I know “newly overweight” sounds funny but it’s true. I’m 52F and spent most of my life at 125lbs +- 10lbs at 5’4”. What happened? Well, had a spectacularly terrible 2019 - lost my mom who i cared for (literally her care giver) in January, followed by a mental health crisis with my 11 yo that lasted in its severe stage for 4-5 months, constant stress. I had the double whammy of becoming much less active - would be at home in my chair on the phone or doing paperwork all day related to mom’s estate , selling her home, talking to doctors/therapists for my daughter, or researching mental illness treatments. I didn’t watch TV or socialize at all. Wore the same clothes for days.
By July I weighed 150. It didn’t look too bad but i was determined to lose it. Got down to 140 when another big crisis came up. The rest of the year was spent in hospital rooms and eating garbage and a lot of sweets. I didn’t get on the scale until December 27th. 177lbs. I feel like someone put me in a fat suit like in the movies.
I did the math and it really didn’t take too many extra calories a day - about 400 a day- to gain this weight considering my sedentary lifestyle. There were days i was eating several candy bars a day. Not sure what i thought would happen. The laws of thermodynamics are pretty rigid.
So - here i am. Counting calories. Living in a deficit until i get back to my old self. Goal is 125 by July 4th.
Is there any logic to the comment I’ve gotten from friends that because i put it on fast i will take it off fast? Doesn’t make sense to me but thought it was worth asking.
Will post a starting photo later - i can barely look at it.
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