Quick stats: 5'7, 19, F, SW 180, GW1: 155
I can't believe I actually did it!
I mean, I've been watching the scale like it's a clock waiting for this moment, but I'm still shocked that it happened. I knew deep down that if I stuck with LoseIt, something would eventually happen...but something as drastic as 25 pounds is unreal.
This is my fourth time using LoseIt. Time #1 lasted two days when I was thirteen back in October of 2013 (and, while I definitely needed to watch what I was eating, I didn't need to be watching a scale or anything because I was still growing). Time #2 was better. I was fifteen and did it for a good month and a half and developed a healthier perspective on weight loss. Just watch what you eat, try and make some healthier swaps, and stay under budget...but don't one bad day throw you off, which was a lot more fathomable than the YOU MUST CUT OUT EVERYTHING YOU LOVE and I SCREWED UP ONCE SO WHAT'S THE POINT? mentalities that I thought dieting had to entail. I don't remember what my original goal was...I think it was only 5 pounds? I never reached it. My typically healthy dad unexpectedly fell ill with a brain tumor and with all of the chaos ensuing that, I lived on anything I could get my hands on. I was in my early 160s at the beginning of that summer and gained 10 by 2016. By April of 2016, some of the chaos had lessened with my dad and I was just tired of eating like shit. I lasted six months and slowly did lose the 5 pounds I set out to, but lost my motivation after that. He passed away about a month after I quit and, with it just being my mom and I, there were a lot of pizza nights and excess calories in 2017 and 2018.
By the winter of 2018, I was 180something, felt blagh about everything and looked it too. I'd started volunteering in an office while I was studying to get my GED and there were a lot of big lunches, random pastries, and coffee to keep me going. Seriously, the coffee...I fell in love with caramel frappuccinos. A large one of those before going in and I was ready to go for the rest of the day. My Aunt, who works at the office where I volunteer at had a "come to Jesus moment" herself when she was told she'd have to have gallbladder surgery, so she joined the YMCA in February and asked me if I wanted to go with her. The main incentive was that they had a pool and I love swimming so...I absolutely said yes and we became gym partners.
We started working out there twice a week for a month before it occurred to me on March 20th that I should start tracking it all again so it would count, so I redownloaded the app. I'd had one of my frappuccinos that morning and, after clocking all of those calories in, I had quite the come to Jesus moment myself. It took a few weeks to ween off those (getting them small with no whip cream wasn't so bad), but they were the first to go. April was sort of a slump. My Aunt had her surgery then and had to rest for six weeks, so I just focused on trying to maintain eating better. Eating less red meat and fried foods and focusing on the leaner meats and more natural foods were my main concern. My body craved them, so it wasn't too hard. I lost 5 pounds by my birthday on May 19th.
Instead of killing my motivation, it just ramped it up even more. I freshly back into the gym and pool and I loved the habits I was getting myself into, so I increased myself from losing a pound a week to a pound and a half and decided to make 155 my goal. I started paying more attention to the scale instead of avoiding it and watching the pounds drop has been motivating and so surreal at the same time. I feel like a brand new person because I am one. It's kinda hard to cling onto who you were before when your clothes don't even fit.
Even though I've reached my goal, I still want to keep going but at a slower rate. I want to lose a pound and a quarter a week and see if I can get into my 140s. I'd only be increasing my calorie budget by 200 calories, which is perfectly fine by me since 1600 is about all I can stomach anyways, but I'm worried if it'll screw me up somehow since I've been used to eating at a lower number. If you've managed to make it this far, any advice on what to expect during a second goal would be much appreciated!
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