Hey, just wanted to share something with someone!
I started this weight loss journey at 183 lbs on June 9th, and I just weighed in at 166 lbs, down 17 lbs! 🎉
At first, I wasn’t super consistent with my calorie deficit. From June 9–22, I was kind of winging it eating too little during the day (maybe 1000 calories and 60g of protein), and then ending up starving at night and binging on like 4 vegan Insomnia cookies... which probably added 1200+ calories. Not ideal.
But starting June 22, I got serious:
- I began tracking my calories daily (aiming for 1200–1400 max).
- I make sure to hit 90–100g of protein a day.
- I joined a boxing gym and go 4–5 times a week to their conditioning/cardio classes (~425 calories burned per class according to my Apple Watch).
- Two weeks ago, I added their strength training class 3x a week after my M/W/Sun cardio sessions.
- In July, I also cut down on carbs, only having them once a week (1–2 cups rice or 4 corn tortillas max).
To help with cravings, I swapped the cookies for things like Toto protein cookies, Aloha PB Cup bars, and protein anabolic ice cream, total game changers for my sweet tooth!
I've kind of been in hermit mode during all this. A big part of that is because being around certain friends tends to throw me off. For example, my friend who's on Ozempic and his cousin back when I was doing 75 Hard, they’d say things like “live a little” whenever I passed on pizza or drinking. They made me feel like I was being too hard on myself for trying to make healthier choices. Meanwhile, I never judged them for not finishing their food or for how they were managing their own health stuff. Even when they looked a little slimmer or anything, I would compliment their hard work and never tried to sabotage/make them slack their goals.
His cousin especially would comment on people’s weight like actors on TV or even mutual friends who gained weight and that just started to really bother me. It made me feel like I couldn’t focus on my own goals without being lowkey judged or guilted. It also made me think they were secretly commenting on my weight gain too.
So yeah, that’s part of why I pulled away and went into hermit mode. I just wanted to focus without the pressure or commentary. Now that I’ve seen them again recently, I’m re-evaluating those friendships a bit. Even though friends/ colleagues at work, some other friends and at people the gym noticed the change and my clothes are definitely looser those friends didn’t say anything at all. Not that I need constant validation, but it definitely made me reflect on how supported I actually feel around them. Sorry for the rant but I just wanted to tell someone.
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