I’m a 34F, 5’7, SW 202, GW 140, CW 198
I’ve been on this journey for a week, and I wanted to share how just this week has affected me so maybe it’ll encourage others.
I’ve spent most of my adult life at a healthy weight, but then I got pregnant with my first child. A second later, and roughly 5 years, I’ve struggled to lose the “baby weight.” It’s not baby weight though. It’s the weight of me not taking care of myself. It’s the weight of running a household and always putting others first and neglecting myself due to physically but mostly mental exhaustion.
Before I had kids, my partner and I enjoyed backpacking and going to the gym. Because our oldest is now old enough to hike on her own two feet, we decided to get out and go for a short hike at a local park. I carried the baby on a pack on my back. I made it roughly 100 yards before I felt like I was going to collapse.
It was then I realized I wanted more. I wanted to take them bigger and better places and not have to give up and pass off our baby to my husband after less than five minutes. I’m sick of sitting while my children play, just feeling stiff and unwilling to get up. My kids need me, but mostly, I need me.
So here’s what’s happened in the past week:
I have horrible anxiety. Up until the day I starting I was having multiple panic attacks a day and experiencing transient numbness in my hands, feet, and face, which is one of my typical manifestations. I was convinced I was going to drop dead at any moment. 2 days in, I felt incredible relief. I realized I wasn’t constantly thinking about how I was going to die, but how I was going to live. Each day since has been even better.
I’ve been stretching every day in addition to trying to move more. YouTube exercises, taking my kids on walks, and taking them outside to play. My body already feels markedly more flexible, I don’t feel the stiffness I did a week ago that stymied my willingness to get up off the couch. I feel like I can move already.
I’ve become more conscious of my food choices due to logging with an app. I’ve realized how the food I eat affects me. And that I love healthy foods, that they don’t necessarily have to be boring and gross, and that if I stick to CICO, if I wanna eat a couple Doritos, I can, no guilt, as long as I stick to the plan. I gave myself a “cheat” meal last night for dinner and I had to work really hard to keep my day calorie neutral. I consumed very low calorie breakfast and lunch, and I was blown away that my entire dinner was 1,550 and it didn’t even feel like much. I realized how much damage I had been doing by eating mindlessly, whatever I felt like grabbing that was quick and easy every day.
Crappy food makes you feel crappy! I was having pretty well daily headaches. Day one of eating better- no headache. Over the past week, I estimate I’ve cut my headache hours by 95%. It’s incredible.
And to boot, I’ve already lost 4 pounds as of this morning. Clothing is already easier to wear, and I’ve taken 16 pounds of force off my joints. I know the first week weight loss is higher— but I’m not as concerned with how I look and how much I weigh compared to how much better I feel.
These are real, amazing instant results. No crazy snake oil lies. I can’t wait to see where this goes. I never want to go back.
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