I now have a BMI of 26!

I know this post is a bit early, but I am now officially only 9 lbs/4 kg overweight! To be honest, my weight has been all over the place.

I started out as a normal kid. Because my mom thought my normal weight as fat, my BMI got down to 17 as an older teenager. Anything over 55 kg was fat to her.

I then left her, and my BMI was 20.

Honestly I had no idea how to eat. The reason why I was thin when I was with her was probably due to her forcing me to constantly drink tea and herbal concoctions that made me sick or have diarrhea every single day, along with inconsistent calorie restriction. I was constantly hungry, cold, and my hair was dry and thin.

To combat weight gain when I left her, I began the YEET what I Eat diet, aka bulimia. I also felt out of control with food. I was constantly hungry and didn’t know why. I also began to just not eating at times. I’d eat a lot on one day and then nothing the next to punish myself.

My BMI when I got into a relationship went kind of crazy because I stopped purging (my boyfriend caught me and freaked out).

Also, he would get really worried about me showing any restrictive tendencies at all. His aunt, got weight loss surgery, and is now dying of anorexia. His cousin, is a sickly bulimic/anorexic. He associated my habits with illness.

It got up to 32 (yikes I know) when I decided it was enough and I went on an 600-800 calorie diet for a month, much to the alarm of my boyfriend.

I lost 30 lbs, and my BMI was 28. I maintained that loss for a year. Luckily I didn’t mess myself up by doing that, but I can’t say doing that is healthy.

Last month, I started a 1200 calorie diet. My boyfriend was still worried, but I’ve assured him I’m actually ok this time.

I’ve lost 15 lbs since then and I feel great! I’ve been eating mostly plant foods with some seafood and protein from eggs! I love that I’m not starving. I know this is premature because I’m not a healthy weight quite yet, but it’s an accomplishment to me to lose weight in this way.

I’ve been teaching myself how to eat in a healthy and balanced way as opposed to the wildly unbalanced stimulants, pastries and and fruit diet I grew up with.

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