I've been losing around 1.25 kg (2.75 lbs) per week for the last 19 weeks, and while I wasn't too worried about that pace when I was well over 100 kg (220 lbs), I hit 95.8 kg (211 lbs) on Friday, and figured it's probably time to ease up. I had a little extra dinner and a small bit of chocolate that night, slightly bigger meals all Saturday, plus a brownie, and went to a party on Sunday where I didn't go wild, but had a bit more cheese and charcuterie than was strictly necessary!
My weekend peak was actually Sunday morning at 97.8 kg (216 lbs) and now on Tuesday I'm only down to 96.8 kg (213 lbs) a full kilogram more than I was on Friday.
I know that I haven't so much eased off as had 2 or 3 minor cheat days in a row. I know that I'm probably still carrying a little water weight from the party. I know that I chose to do this because losing weight too fast isn't healthy. I know that I'm back on track and will continue to lose weight. But it still feels miserable.
I hate "re-losing" the same weight, I hate not having that reassuring achievement of a new lowest weight every day or two, and I keep thinking "maybe if I just skip dinner tonight I can get back on track..." - which would completely defeat my intention of slowing down.
I think part of me is miserable that it was so easy to stack on extra weight with what seemed like only minor indulgences at the time. And yes, intellectually I know that I didn't actually gain 2 kg of fat.
This is more of a vent than a question I guess, but if I have one question out of all this, it's: should I keep working on slowing down in a more controlled way, or just accept that it's easiest for me to maintain a rate of 1.25 kg/week and stick with that right up until my goal weight even though it's a bit too fast? I don't think I'll have near the same issue slowing down once I hit my goal - at that point I'll be happy to lose and regain the same few kg over and over again 🙂
Stats: 42M 188cm/6'2" SW:120kg/265lbs CW:96.8kg/213lbs GW:80kg/176lbs
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