{"id":71427,"date":"2020-08-25T08:09:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T13:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/?p=71427"},"modified":"2021-06-04T13:18:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T18:18:14","slug":"two-truths-about-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/blog\/two-truths-about-weight-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"two truths about weight loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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It all started with a weight loss goal.\u2063
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You met your friends for walks in the neighborhood. You started showing up for bootcamp classes at the gym. You signed up for your first 5k. \u2063
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You started cooking more at home. You swapped side salads or veggies for fries. You ditched soda or juice for water. Protein centered your meals, instead of carbs. \u2063
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Focusing on that weight loss goal started it all – and look at you now! You are proud of the habits you\u2019ve cultivated. All your friends and family can even see how far you\u2019ve come.\u2063
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So, when you\u2019re used to seeing scale weight tick down and down and down as a direct response to you making better, healthier choices – it can become a mind warp when it doesn\u2019t anymore.\u2063
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What if the scale stays the same? \u2063If the scale goes up – what does that mean?\u2063
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A weight loss goal can only carry you so far. Eventually, your ability to use weight loss as a measure for progress ends.\u2063
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So, be ok with two truths in your example: focusing on weight loss worked for you for awhile and now, it\u2019s no longer an appropriate means for measuring progress or success.\u2063
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Be ok with two truths about weight loss: focusing on weight loss worked for you for awhile and now, it\u2019s no longer an appropriate means for measuring progress or success.\u2063<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":71429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[147,148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-habit-change","category-myth-busting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71427"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71427"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74925,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71427\/revisions\/74925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}