one year from the beginning

hello! i just hit one year from the day i set out to get (back) to my goal weight. i started at about 137lbs on august 10, 2020, and i've been maintaining at 122-125lbs since february 2021. i hit my actual goal of 125lbs on january 28, 2021. i’m 5’6”, female, and 32 years old.

how i gained it

i have fluctuated in my weight over the past several years, but i've never been over 135lbs until last year. between becoming sedentary (thanks, pandemic lockdowns) and drinking a lot more alcohol (thanks, pandemic stress), i started putting on a little more than i wanted.

how i lost it

• i track everything i eat, full stop. it isn't always super accurate, but it's accurate enough. started with MFP, but later switched to LoseIt! because it was snappier and prettier.
• logged my intake and weight into a spreadsheet, which feeds into the TDEE spreadsheet.
• i weigh myself (almost) daily and plug that into trendweight automatically with a withings scale. see my full chart here: https://trendweight.com/u/10b144a0641b49/
• i only eat breakfast on weekends. otherwise i do lazy intermittent fasting and tend to eat 12pm-8pm.
• i cut down my drinking from ~20 drinks a week to ~10 drinks a week. (thanks to /r/cutdowndrinking for the support.)
• i started playing ring fit adventure at the beginning of my journey.
• i went through a running phase, but remembered i don't really enjoy it that much.
• i bought an exercise bike and signed up for peloton digital, eventually switching to apple fitness+ for their classes. i was previously (pre-pandemic) doing a lot of outdoor cycling, but the cycle paths were slammed and made it no fun for me. doing way more outdoor cycling these days now that people have gone back inside, hah!
• i regularly do yoga classes offered by apple fitness+ and down dog yoga.
• i started training my dog in agility after a five-year break, then i got a puppy(!) who also requires a lot of training.
• i started and ended lifting several times. i'm still trying to figure out how to make it work for me. i seem to get injured too often (unrelated to lifting) to keep at it consistently.

notes

• i'm a vegetarian, but i don't like most veggies. my typical diet is lots of bread, dairy, rice, and beans (read: pizza and burritos). it works for me!
• maintaining is boring, but i love being able to eat more nowadays.
• losing the last five was infuriating to no end.
• the daily accountability posts here are awesome and helped me through the last few months.
• i let myself go wild for vacations and holidays, but i always tracked it.
• i thought about eating and weight a lot when i was losing, but not much at all now.
• cutting back on alcohol was the biggest win for me. not just for the weight loss, but i also feel better physically and get more restful sleep, especially on weekends. rarely having hangovers is great.

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