Hi!
First time poster haha. Sorta wanted to share my weight loss journey/experience and ask for advice on how to just make it part of my life in the long term!
I recently lost 35 pounds during the quarantine. I was decently overweight before and was dealing with some self esteem and body issues, but now I am finally at a healthy weight and at a good place with my body and have a better mind set in general towards healthy eating and portion control.
How I lost the weight; I got “Covid-19” and lost 15 pounds. I got very sick for two weeks, and was presumed positive of coronavirus and ended up losing 15 pounds, I also developed pneumonia towards the end which extended my recovery to be 100% healthy again but, despite it being the most difficult and painful illness that I have ever personally experienced, it kickstarted a weight loss journey that changed my life.
When I got sick I had just come home from university after it shut down due to the pandemic. I was home for about 3 weeks before I got sick. I was at my heaviest that I had ever been and when I fully recovered I had lost 10 pounds (I lost 15 when I was sick but gained 5 back when I got better) and I could see a difference. I felt better about myself and I realized it was time I did something, and this was the perfect time if I could make it happen before I gained the weight that I lost when I was sick back. My dad was doing Alternate Day Fasting at this time and I decided to give it a try as well. I had tried Intermitted Fasting before because my family is all about those kind of diets. Or as they call it “Alternate eating schedules” because I guess it really isn’t a diet. IF never worked for me though, but ADF did and I started losing weight and seeings results which made encouraged me to keeping going and now after 3 months I have lost 35 pounds.
I follow a eating program of eating about 2000 calories on my eating day and 500 on my fasting days, and the days alternate back and forth. My brother, who was also on the overweight side also decided to do it and has ended up losing 20 pounds so far. He has a similar schedule but 2500 calories on his eating days.
Sooo... I have kind of stalled out in my weight loss. I have been consistently losing 2 pounds a week but haven’t for the last two week, I know it gets slower the closer you get to the goal but what can I do to speed it along?
Also, any tips for incorporating lifestyle/eating changes into the long term? I want to stop doing ADF sometime but I am not sure what to do after haha.
Thanks for reading if you did haha! And advice or comments are appreciated!
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