Hey! I'm 20F, 5'6" and I've maintained my weight at 142~143 lbs for a long time after dropping from 160 lbs in high school. While I would have liked to lose a few pounds since, my brief attempts failed, honestly because of a lack of motivation. As an adult I've more or less eaten what I wanted to while not paying too much attention to the scale. I don't eat much meat for environmental reasons.
I ate a lot of junk food though - I estimate that in the past month, around half of my calories came from junk food! I tend to cook healthy meals but I think my meals were too small, causing me to compensate with chips and pastries. I have a big appetite and eat a lot, but I'm very active.
It's only recently that I recognized that I had a problem and that my junk food consumption couldn't be good for me. So, for the past week, I made the conscious decision to eat less junk food. I have a sweet tooth so I stocked up on sweet potatoes and fruits to satisfy it. I ate bigger healthy meals. I probably ate half the amount of junk I had been eating, while otherwise eating whatever I wanted to. I'm hoping to slowly get to a point where I eat junk food almost exclusively for social occasions (with the occasional treat)! Cutting it out entirely would probably be unsustainable for me.
I decided to weigh myself this morning and I weighed in at 139 pounds (compared to ~142 the week before). I realize that most of the 3 lbs I lost was probably water weight, but this was surprising to see! I think this is the lowest weight I've been since I was 12. I find calorie counting, IF, low carb, and other methods of weight loss to be unpleasantly restrictive, so I'm excited that I can lose weight through simply eating less junk food!
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