It has been officially one year. One year ago I weighed the heaviest I have ever been. I avoided the scale at all costs, but the highest known weight I have of myself from a doctor’s visit was 172 pounds. That may not seem like much, but that was a lot for my small 5’2” frame. I was 23 years old and already started having back pain. I started getting migraines that I never used to have. I was going downhill and knew I needed to change something. None of my clothes were fitting anymore and I was getting frustrated.
I joined reddit and began reading everyone’s stories and advice. I downloaded a calorie tracker app and tried to eat about 1200 calories a day. I also started to run on a small treadmill at home. I definitely did not consume 1200 calories everyday. There were days I went over and days I ate at maintenance. I would plateau at the same weight for a month or two but I made sure the scale never started to go back up.
Today I can proudly say that I weigh 42 pounds less! I weigh 130 pounds. I went from a US size 12 down to a size 4. The last time I wore a size 4 I was around 12 years old. I weigh 20 pounds less than the day I graduated from high school. I no longer have back pain and I no longer get migraines. I can run a 5k in 34 minutes. Last year I could barely run for a minute straight without getting out of breath and feeling like I was dying.
It definitely wasn’t easy at times. I learned to be my own support system, because I was losing the weight for me and it didn’t matter what anyone else thought. I dealt with family members bringing me down with the famous lines of “you’re getting too skinny” “there’s going to be nothing left of you” “you’ll look terrible if you lose more weight”.
I’m still losing weight and I’m not sure what my ultimate goal weight is just yet. I would like to get down to the 120’s. I added weight training into my exercise routine and I’m excited to see the results in the upcoming year.
Thank you for everyone’s support and advice on here that helped me along the way!
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