Five weeks ago, I had my last appointment with my nutritionist. She mentioned to me how my weight loss may slow down soon, that I may plateau, and that if I do, it would be okay.  That I should accept it and just keep doing what I’m doing. Because I have lost a lot of weight within a short amount of time, and my body needs time to adjust to that new weight. Since that appointment, I have been worried abut plateauing. I still weigh over 80 kg, I am still more than 10 kg overweight. I am not ready to plateau.

And ever since then, my weight loss has really slowed down. I almost feel like my nutritionist jinxed me. In the past five weeks, I have only lost 1.7 kg. It has been going incredibly slowly, and it’s frustrating. I really want to reach my goal of weighing under 80 kg by the end of the year, and until a month ago, I had no doubt that I would. Now I’m not so sure.

I also realize that especially in the last week, I have been struggling with eating well. And even though, except for Monday, I have been sticking to my calorie budget, I haven’t been eating as clean as I used to. I think that part of my increased cravings for chocolate & co. stem from my frustration over not losing. The irony is of course that by eating more candy, I am ensuring that the weight loss will keep going slow.

I have been putting myself under a lot of pressure, and I know that I cannot just throw in the towel just because things aren’t going perfectly right now. I am not giving up. But a decent loss, putting me closer to the 80 kg sometime in the next couple of weeks would really help. 80 kg is not just my next mini-goal, it is also a huge mental obstacle. I haven’t been under 80 kg in years and I really think that once I get under 80 kg, it will be a huge motivation for keeping going.

Do you easily get demotivated when things don’t go well or does it only make you try harder?