That's right. I'm almost 23 pounds down now and no one has commented on my weight loss, well, except my wonderful husband. He's been great. However, you'd think that someone else might notice! Is anyone with me on this? Are you having the same experience/frustration?
The truth is though that I'm not frustrated about it. I'm aware of it, of course, but not upset or even surprised.
First of all, people are involved in their own lives. Yes, that makes us sound very self centered and self focused, and it's true. We're not always quickly aware of changes in the lives of our friends and even family, unless those changes are very noticeable or significant, which brings me to my second point.
Secondly, the more weight you have to lose, the more more you have to lose before it become noticeable to other people. Yes, I wrote that right. Because I my current weight loss only lost about a third of my goal, it is not great enough right now for friends and family to notice.
Thirdly, That's really ok. I have decided to not let it bother me, because I know that one day my weight loss will be obvious enough that everyone who knows me, because I'll look great. You see, the truth is that every five pounds of weight loss will show more that the five pounds before it. So I'm just weighting (waiting). In the meantime. I'm feeling better and enjoying wearing clothes that I knew were too tight just a couple of weeks ago.
So take heart, my fellow weight loss travelers. Our affirmation does not ultimately come from others anyway. It comes from within ourselves, because we know, we know, we know that we are on the right path and our rewards are personal. No one else is responsible for them. Let's keep on traveling!
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