Hello everyone,
I haven't posted here very much but have been a lurker since I joined reddit. My boyfriend and I have been on a weight loss journey since February 2019. I started at 370 and got down to 269 before we took a hiatus. We made a conscious decision to take some time off, eat however much of and whatever we wanted, and set a date to start back up. That date is today.
My current weight is 294.2 and my goal weight is 170. In initially losing 100 pounds, I feel like the biggest part was the planning. We eat the same breakfast everyday (oatmeal, slivered almonds, cut up banana, iced coffee). We also eat the same lunch each day, but that varies from week to week. This week it's going to be a taco bowl (taco-seasoned riced cauliflower, black beans, salsa, lettuce, tomato, light sour cream, maybe some cheese, and a couple of 45-calorie tortillas).
Exercise always consisted of a walk or a bike ride, with the intent of getting 10k steps in for him, 7.5k steps for me, or about 5-6 miles on the bikes. We also were doing a small exercise program in the evenings off an Android app (Workout for Women/Men) that usually had us doing jumping jacks, some form of crunches, planking, etc for about 10 minutes a night.
Before we took the hiatus, treats came in the form of being earned. I love going to Culver's and getting some ice cream, and I love going to Starbucks for a calorically-expensive iced caramel cloud macchiato. So we would always walk there, or ride our bikes there, along with eating lighter on those days.
I'd say we were pretty successful during the first round! I lost 100 pounds (but sat at around 95 pounds down for quite some time), and he lost about 70. He's got between 30-40 pounds left to lose, and I have about 120.
Plan moving forward: stick to the same breakfast, planned and prepared weekly lunches, healthy dinners or at least dinners that stay under our calorie limits. Daily walk or bike ride, daily small exercise program. But this time around we are also implementing one day a month of eating however much of whatever we want. Getting one day should help push the cravings aside to say, I can eat that on my free day instead of today.
Just making this post for accountability, and to see if anyone can relate to taking a break from this lifestyle change? While we were on our break, I could feel myself gaining weight and I think it was fun to eat whatever we wanted, but it really made me value getting back on track and getting my weight even further down.
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