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The challenge for the group was for everyone to lose at least 10
pounds in the next month or run the risk of having their picture
published on the front page of the highest publication newspaper. 30
days later, how successful do you think the experiment was?
100% success rate and why wouldn’t it be? If you were faced with
humiliation you would do anything to avoid the pain of it. Same thing
with the Biggest Loser contestants, not only is money a motivating
factor but who wants to look like a failure in front of the world?
Wouldn’t it make you want to work just that little bit harder?, you bet
it would.
So please don’t put yourself under unrealistic pressure to match pound
for pound what these contestants are losing. I recall once reading a
weight loss forum post where a woman was so depressed having only
had lost 3 pounds in one week compared to her favorite female
contestant who had lost 8 pounds. It derailed her diet because she
couldn’t keep up, she thought she wasn’t working hard enough which
left her disheartened and feeling like she failed.
A pound of fat is a pound of fat no matter how you look at it; it’s a tiny
miraculous achievement that adds up to your bigger goal. Whether
you lose 1 pound, 3 pounds or zero pounds in a given week shouldn’t
throw you from your overall goal because you need to remember
everyone is different and will lose weight at different rates. Even if
you don’t lose any weight in one week doesn’t mean you are not
making progress. Remember that weight fluctuations will happen and
if your weight seems like it’s not budging fast enough, I’m sure your
clothes will prove differently.
Any weight loss is great. Just keep with it.
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