It is tough on focus when your anchors come untethered. Many in the weightloss group have slipped, collapsed, or even gained back all they lost when a parent died. I know that my mother's death was a huge impact on my focus and my success and my gaining back of many pounds..
I can see another impact which is the uncertainty of a friendship. When you have a friend and there is conflict, it can stop your focus. I know that I become untethered in that I am angry but I fear speaking that for fear that the untethered becomes as broken as a death.
People say, "speak your truth" but sometimes that has a huge cost. The uncertainty, I believe is the real enemy to focus and weight loss or management. Rip off the bandaid, move on.
So, I wait, I eat and I float around waiting for a shoe to drop or the anchor to sink me.
I need to get a grip, it is my life.
