Defining Weight Loss Success Realistically

Everyone has had that marvelous feeling of getting on the scale in the first week or two of a diet and seeing that big five- or six-pound weight loss. It's a euphoric moment, when suddenly you think this diet thing might not be so bad after all, and that you'll be able to take the weight off in no time at all. The rush of weight loss success is truly a heady one.

It never lasts, of course. The "honeymoon" ends and you get into the normal weight loss pace of one to two pounds a week. Maybe you have a bad week and actually show a small gain or just no loss at all. Pretty soon, your momentum is gone and you're back to pounding down Cheetos and spending all weekend in your recliner in front of the television.

The problem here isn't you, well, not exactly you. It's your expectations. Starting a diet without having a firm grasp of how long it's going to take and what kind of effort it will require is counterproductive, and while it may not completely doom you to failure it certainly won't make you any more successful.

Let's go back to that 1 to 2 pounds per week figure I mentioned earlier. It's true. While you will likely have a big loss at first, you'll soon level off at that rate. That may sound tiny, but it means that in the first year of a diet, you'll drop between 52 and 104 pounds.

That is, of course, if you lose weight every week. That's another land mine waiting to go off and blow your diet. There's going to be that week of the office party ... or your birthday ... or your super-stressful day that ends in a pizza pig out. It happens to everyone, and it will happen to you. If you understand that, you'll be a big step toward success.

Keep your eyes on how much you've lost, not how much you have left to lose. Once you hit double digits in your weight loss quest, the momentum will start to build. Soon, you'll be happily logging pound after pound, week after week and pretty soon ... you're at your goal!

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