Long time lurker, first time poster... When I was around 10 years old, for various reasons, I started gaining weight and spent my teens and 20's as the big girl. I didnt hate the way I looked but knew I was not healthy, and yet I had little to no motivation to take control of my health. I ate for comfort, I ate to celebrate, and I drank too much.
In 2013 I fell into a deep depression and as someone who finds comfort in food, I gained a substantial amount of weight. The scale hit 222 lbs, a number I had never before seen. In 2015, when the first picture was taken, I realized I needed to change my lifestyle and began to pay attention to what I was eating (not calorie counting) and started attending yoga regularly and cycling as much as I could. I lost 30 pounds but struggled to keep it off and could not get below 190.
In May of this year, I had creeped back up to 197 lbs, and had a 38 inch waist with 39% body fat. Not wanting to go back above 200 lbs, I kicked things up a notch and with the help of a personal trainer, I’ve lost another 30 lbs and now come in at 167, a number I have NEVER seen in my adult life. Not only that, I have toned up, increased my strength, reduced my body fat by 7%, lost 8 inches around my waist, more in other areas, have more energy, and lead a generally more healthy life. I still have a way to go, but am super excited about where I am today. My new goals include more weight loss but also increasing strength so that I can invert in yoga, do a pull up, and do 10 proper push-ups without feeling like I am going to pass out.
I've accomplished this weight loss my calorie counting with MFP and closely watching my macro's. We switch it up but I started with loweRing carbs, increasing fat and protein (not going full keto though), and have recently increased carbs back to 100g/day and lowered fats. I work with my trainer 3 days a week doing strength and HIIT, do cardio 4 days a week, walk ~10,000-15,000 steps a day, and do yoga when possible.
My entire outlook on health has changed and I could not be happier. I actually look forward to working out now!
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