About 6 or 7 years ago, I (29F) started on a weight loss journey with my mom and my best friend. We tracked calories, we exercised, we cut back on sugar, salt, soda. The whole 9 yards. I lost around 23 lbs. My best friend and I were even part of this sub.
Then, I started work at a call center. I stopped eating right and exercising because of the old excuse, "I don't have time." I didn't gain all the weight back, but I did gain some. I decided I wanted to join a gym to start exercising again, so I did.
After a couple of weeks with no changes in the scale, I quit going. I know it takes longer than a couple of weeks, but for some reason I wanted overnight results.
I quit the call center job and got a job in retail. I started going to the gym again. Then, my aunt passed away from complications due to cancer. It was sudden and unexpected. I spiraled into depression, quit going to the gym again, and started eating anything and everything in sight.
After about a year, I decided to start going to the gym again, I started using Noom, but I was still eating like trash. Garbage food is what I call it. I lost around 45 pounds. Then, my grandmother passed away from ovarian cancer. Again, I spiraled into depression and stopped going to the gym.
Something strange was happening though. I was still losing weight. I was eating worse than ever (think 2 cans of Spaghetti-o's for dinner), but I was losing.
Around my 30th birthday, I started having constant diarrhea and abdominal pain. Doctors kept saying it was gastroenteritis or ovarian cysts. 1 year and 1 day after my grandmother passed, I was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. I was 33.
During treatment, I was still losing so the doctors told me to high calorie meals to keep my strength up. So, I did. It is now 17 months later, I have been declared in remission, and I was still eating high calorie meals until around 2 weeks ago. I ballooned from around 150 pounds to 194. 2 weeks ago, I started grocery shopping and meal planning. The meals weren't high calorie, but i was maintaining, not losing.
Yesterday, I started counting calories again. I am using MyFitnessPal to log every piece of food that passes my lips. I am not going to stop drinking sodas cold turkey. That is a recipe for disaster for me. For sweets, I'll make sure my calorie budget allows for it. I am wanting to get back down to around 150 or 145 pounds. I will start exercising again. I will start at home first. I don't know if gyms are requiring masks, but I don't want to be on a treadmill while wearing a mask. Plus, my immune system is still low, so I don't want to be in public without a mask. This time, I'm going to stick with it.
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