AhHa moment, Goals and the Scale

 So I was writing on my blog today and I wrote a paragraph that was really an Ah Ha moment for me.  It may mean more to me that anyone else but I thought I'd share:

So back to goals,  I really think those of use with a ton of weight to lose get really caught up in the number.  It went down a lot, it didn't go down enough, blah blah blah.  But really what this is about is getting proper nutrition and starting new healthy habits.  The weight loss will come, it has to.  There's no way I won't lose weight on 600 calories a day.  It's impossible.  The problem with being so focused on that scale is what happens when you reach that magic number.  What do you do then?  Now you're scrambling for a new focus.  Well, I'm going to take a new approach,  I'm going to live my life how I want to live it, with fun exercise, and pushing myself physically and mentally and the scale will get there, I know it will. 

I completely agree. my ahha moment was just like that. there is no way eating less than 600 calories a day that we won't lose. that is when I decided to start keeping the food diary. I use an app. when my scales don't move, I look at the diary and try to stay positive. I also added the raspberry ketones that I saw on dr. oz. that got me off my first plateau. but for all the newbies, I really recommend a food diary of some kind. I use myfitnesspal from the app store and it was free. I know other people who use loseit. I thought I could do this without a food diary and after about 2 weeks, I realized I needed some help. my sister sent me the app and my daughter set it up for me and taught me how to use it. I thought it was hard at first but then I got the hang of it and loved it. I think it is something I spend a few moments a day on and I can keep it up. good luck to everyone!