Hi there, LoseIt!
Several years ago I used this community pretty frequently on my old account and it was absolutely incredible. I lost 60 lbs and learned so much about diet, nutrition, and fitness that I've — mostly — kept it all off since 2014!
I'm back, needing to recommit to weight loss and I remembered today how instrumental this sub was several years ago for me, and realized I need to resubscribe and begin posting again.
Now, the reason I need to come back is, while I've mostly been able to keep the weight off with only a little fluctuation, I have a circumstance which is changing the way my body functions and thus the way I store, burn, and manage weight.
Several years ago, I was in college and had gained a decent amount of weight on top of being a chubby adolescent. I was at my biggest, and after years of having horrible, horrible, body issues, I used this sub to really commit to weight loss.
I lost 60 lbs, began a healthy workout routine, got in great shape and was running 5ks. For the briefest moment in life my body issues seemed to go away.
Shortly thereafter, they came back. The fact that I was constantly working on and honing my body was extremely stressful and I suddenly felt trapped, as I had before.
Where before, I felt trapped in a body that I hated, now I felt as if I was balancing on a razors edge, and if I stopped my training and dieting for even a second, my new found happiness would all crumble away. The disgust I felt in my body went from a present feeling to a threat, that I never felt would go away. I needed my body to be the best it could be, but the effort and work was killing me, and it would never be enough to address the root issue I had with my body.
About this time, I realized I was transgender.
While weight and diet were obviously factors in my discomfort in my body, my true cause of hatred for it was that my body was all wrong to begin with.
About 9 months ago, I started gender affirming hormones which — let me tell you — throw your appetite for a loop.
In addition, you store weight completely differently. Different foods affect you differently.
The coasting I did with my previous dieting skills were no longer enough. I was gaining weight, losing muscle and my proportions were all out of whack.
So I'm back. And I'm very excited to get started.
My first NSV was that today I stayed within my calorie goals on my fitness pal, and had a really stellar workout.
Today is the first of hopefully many.
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