I'm 22F, going to give my stats here and talk about my journey below this:
Height: 5'2ft
Starting Weight: 165lbs (May 2019)
Current Weight: 135lbs
So I started my weight loss journey in May 2019 after graduating university. At this point I weighed 165lbs and my BMI was a bit over 30, putting me in the obese category. Before starting university I was within the healthy weight category. However, by the time I graduated I gained over 30lbs. During this time I tried various diets and always gave up. I tried the keto diet for a while but eventually gave up and regained all the weight I lost. Throughout my four years I was always in a cycle of "eating healthy", and then with one little mistake I would give up and binge eat. This cycle would happen every week, where I would wait for Monday to "start my diet". With this I never lost any weight, instead I gained most of my weight with this.
Fast forward to May 2019 and I had a picture taken of me at a birthday party. I couldn't believe what I looked like. I always convinced myself that I just looked bad in pictures and that I just wasn't photogenic, and that I looked better in real life. But this picture I looked terrible, I was so upset with what my face looked like. The next day I decided that this time I would actually lose weight and I signed up at the gym. I was pretty bad at staying on tract in the beginning. But what helped me the most was that if I made a mistake I wouldn't give up and then binge eat. I slowly got to a point where I would no longer binge eat, and I stopped treating my self with food as rewards. I still ate junk food and didn't count calories. But I made sure that I ate less than what I burnt. This could be part of the reason why it took me a long time to lose the weight, but I'm happy with my progress :)
I also slowly developed some great habits. I now go on walks during my breaks and lunches at work, which is something I would never do before. I no longer binge eat or hog food. I drink about 2L of water a day now opposed to my 1L before. I also no longer drink my calories (I used to love Java Chip fraps from Starbucks, kinda miss these though).
The best part, now I like the way I look in photos. I no longer use the excuse that I'm just not photogenic, or that it was a bad photo. When I look at my old photos I can't believe that I ever looked like that, because this is my new norm and I plan on maintaining it and hopefully achieving my goal weight (120lbs) in a few months.
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