For some people, losing weight is easy. You just watch what you eat, exercise a little more, and BAM, it comes off. In theory, it’s SO simple, but for some, it’s really not that easy. If you’ve never struggled to lose weight, then you just don’t understand how one bad weigh in or one busy day or one injury or one wrong meal can spiral into a myriad of unhealthy decisions as you wallow in self-hatred, promising yourself you’ll jump back on the wagon all fresh next Monday.
Then rinse, repeat for weeks, months, and even years.
And then your pants stop fitting. And you have a closet FULL of clothes, but all you want to wear are sweatpants. And so you turn to the one thing that makes you feel better…that also happens to be your downfall: food.
It’s a vicious cycle that’s so hard to break, especially if you don’t see results immediately. You did all that hard work, and for what? You GAINED a pound! So why even bother? (Which you might not realize could actually be MUSCLE, and that’s a GOOD thing).
Well, Cassie’s weight has yoyo’ed, and she’s SO SICK of hearing herself talk about it. She’s been ‘dieting’ in some way, shape or form for years…it’s EXHAUSTING. Where’s the finish line?
So, she’s trying something new: instead of focusing on the RESULTS, she’s focusing on a day-by-day challenge: The 100 By Summer Challenge.
The challenge is by the girls at Tone It Up, and the goal is to move 100 miles by the start of Summer, June 21.
You can bike it, swim it, walk it, dance it – do it however you want, as long as you hit 100. And Cassie’s aiming on running it, with the hopes that if she focuses on THIS goal, and knocks it out piece-by-piece, her health and body will follow suit.
Sure, there will be some adjustments to the food: healthy over junk, but no more worrying about clothes. No more worrying about the “right” workouts. No more worrying about whether or not you worked out long or hard enough.
Just no more worrying. Just moving.
And then she tried one other tactic…buying clothes that were too small for her…and we’re not so sure that’s the healthy route.
But what else do you do when you’re the frumpy weirdo on lonely man island and everyone else gets to wear the cute clothes that just don’t come in your size?
Update
A certified holistic health and eating psychology counselor, Margaret Schwenke, joins the show to answer your questions about weight, eating, and the struggle surrounding it:
