I'm a 22 year female, and I'm currently sitting around 35 lbs lost. My BMI is 26.1, so I still have a little bit to lose before I even get into the healthy weight range. I was talking to my mom this morning, and she mentioned that she didn't think I should lose any more weight because I "look good now".
For my entire life, I've been on the heavier side, and I maxed out in early 2017 when I hit 197 lbs (which is a BMI of 31.8, so I was obese). I went to college, which meant I was now eating dining hall food, and didn't continue the athletic activities that I had in high school, so consuming 2k calories a day and rarely exercising resulted in my weight skyrocketing. While I did look overweight, I have always carried most of my weight in my hips, butt, and boobs, so the weight gain was visible but the dire-ness of the situation didn't stand out to me. I plateaued at that weight for a while, and really started losing over the summer of 2018. I got down to 185, and stayed at that weight until this past summer. Since then, I've really been on a slow, steady down trend, mixing maintenance months and slow weight loss, because that's what works for me. I'm currently at 162, on track to be in the 150s in the next couple weeks-- I haven't been this low since high school!
My mother was thin for most of her life until she lost her thyroid to Graves disease. She's expressed interest in losing weight and she knows what I do (which is basically just weight & track my food), but she doesn't want to do the work, which is fine. I don't think this is a case of her trying to tear me down or make herself feel better, because she's always wanted better for me than she's had for herself (she was extremely happy and proud when I graduated college this month, which she was never able to finish). I think that she genuinely sees the weight I'm at now and thinks this is a healthy weight for me, and that's kind of wild.
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