Sunday, May 24, 2020

100 day streak on MFP, 10kgs down, 13kgs more to go!

SW 79kg | CW 68kg | GW 55kg

Weight loss progress on MFP

Before I start, let me set a disclaimer, the progress from my SW to CW didn't take 100 days. That took about 1 year to get. But if you guys can see from my weight progress, I had so many up and downs and gaps. Sometimes I get off the wagon for months before I get back into calorie tracking. The longest streak I had on MFP was 60 days before I got demotivated with the lack of progress and just stopped logging for a couple of months. Sometimes the reason I didn't log for a day is because I knew I ate too much. Or if I binged a little, I didn't want to log it into MFP. Because I was in DENIAL. I was ignoring the fact that I was slacking, so I start going into a spiral of slacking. It was really hard, because the red numbers on MFP felt like it was screaming at me, saying that I screwed up for the day. That I shouldn't bother logging the calories because I will screw up the same everyday (damn you negative thoughts).

This time, I persevered. I started being honest with myself when logging the calories. I ate 10 cookies? Girl, log those 10 cookies. Stop lying to yourself and admit that you ate 10 cookies, accept the fact and move on. These past few weeks, I really was honest with my logs. And I feel so relieved and more motivated. Of course there were times those negative voices just keep telling me that I'm failing. But I try to ignore them by not looking at the remaining calories showing on MFP, red or green? It's okay, even if I screw up today, the colour of the font doesn't matter. Obviously I'm not condoning to ignore the calories remaining when you count calories. But I understand how intimidating it can be when you see even the red font colour, even if you're at like a 20 caloric surplus. It's heartbreaking!

Yesterday was Eid. After a whole month of fasting, we celebrate the end of the fasting month with family, and of course, FOOD! Usually this would be one of the occasions that cause me to fall off the wagon. I would usually stop logging my food and slack off for a couple of days, which turn to a couple of weeks, then months. And next thing I know, I'd be back to where I started. But yesterday was different. I logged all of the food I ate, ALL OF IT. I'll have you know, the festive foods the people serve in my country are just high calorie dense food. And despite logging around 3000+ calories, I wasn't fazed. I wasn't upset. I felt okay. In fact, it motivated me to do a little extra cardio.

And whadya know, this morning when I weighed myself, my weight went down! And now as the Eid season starts to slow down, the food will too. And I'll be able to get back to my normal eating habits. Coincidentally today was my 100 day streak on MFP too, so I felt super excited to have been so committed for the 100 days. Usually Eid would be the season where I would fall off the wagon, but the bright side to the virus and my country having us be in lockdown, I don't have to visit many relatives and be forced to eat a lot of food. This year will be the year I will overcome my weight loss cycle hurdle. Starting today, I will commit to another 100 days of logging to MFP. Hopefully in another 100 days, I'll be able to post another update to this subreddit!

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