June 17th - Setting Realistic Weight Loss Goals

Jul 01, 2009

I stumbled on an interesting article I thought I'd share. It's about the difference between what medical science tells us is a safe rate of weight loss, and what we generally set as our goals. I know that when I was at my highest weight, I wanted to lose the pounds overnight, sometimes even resorting to dangerous over-the-counter drugs and herbal remedies. Although those strategies would provide some success, it never lasted very long. With some of the pills, I would even feel awful, struggling to make it through the day. The amount of weight I needed to lose seemed SO insurmountable and I was SO desperate.

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It's interesting that after all of those fits and starts, after all of those repeated failures, I've ended up at a place that is exactly where the science says I should be. I started my current program in late June/early July 2007, and though I've had ups and downs, my weight loss for the two years breaks down to about three quarters of a pound a week. Go figure!

Those doctors know what they're talking about after all. .

Blessings

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