Apologies for the long post but this thread has helped me so much on my journey so far. I’m looking for some insight and I want to provide all the details.
I’m a 24 yr old female and 5’7”. I’ve always been thin but never active. In high school/college, I never thought about what I ate or exercised/played sports. I was “skinny fat”. I averaged between 130 lb - 133 lb. About 2 years ago, I started steadily putting on weight. Eating whatever I wanted and not exercising didn’t work in the real world the way it did in college. By summer 2018, I was the heaviest I’d ever been (+20 lb in 1 year). I focused for a little bit and lost about 8 lb pretty quickly and then stopped.
In the beginning of 2019, I got serious. I lowered my overall daily calorie intake to 1000/day, I did intensive cardio/strength training 5 days a week, and I drank at least 100 oz of water a day. The results at first were quick and amazing and I dropped back down to 131 lb. Then I plateaued for about 3 months. I was very frustrated but I kept doing what I was doing because I didn’t know what else to do. Finally, at the beginning of the summer, the rest of the weight came off and I hit my goal weight of 127.5 lb, sometimes dropping as low as 126 lb.
Unfortunately, I didn’t find maintenance to be very easy and let myself cheat too much. I’ve regained about 5 lb and am back up to 132 lb. I’m trying very hard to lose it again. I know that 5 lb is no big deal but it’s hard to feel like you’re lesser than you once we’re and I definitely feel it in my clothes. I’m eating 1100-1200 calories daily, doing cardio/strength training 5x/week, and Pilates 2x/week. I’m not seeing results at all. My weight is totally stagnant. Ive incorporated one cheat meal a week because it’s the only thing that keeps me sane but I experience very real food guilt after. My question is have I messed up my metabolism? Someone eating at my caloric level should be losing weight.
Sorry for the long post - any advice would be great!!
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