Fat Loss Progress 101: Expectations vs Reality Revisted

I find that 8 times out of 10, when speaking to someone who has just started losing weight or even say building muscle…⁠
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They expect two things:⁠
That progress will be quick⁠
That progress will be linear⁠
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I have seen this time and time again. This has even been me at some points in my life (not even just with nutrition). However, I learnt the real way to mentally approach goal achievement.⁠

And it involves managing your expectations.

In this blog post, I deep dive into fat loss progress expectations vs how they deviate from the reality for most people.

Allow me to manage your fat loss stress and manage what you expect from this journey!

A couple of years ago I was working with a client who fixated on the idea that they want to lose some weight each and every week or that they would be “failing” to move towards their goal.⁠
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After the initial breaking-in period with any nutrition plan, she started getting some steady solid results in terms of tweaking her body composition…⁠
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However, about 2 weeks in she had a week with very minimal "weight mass" changes and had a couple of days where she told me her weight went up a bit.⁠
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This was followed by some more weight loss in the coming weeks but like clockwork…she experienced another “erratic” week.⁠
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Safe to say this discouraged her and she got demotivated by it.⁠
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It took a long hard conversation and weeks of perspective change to break her free from this before she started realising that progress doesn’t care what we want or how we feel.⁠
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Do the right thing and it will get to the destination…on its own terms for a large portion of it.⁠
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This is reality. This is ok. Don’t fight it. Work with it. Make it a part of your understanding and awareness.⁠
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Progress is never linear. It is rocky. Don’t let that make you fall off track because then you will end up not getting to your goal.⁠
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Oh, and in case you are wondering, the client I mentioned above…she achieved her goal “imperfectly” and realised what I was telling her from the start was true. ⁠

So this is what you need to know in a nutshell:

The Expectation

Fat loss is expected to be:

• Linear
  
• Consistent
  
• Fast
  
• Easy
  
• Undeniable
  
• Evergreen
  

The Reality

Fat loss actually is:

• Up and down in nature
  
• Stubborn
  
• Unpredictable
  
• Simple but not easy
  
• Iterative, longer-term process
  

But with the right strategy: INEVITABLE

Recap

There you go!

Now you know the truth behind fat loss progress and how expectations rarely match reality when it comes to how fat loss operates.

Hopefully, this helps provide more clarity for you so that you can make fat loss an easier, less stressful process and instead put your energy into the strategy and commitment it takes to actually succeed in achieving your goals. 

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Sports Dietitian and Coach Aleksa

Brisbane Sports Dietitian and Nutritionist