So I’ve been trying to lose weight my whole life with little success. I was that overweight child, who went to university overweight and somehow only gained the freshman 15 in my second degree and avoided it in my first. I am out of school working a big girl job and the weight has just been falling off. Here’s my collection of things that I’ve noticed:
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when I changed my name (going by middle name now) I completed a set of descriptors I want people to associate me with. Some of them included things like always happy, go getter, but also sporty, athletic, fun and others similar to that. This had a huge change in how I acted even though I didn’t really change much.
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there are two types of stress:
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Depression stress is what I had during university when I was fighting with my ex all the time, working full time, school full time and trying to hack it in the fine arts world. I was diagnosed with depression but that doesn’t mean I’ve done anything about
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Stress from life. This is what I have currently. But it fuels me to do my work and get my to do list mostly done every day
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the people around me affected my eating. My family always had sweets in the house, breads and spreads for breakfast, and large hearty meals for all meals. For a while I would skip breakfast while living with them. Now I skip breakfast and have my coffee but my meals are more balanced. I always bring in my lunch bag some hummus and veggies and a small portion of left overs with a fruit. Then my dinner is usually something with more veggies and protein.
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I really love vegetables! Just not the way my family cooks them! Like seriously I made this killer mushroom risotto, or a mushroom chicken pan sauce thing with roasted veggies and man oh man! Roasted broccoli with a bit of olive oil and some ground garlic is like crack to me! Or even just sautéed Brussels sprouts. And then playing with spices! I’ve been all over the world with what I eat and have so many fan favourites by mixing my spices! Why can’t my family cook this way instead of boiling everything with no spices or flavour. Or it’s meat and potatoes.
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moving into an area where being active is easy makes a huge difference! I lived in a wonderful city full of things to do and had plenty of friends to hang out with. But in order for us to go on hikes or go have a lake day we had to drive a minimum of an hour. Plus the winter weather started in October and lasted till May some years. Now I’m living in a place where I am a 10 minute drive from multiple lakes and state parks.
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rediscovering my body is both fun and weird! The other day I was rubbing my shoulders and realized how bony they are. They don’t look it yet but I haven’t felt the bones so prominently in a while. Also the hips dips from fat are done and now I have a true pear figure despite being overweight. Finally while driving o noticed my normally slim forearms are even slimmer and I have a dealing once I lose all the weight I want I’m going to be a bit gangly.
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my period really affects how my weight loss happens. It seems to be a cycle where I will lose weight for a month and then the next month stall and this all lined up with my period. I’m trying to work around that but it’s still a thing I’ve noticed.
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My ex partner played a factor into my weight lose. When I was in uni we were long distance and we fought so much. Then with depression and everything else I dealt with I gained weight. My ex loved my personality but they were very vain and wanted my looks to match. The constant criticism of my body (they would pinch my back fat!) or what I ate (slapping my hand when I had a cookie) really got to me. They also weren’t into being outside and doing things so a lot of our dates revolves around food or movies.
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turns out I am really sporty but I just hid it or something. My current person I’m seeing is super sporty and they encourage me to join. I’m really competitive so it usually means we have fun and I get a decent workout in too. I really enjoy playing soccer, hiking, skiing, skating, and swimming!
So overall I really am starting to believe when people say it’s a lifestyle change because my lifestyle has changed! Every weekend I do a 5-10k hike, I’m walking around so much for work, and I’m eating more variety in my food but actually enjoying it. I’m being active because I want to be not because I feel the need to. Somehow my life has shifted into what I think is my lifestyle I want. The weight is slowly coming off and I know if I went to the gym and actually counted calories it would come off faster but Covid is a thing so for now I’m going to see how much I can lose before I really plateau!
Tl;dr: i moved to a new city and noticed that the lifestyl of this city makes me want to be more active and because of this I have naturally adopted the lifestyle of someone who is active. I’ve also lose weight in the process.
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