More than anything, the act of losing weight is hardly ever a walk in the park, with bumps here and setbacks there. Still, the most successful of stories on weight loss usually veer toward how one gets over such things in life. Here are some personal stories of people who have faced and conquered in their weight loss battles.
1. Plateaus Conquered: The Persistence of Maria
Maria Lopez lost 60 pounds in a year, but it was not entirely a bed of roses for her to lose all that weight. Halfway through, it literally felt like Maria had hit a plateau because it seemed that, no matter what one tried or ate, it just felt like one could not shed any more weight.
She would not give up but finally asked for the help of a personal trainer who really made a difference. The trainer improved the regime to include much strength training and, with just a few dietary adjustments, Maria finally broke her plateau and continued to lose weight till she got to her target weight.
2. Winning over Emotional Eating: The Case of Sarah Gaining Self-Control
She started finding some kind of comfort in food whenever things seemed down, and pretty soon she would start gobbling up anything when she felt even slightly upset. Eventually, this started putting on the weight, so she really felt she had to stop emotional eating to be able to lose the weight. She started by seeing a therapist to have an appointment for recognizing overeating triggers.
She had also inspired a food diary idea to monitor the food being eaten along with the feelings at each meal. It was because of this that she finally realized that there are other ways she can deal with her stress in life other than eating, and that there are better ways to try and deal with life other than to get real big and fat from overeating. That was just two of the things that she did to help handle her stress in a much healthier way. In the end, she succeeded in shedding off the 70 pounds she gained and she was more able to cope with emotional eating that she had been doing right all along.
3. Coping with health problems: John's
John Anderson was experiencing health-related problems. With so many aliments in increasing weight, hypertensive, and episodic type 2 diabetes, being a man doesn't seem to make the prospects of losing weight easier. All the same, John was determined in bettering his health and got help from a nutritionist and personal trainer.
Now, this is a man full of life passion and wanting to meet life head-on. John developed a diet program that he and supplements had to gently take care of the blood sugar issues. The fact that he lost 80 pounds in the midst of all that hell and reversed much of those health conditions proves even the most daunting obstacles can be surmounted with mental strength and support from the right people.
