I'm back again. Still working on losing the weight. My last post was a very honest look into my journey, my struggles, and the work I did to heal from that.
F/5'10 SW 285 CW 245
So day 528. Man, looking back, I thought I'd be done by now. I thought that the last time was the last time and I would be successful. After my plateau led to binging and fasting in May, I decided to use the summer to get my mental health back on track.
I started doing walk/runs to get more sunshine and more activity. This led to me jogging my first very slow 5k, even got a very cute participation medal from it!
I completely stopped tracking calories and shifted my internal dialogue away from food, weight loss, anything body related. This brought me out of the binging cycle I had gotten myself into.
I stopped the negative self talk and started replacing it with gratitude.
All of this took all summer, and I gained about 5lbs back in the process leading to be being back in the 250s which was disappointing but expected.
A few weeks ago, I started the loosely following the mayo clinic diet, mainly their suggestions on servings for carbs, fats, proteins, fruits and veggies. I also cut out sugar and diet soda almost completely (hard to do since sugar has creeped into every product imaginable)
This has really helped me reframe my thought process towards meals, working to have balanced meals and at least 5 servings of fruits and veggies every day. I really needed this kind of framework for that initial push to eat vegetables regularly, I never knew before how to eat the perfect amount with the perfect variety to get the perfect mix of vitamins and minerals and fiber so I just didn't even try.
Now I have carrots almost every day, bell peppers, brussel sprouts, romaine and spinach are my staples and I've been trying to add one new vegetable each week to expand my horizons. This week is radishes, not bad!
I started going back to the gym for weight lifting since my running days are limited by the cold and by the fact that I hate running in general haha! I hit 100lbs on the bench press this week, very very stoked for that as it has been a goal of mine for years.
All this to say, I'm still working on it, building my habits slowly and surely and figuring out how to make these changes doable for years and years in many different circumstances. For all you others out there who keep failing and getting back up again and again and again, determined to do better and be better, I'm with ya and we'll get there.
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