F/38, 5’-7”, SW 224 in May, hit 190 today, making my BMI 29.9 for the first time in a decade.
This post is a celebration of something I can’t share publicly IRL because I wouldn’t admit to others that I was “obese” in the first place. The shame of that label has been heavier than my body ever was.
What really helped me was having a specific non weight goal (indeed I’ve never actually set a goal weight) and changing my mindset. This is not a diet, it’s my diet, for good. There is no end date, because when my body decides it’s at the weight my diet supports, that’s when I’m finished losing but the changes in my habits will continue. Because my real goal has been reducing my blood sugar, I tested glucose several times a day for a few weeks to determine what carb levels I could eat, landing at 70-100 carbs per day, plus an average of 60 minutes of exercise per day. I’ve not counted calories at all, and only counted carbs for the first month, though I’m open to checking in on that periodically if my glucose ever starts to creep up again. I allow myself to splurge a couple of times a week but want to be clear that’s neither a cheat (it’s totally allowed! And I think necessary for my mental health), nor a binge—it just means if I’m out with a friend and we’re somewhere known for their pastries, I’ll order the damn pastry and enjoy the heck out of it. Nothing is off limits, it’s just scaled to its proper frequency.
This all sounds so obvious typing it out, but it’s taken me so long to get here. I explained it to my husband this way: is hiking good for me? What about strength training? Eating cauliflower instead of bread, or pomegranates instead of ice cream? Ok, so if I woke up tomorrow and I was the perfect weight, whatever you think that means, should I stop doing those things and eat a pie, because I’m done right? No? Ok, what about from the other direction… if I did all these things that we agree are healthy, but they don’t lead to weight loss, should I stop doing them because they’re “not working,” so I may as well treat my body like crap? Also no. So this is for good then. No quitting
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