I have been slightly overweight my entire life. I am a 21 year old 5'3 female so I always fluctuated around 68 kg (150 lb) which is 5 kg (11 lbs) over what my normal BMI should be. The teasing and shaming that I received from relatives was endless while I was growing up. I remember my cousins always teasing me by asking why I look pregnant or asking when is the baby due. I remember winning a general questions contest and being refused the prize which was a box of chocolates because I was already "too fat". I remember my aunt saying to me "you used to look beautiful what happened to you?". I remember trying on a bikini with one of my friends and them laughing at me in the changing room because of how weird I looked in it.
I went through it all as teenager so by the time I got to university I was kind of desensitised to anyone making fun of my weight. But I gave up on trying to change it because all my attempts always failed because of my lack of a strong will. However, in my first year of university I fell into depression and as a result gained a significant amount of weight in the span of two years reaching 90 kg (198 lbs) classifying me as obese. When I calculated my BMI recently the word "obese" kind of shook me up a little bit and it was definitely a wake up call. This time there was no teasing or fat shaming as I was away from my family. But I could definitely see the impact it had on my social life and my dating prospects. I felt like it was time for me to make a real change for my own good. I'm still young so if not now then when?
So the past two months I have been working hard in the gym (well as hard as I can anyway as I'm still quite unfit) going three times a week. I've also been doing IF which has been a surprisingly convenient way to cut my calories. I'm not counting my calories but I am consuming less than I was before. So far I have gone down from 90 kg (198 lbs) to 84.4 kg (186 lbs). So I have lost a total of 5.6 kg (12.3 lbs). I am really proud of the progress and I hope I can keep this going.
MY goal weight is to be 55 kg (121 lbs). I know it's only the beginning but I really believe I can do it this time round. My plan is to slowly transition to one meal a day by shortening my eating window over time. I will keep updating my results monthly.
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