Oh yes. Progress doesn’t feel fast enough sometimes when you see the same number or one pound higher on the scale the next day. I feel like I’m constantly working toward this ideal image of myself but barely budging toward it.
Yeah, for me, getting dressed can be rough some days. I’ve got that cool c-section/insulin belly that’s pretty hard to dress. Getting dressed for dates in particular gives me a ton of anxiety, even though my spouse is lovely and complementary. I can’t turn off my own body anxiety by just willing it away.
The extended fasts help me a lot. I get bad headaches which is not fun, but that mentally charged negative body focus goes away and I think about other stuff. Even in the days that follow, I feel differently in my body even though it hasn’t visibly changed.