That is the magic number. I lost 4 lbs. on my first month, and I was a bit bittersweet about it. I know losing 4lbs on one month was way too low, especially that there are people who can lose more than 10lbs on their first month, but just to defend myself, here are some of my reasons, which are very factual:
- I have poly cystic ovarian syndrome and I am having hormone imbalance that made it difficult for me to lose weight from the get go. I am the type of person who, despite starving herself will still gain weight the minute I eat food.
- On the second week, I had my monthly period. I tend to get dizzy whenever I have my period, so I didn't exercise much... and really, I still have to learn how to exercise during period because it's quite difficult to move and exercise with the napkin on.
- On the third week, I got the flu. My mom and my sister thought I wasn't eating in a balanced way so they asked me to eat full meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The flu (and the recovery) ate up 4 days of my week, and I also wasn't able to exercise.
- One the fourth week, brother traveled to Cagayan de Oro. This week was actually my fault - I just got lazy. I blamed the rain for me not going out to jog (lame excuse), I blamed my brother's super comfortable bed that made me oversleep (another lame excuse), I blamed the fact that mom isn't dieting and I had to eat with her or she might not eat (lame), and I blame my brother for bringing way too much foods from CDO that made me try it all out with gusto (lame).
They say there are no mistakes in life, only lessons learned. I really need to discipline myself and be firm on my objectives because I seriously don't want to be like this anymore. I am the only person who could help me, and I really have to dig deeper in my heart and in my mind. I don't want to give up, because losing weight is the biggest gift I could give myself.
*** Jenn ***
