Hi eveyrone,
27F female here. Went through a chubby phase for 3-4 years in my mid-twenties, finally lost the weight, and am happy where I am. I was in med school for about two years, and I was dismissed because I wasn't progressing. During that time, I totally neglected my health, and rocketed up to weighing 160 lbs as a 5'3.5" woman.
I started working out again, as skipping it is the main reason I gained so much. I lost about 15 ish lbs just getting back into shape. I still had an extra ten lbs I wanted to lose. I realized that while going back into being active had allowed me to lose most of the weight, and my eating habits were fine as well, I was carrying that weight because it was leftover from my Couch Potato phase. I needed to go into a calorie deficit to lose it.
So I did two "rounds" of a small calorie deficit, just 200-300 calories a day. I did it May and June 2024, and then Nov/Dec/Jan 2024-2025. I lost the last ten lbs easily.
When I was teenager, I was a bit overweight after going through puberty, as I was sedentary and did not do sports. I got really into working out when I was 17, and lost some of the weight. Even though I was fit, in my late teens I was still a bit chubby, mostly on my stomach, For context, I am about 135-137 lbs now, but back then I was like 147 ish. I didn't understand that that extra weight was left over from being sedentary, and doing a calorie def would cause me to lose it. Ironically, when I was 20 I had some health issues that caused me to lose weight, so the extra weight came off and I was thin in my early 20's.
The way I lost the bulk of my puberty weigh gain was dangerous. I was 5'3.5' at 15, and for 5 months ate 1200 cals a day, even on days where I worked out. I came dangerously close to developing an eating disorder, which was why I couldn't bring myself to count calories at all until was 25. I was afraid of sliding back into those "almost ED" habits. However, when I did the calorie deficit this past year, I did it in a healthy manner.
I wish I could go back in time and just do a couple of months of a slight diet when I was 18, to lose that pouch I was so self conscious about. It is true that I did mostly cardio instead of leaning into conditioning workouts, that could have increased my yield and toned my stomach a bit more.
I look at old photos of myself, and my belly wasn't bad. But it was a source of self consciousness at the time, especially since I was in good shape, and most people who are still in their teens have that "youthful skinny" going on.
Anyway. Anyone else?
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