Hey, y’all!
F, 26, 5’2”. I started losing in January 2016, starting at 194 pounds. I hit my goal weight of 125 pounds about 3 weeks ago.
I started eating at maintenance (or MFP’s idea of maintenance, which I’m pretty sure is actually a little too high) when I hit goal. I’m not sure if it was bad timing in a hormone cycle in combination with the drastic change in diet (up by about 500 calories per day), but everything immediately went to shit.
I got the worst acne I’ve ever had, gained about 7 pounds of water weight literally overnight, and worst of all my previously mild body dysmorphia was now off the charts. I knew it was just 7 pounds, I knew it was just water weight, people kept telling me it was barely visible and I wanted to believe them, but I’d look in the mirror and want to cry. Not a good time, and completely unsustainable for me.
So as of this week, I’m back on a “cut” and eating at my losing calories until the scale says 125 again instead of 132. It’s already helping, which is the good news. But now that I’m getting close again, I need some advice as to how one maintains successfully. I feel like my big mistake was not doing any research before trying to just jump in, and I’d really like it to go better this time.
Advice/commiseration/thought and prayers, anyone?
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