The small quiet victory that almost gets missed even by the person having it. Nobody is making reels about that Tuesday. Nobody has a framework for the woman who is succeeding invisibly.
The transformation is not the moment the number changes. It's all the Tuesdays before it. That line deserves to be everywhere.
I am not a fan of this phase. It is frustrating and difficult not to compare myself to others. I am grateful for others here on this same place so I do not feel so alone but the 2 am or 4 am part is real and self doubt has me looking for ways to restart. Do I eat more, less, reduce carbs, find a silly diet like the egg diet to kick start? I know I need to stay the course but….. ugh. Thank for being on this journey with me!!
I feel every bit of this… I am constantly in my head wondering what I can do to get the scale moving again. I have to remind myself that I am NOT going down that road ever again. I’ll live in the silence, the slow parts are okay. We are in it together.
We have been trained by social media to expect constant dramatic visible change and when life does not deliver that we assume something is wrong. But that is not how bodies work. That is not how anything real works. Thank you for putting that so clearly.
Thank you! This is exactly where I am. I've changed inside and out and the things I've learnt are the foundation for the rest of my life. I'll keep moving forward and one day my body will catch up 💕
Thank you for articulating this feeling so well!! Internally I feel like I’m doing great, but then I look in the mirror and it is so frustrating to still just see FAT. Another part of me is thankful no one else can see a change though. I’ve lost and regained this weight so many times it’s embarrassing and part of me is fine with it just being my secret for now. It’s all a mindfuck. 🤪
This is so honest. The secret part especially. After losing and regaining so many times you almost need to protect the process from everyone else's eyes until you know it is real. That is not embarrassment. That is wisdom. And the fact that you feel great on the inside even when the mirror is not cooperating yet? That is the Invisible Phase doing exactly what it does. It is working.
This is so helpful, thank you. I'm in it so it's relevant and it reminds me to stay the course, to continue to have faith, trust the body and be patient. The latter being a lesson I most decidedly need to learn. I'm going to practice patience...thank you!
Susie this is exactly why I wrote it. Patience is the hardest part of the Invisible Phase because nothing around us is built for it. Everything is instant. This journey is not. Stay in it. You are not alone in here.
The small quiet victory that almost gets missed even by the person having it. Nobody is making reels about that Tuesday. Nobody has a framework for the woman who is succeeding invisibly.
The transformation is not the moment the number changes. It's all the Tuesdays before it. That line deserves to be everywhere.
I am not a fan of this phase. It is frustrating and difficult not to compare myself to others. I am grateful for others here on this same place so I do not feel so alone but the 2 am or 4 am part is real and self doubt has me looking for ways to restart. Do I eat more, less, reduce carbs, find a silly diet like the egg diet to kick start? I know I need to stay the course but….. ugh. Thank for being on this journey with me!!
I feel every bit of this… I am constantly in my head wondering what I can do to get the scale moving again. I have to remind myself that I am NOT going down that road ever again. I’ll live in the silence, the slow parts are okay. We are in it together.
This is so good, and I can feel this in my bones. I like “the invisible phase” because it really articulates how many of us feel.
For many reasons, we believe life should be dramatic and constantly changing, but rarely is that how things work.
Thanks for all your hard work in this space.
We have been trained by social media to expect constant dramatic visible change and when life does not deliver that we assume something is wrong. But that is not how bodies work. That is not how anything real works. Thank you for putting that so clearly.
Thank you x
Thank you! This is exactly where I am. I've changed inside and out and the things I've learnt are the foundation for the rest of my life. I'll keep moving forward and one day my body will catch up 💕
Vicki that last line. One day my body will catch up. That is the Invisible Phase in one sentence. Thank you for this.
Thank you for articulating this feeling so well!! Internally I feel like I’m doing great, but then I look in the mirror and it is so frustrating to still just see FAT. Another part of me is thankful no one else can see a change though. I’ve lost and regained this weight so many times it’s embarrassing and part of me is fine with it just being my secret for now. It’s all a mindfuck. 🤪
This is so honest. The secret part especially. After losing and regaining so many times you almost need to protect the process from everyone else's eyes until you know it is real. That is not embarrassment. That is wisdom. And the fact that you feel great on the inside even when the mirror is not cooperating yet? That is the Invisible Phase doing exactly what it does. It is working.
This is so helpful, thank you. I'm in it so it's relevant and it reminds me to stay the course, to continue to have faith, trust the body and be patient. The latter being a lesson I most decidedly need to learn. I'm going to practice patience...thank you!
Susie this is exactly why I wrote it. Patience is the hardest part of the Invisible Phase because nothing around us is built for it. Everything is instant. This journey is not. Stay in it. You are not alone in here.