36F, 5'8", SW 195, GW 150, CW 161 I'm one pound away from being a "normal" BMI for the first time in my adult life. I have been using MyFitnessPal and creating a calorie deficit as my main method of weight loss, helped along by some Intermittent Fasting. I also work out three times a week, but it's more for mood regulation because I have worked out for my entire adult life and it was never super effective at helping me manage my weight. The biggest factor to my success this time around, after years of trying every diet under the sun, was to stop demonizing entire food groups and just eat things I like but log them and be aware of my portion sizes. Of course, I end up eating a lot more vegetables because sometimes I just want to be full without eating a ton of calories. I have never been able to sustain weight loss this long before, and people have certainly noticed but most of the responses have been positive and encouraging.
I was doing squats at the gym and a nice older man, who I talk to often, pulled me aside between sets and asked, "have you lost a lot of weight?" I answered that I have and he followed up with, "was it on purpose?" Again I answered in the affirmative and he congratulated me. Then he said I shouldn't lose anymore. Lol. He actually said it twice, and it wasn't condescending or anything, just kind of like friendly advice. First of all, bless him for making sure I wasn't terminally ill or anything before congratulating me, but I don't plan to stop just yet. He's actually the second person this week to say something, and I think it's because I'm too poor to buy new workout clothes, so they hang off me a little, and my sports bra isn't keeping things as perky as it used to. Luckily, I'm confident that my goal is a healthy one, and I generally am feeling better and healthier than ever, so I just smiled and thanked him.
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