CheekyMinky
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This may have already been mentioned somewhere else (so forgive me if it has)but thought I'd share as it's something that helps me.
When I've had WI in the past and it's 'half off' or 'pound off' sometimes that feels so small and insignificant and that it's gonna take forever to get to goal. Especially when you think you've had a good week but the scales say no you haven't.
So, I use sausages (don't laugh!) as a measure. There are usually about 8 sausages to a pound. So if i've lost 1/2 pound, I think of four sausages and that I've lost that from my body. Psychologically I suppose the number 4 is larger than 1/2 so it seems more. Also, its quantifiable and something you can physically see. I chose sausages as generally they are fatty and don't look to pleasant uncooked.
I found a piccy of four sausages on the tinterweb and printed it off and copied it to the amount of weight I want to loose and stuck them on the fridge door. Every weigh in, I then take off the sausages.
So, if I've 'only' lost 1/2 pound, it's still four sausages I can take off the pile. As they say, any loss is better than a gain.
So in my signature I'll be stating my weight loss in pounds and sausages
When I've had WI in the past and it's 'half off' or 'pound off' sometimes that feels so small and insignificant and that it's gonna take forever to get to goal. Especially when you think you've had a good week but the scales say no you haven't.
So, I use sausages (don't laugh!) as a measure. There are usually about 8 sausages to a pound. So if i've lost 1/2 pound, I think of four sausages and that I've lost that from my body. Psychologically I suppose the number 4 is larger than 1/2 so it seems more. Also, its quantifiable and something you can physically see. I chose sausages as generally they are fatty and don't look to pleasant uncooked.
I found a piccy of four sausages on the tinterweb and printed it off and copied it to the amount of weight I want to loose and stuck them on the fridge door. Every weigh in, I then take off the sausages.
So, if I've 'only' lost 1/2 pound, it's still four sausages I can take off the pile. As they say, any loss is better than a gain.
So in my signature I'll be stating my weight loss in pounds and sausages