or been eating things I shouldn't eat. I know that plateaus happen, I just didn't expect one quite so soon!

The good news is that was Sunday and this is Tuesday and the moving average is on the downward trend again. My new mini-goal is 220 lbs. My moving average is at 228.5 right now. So, not too far to go to reach the next goal. I have to keep reminding myself that I'm losing more weight now that I was before. Even if it's not 6 lbs/week (like during the first couple of weeks), 1.7 lbs/week is nothing to whine about.

It's cheesy, but I keep reminding myself that slow and steady wins the race.

I'm sure folks who have lost a lot of weight, slowly, and then kept it off know this already, but I had sort of an epiphany. I was wondering why it was that losing weight slowly makes you more likely to keep it off. I'm sure I read this somewhere too, but it makes sense because if you're truly changing your lifestyle and eating habits, by the time you've lost 70+lbs you don't even WANT the food you used to want anymore.

For me I think that's the biggest hurdle to get over. Not wanting the food. South Beach has been good for me because I don't have any cravings. But I think there's a difference between a craving and a want. It's somewhat easier to say 'no' to a want!