F24/5’8”/cw:unknown
TW: unhealthy weight loss
I’m mainly posting this because I see people on this sub all the time saying they’re fine with eating 800 calories a day and other unhealthy things.
If you had asked me a month ago I thought mental health while losing weight is black and white, I would’ve said yes. Now I’m realizing people don’t either lose weight in a healthy way or an unhealthy way. Even the healthiest people can have unhealthy days/eras during their weight loss journey. I think the community struggles to realize that. Either you’re doing it right or wrong. There is room for bad moments, recognizing them, and changing back to a healthy path.
I found @polly__wants (she’s a wonderful person. This is about me being dumb, not her) on instragram. She had lost 40 pounds in three months when I found her. I started watching her stories daily with a pit in my stomach. I had lost maybe half of that in the same amount of time. And we had the same amount to lose in the end. In my head I knew I was on a healthy path. Nutritionists, my husband, and all the studies I was reading about weight loss all said so. I was eating enough, staying active, and sleeping so well. But Polly looked great and got it done faster.
I also wasn’t in pain. I hear a lot of conversation in the weight loss community about how hard it is. How hungry they are. I was never hungry, so clearly I’m doing something wrong.
Polly was following 75hard. She was running for 45 minutes a day, doing workouts from the Sweat app for another 45 min, doing 25 pushups, stretching, and doing IF. I was an idiot and decided to throw away everything I know and do exactly what she’s been doing.
The next 17 days were rough. I had previously put all my jeans from smallest to largest and am slowly making my way through them. At the start of 75 hard I was wearing a too big size 14. Now 17 days later in wearing a very slightly too small size 8. That’s so dangerous. I shouldn’t have done that.
Working out for 90 minutes a day isn’t healthy for the average person. I don’t care how you cut it.
I started spotting after my workouts. That’s not good.
I stopped sleeping. That’s not good.
My body is in physical pain from working out too hard daily. The bad kind not the good.
I lost weight too fast.
I did eat enough, but I think I burned too many calories for that to matter.
I woke up this morning feeling horrible. My husband talked me out of finishing 75hard. I’m laying on the couch, eating a donut, going to play video games and later take a bubble bath. I’m thankful I caught my warning signs and I didn’t hurt myself permanently. I’m taking the day off and then going forward much slower. Much less exercise. Still eating enough. And NOT dropping three pant sizes in two weeks.
Please listen to health professionals and not Instagram influences. Please don’t think you’re above falling into wanting fast weight loss when you see someone else doing it fast.
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