I (35F/4'11"-150cm/SW 135/CW 133/GW 105) started guesstimating my calories and haphazardly working out a couple weeks ago as well as diving in to some of the weight loss forums here on reddit to get myself ready for a proper day one, which was Monday. I did it this way because I knew if I made a post for Day One it would put too much pressure on me and my motivation would seep out because I'd already told people about it. So I just started.
I was a healthy weight until around 2017 when my health tanked and I emotionally ate my feelings about that. I managed to get it under control and lose the first 18lbs by the time COVID hit -- at which point lockdown flared my health issues and my depression and I regained everything. I knew I could do it since I'd done it before though. But this time around I knew I was going to have to work harder, but that's okay(my meds make it hard for me to lose weight and easy to gain plus I'm a little older now, eh.) Last time I was walking 40min 5x/week and doing heavy lifting 2x/week.
Only nothing happened. Talk about frustrating! I was counting calories (1200! not a smidge over most days!) and spin biking and the scale at least got under 135 but then nothing. I sat at 134.6 for over a week even though I knew that with the calorie counting and the introduction of *consistent* workouts something should happen. I'm now cycling 30min 4x a week and lifting moderately 2x week. So I just kept going, trusting the science of CICO and knowing a little whoosh was coming.
Today it finally happened. I mean, it's the tiniest of whooshes but at my height there's not a lot of room to work with lol. And I can't even express the RELIEF to see that. I didn't even realize what I was seeing. And it's the best motivator there is to keep going. It seems silly because it's such a small change, a little over a pound, but it means the world to me.
The first pound was the hardest mentally. I'm going to celebrate by slinging around some weights after work. ;)
[Details for those interested -- I have a disability called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome that means my collagen is all f'ked up and my joints are unstable. The primary features for me are constant full-body pain, extreme fatigue, and brain fog, and it has a ton of minor comorbidities like IBS, interstitial cystitis, autism, anxiety, and depression. I'm super interested in maintaining a healthy lifestyle while disabled and would love to connect with others in the same boat!]
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