This is what my friend said when I told him about it. I told him I lost 10lbs and he said that is a lot and congratulated me and told me to treat myself.
I am 22F 5’4 (SW: 195lbs, CW: 185, GW: N/A). I’ve been dealing with my weight ever since I was barely a teen. After my finals ended, I would know I’d have a couple months free until my upcoming graduation in August so I initially made a goal to lose X amount by that time. I am glad to say my mindset has changed and I know this is for the long run.
I was a very sedentary uni student in a non-walkable country but I started walking on my treadmill for 20-30 mins, 2-3 times a week last Oct! (I don’t think I was losing any weight there because holidays came through and I didn’t watched what I ate).
I finally tracked my weight daily on May and just tried to be as active as I can. Then I jumped the gun and started the, then, dreadful calories counting with the app LifeSum on June. This has helped me immensely with knowing my portions and eases my mind to know I’m eating in the range I want even if at first it was over the limit; I was still tracking!
I am now eating 1600 cals but some days I am even satisfied with 1400-1500cals. I wouldn’t eat just to hit the limit. Recently I also turned off the option to add back the calories burnt into my calorie intake because I know it’s overestimating it.
Before all of this, I thought there was something wrong with me and my hormones because I was fat and the weight is not budging. Turns out I wasn’t practicing the basics (imo) of losing weight: CICO and activity.
Motivation wasn’t always there but being on this subreddit daily helped me focus on my goals! It’s a long journey but we’re not alone :)
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