Hi guys.
Sorry if this isn’t the right place to post but I’ve never written in any sort of weight loss community before. I saw there was a Daily Q&A thread but I figured because my question pertained to a more general discussion topic I would make my own post.
Here’s some background on myself to start out, you can probably skip this. I am 21F, and I’m 5’7. Before this event, I had been sitting around 117-120 lbs for several years without any major weight gain or weight loss. I felt insecure about my body, but never “hated” it or anything. I suffer from very severe anxiety, depression, and agoraphobia so those issues kind of exacerbate any woes I have over my appearance. But before this, it was always more issues with my general shape, than thinking I was “fat”. But 2 months ago, I had abdominal surgery. Of course I was bloated and full of fluid for a few weeks after that still, but I’ve been fully recovered for a long while now and it seems that since the surgery I’ve suddenly gained 10 lbs, going in between 127 and 130 lbs. I’ve never weighed this much before and I don’t even recognize myself in the mirror. I can’t even look at my body, it’s genuinely shocking and upsetting to me. I am vegan and don’t eat very much (I’m almost certain I’d be at a calorie deficit 75% of days), so I don’t think that’s been the issue. I admittedly don’t exercise very much, but I didn’t before this either. I’ve started working out over the past month though a few times a week (yoga, biking, weights) and that hasn’t helped at all. I had to go gluten free a few weeks ago for another health reason but that hasn’t seemed to have any impact on my weight.
Basically I’m eating clean (though I will admit I could be more consistent with times and amounts), trying to exercise more than I have, and yet nothing has helped. I am still stuck with these 10 extra pounds I never asked for. My clothes fit differently, I feel self conscious in everything, I’m really at a loss. I am wondering if it has to do with the surgery also because my abdomen is significantly larger than before, whereas there isn’t a huge amount of difference in other parts of my body.
Anyway, if anyone has any experience with this situation I’d be very interested in hearing. Am I doing something wrong? I don’t even need to go back down to the weight I was before, even being in the 123 lb range would be fine. I just can’t look at myself like this. It doesn’t even look like the same person to me.
Thanks for reading. And again, if there is a better place to post this, please let me know.
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