Personal Evaluation
1. Before today, did you feel you had reached a plateau in your journey? What things contributed to this feeling? I felt like I reached a weight-loss plateau, and a learning plateau. I feel like I became complacent with the program and haven't been progressing in learning or growth the way I wanted to. Giving in to temptation, cheating on my program (picking at foods, weighing myself too often), etc.
2. After reading today's lesson, how have your feelings about plateaus changed? It made me understand that plateaus aren't just about the physical, but they're also about the emotional and mental... I can have stunted growth in the mental and emotional aspects of my journey as well...
3. In the past, how have you allowed plateaus to discourage or completely end your weight loss effort? In the past, seeing the scale stop moving was incredibly frustrating. I thought about all the effort I put in only to have not received any positive results, and I thought - why am I doing this to myself?! Why would I put all this effort in to get nothing back? It was so discouraging that I often threw in the towel long before I was even close to making any sort of progress...
4. How will your new understanding prevent this from happening again? I understand that plateaus are part of the journey - both in the physical and mental sense. I can also appreciate that while I may be stunted in my weight loss, I can keep growing and learning and in that way, my plateau is less significant to my overall journey. I also know that by maintaining this lifestyle change, I will not plateau forever... my body will keep using this lifestyle to propel my weight loss forward.
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