I was an overweight child, an underweight teen who struggled with disordered eating, and then an overweight adult. I’ve always wanted to maintain a healthier weight, but would lose steam once I shed a few pounds and gain everything back and then some. Spending enough time in this community made me realize I wasn’t making sustainable changes but was just focused on dropping weight as quickly as possible. So I decided to focus on health first, calorie counting second. This was really important for me because quite frankly I have always had the diet of a trash panda.
I never ate fruits and veggies; a couple of years ago, biting into a veggie would literally make me gag. I drank so much soda that fruit tasted like dirt to me—not sweet at all. So I made a goal of one veggie a day, basically a serving of roasted broccoli or asparagus with dinner. Things I liked the flavor of, but needed to learn to deal with the texture without barfing. I spent a lot of nights gagging my way through broccoli and washing it down with huge glasses of water. Today my goal is two fruits and two veggies a day—still far from the recommended, but such a huge improvement for me. I don’t gag at all when biting into veggies, and I’m excited to try a new veggie this week—Brussels sprouts.
Lo and behold, making these healthier swaps (eg broccoli instead of a second slice of garlic bread) actually helped me do better with CICO. I averaged together my TDEE from several calculators and made a goal to eat between 1400 and 1500 calories a day. I started walking my dog a couple of miles a day most days a week. And slowly but surely the weight did come off!
I updated my flair today for two reasons: I found a picture from Jan. 1 2021 where I weighed 170, and I weighed in today at 149.9. I haven’t been in the 140s since I was in college!! This means I’ve lost 20 pounds this year. Some days I still can’t believe it looking in the mirror, but others I see my legs or profile and I’m like damn!! I really am doing the damn thing!!
Just wanted to share this out into the void. Weight loss can be hard to share about; a bit taboo it feels sometimes. So I wanted to share this with the community that’s helped me so much.
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