Here’s How I Lost 9 lbs That I Gained During a Recent Vacation

Here’s How I Lost 9 lbs That I Gained During a Recent VacationShaikh QuaderFollow2 min read·Nov 26, 2022 --

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A few months earlier, I shared in a previous post that I had lost 55 lbs of body weight between October 2021 and June 2022. Since that post, my focus had been on keeping my weight off. I had

been successful in doing so until I went for a 9-day vacation at the end of August. This was a family vacation when I became flexible with my diet and enjoyed a variety of foods with my

family and the loved ones. I returned from the vacation on Sept 3rd and stepped on the scale. My weight jumped 9 lbs up! The weeks that followed, I rebooted my diet and exercise,

supplemented with positive self-talk. Finally, I returned to my pre-vacation weight on Sept 23rd. In this post, I will share my strategies to shed my vacation weight.

1. Before I left for the vacation, I took a mental preparation that I would likely gain some weights, however; I decided to not constantly worry about it and just remained focused on having

a wonderful vacation.

2. The day after I returned from the vacation, I calculated my new weight-loss target, which was 9 lbs. After seeing the weight gain, I wanted to engage in self-criticism. I knew

self-criticism in that situation was harmful. So, I countered it with a pause. I acknowledged that as a human I was not perfect and that I would have setbacks in life. I replaced the thought

of self-criticism with a plan of action.

3. I knew I won’t lose 9 lbs overnight. So, instead of focusing on 9 lbs weight loss goal, I focused on performing healthy habits each day. These habits included eating healthy, exercising,

drinking enough water, and sleeping well, at least 5 days a week.

4. I increased my daily step goal from 7500 to 10000, 5 days a week.

5. Every week, I fasted at least 2 days, when I had a pre-dawn meal with protein shake and vegetables; didn’t eat or drink anything during the day; broke the fast after sundown with a

healthy meal.

With self-discipline and patience, finally, on September 23rd, 19 days after my vacation, my weight returned from the vacation. By that time, I had lost all the weights that I gained during

the vacation.

Originally published at https://www.linkedin.com.