F / 27 / 5'8 [212.5lbs > 149lbs = 63.5lbs since January 2020]
Since I started seriously trying to lose weight in January, I've been constantly opening myfitnesspal and looking longingly at the graph of my entire history of weight logs, wishing it would trend downwards faster. It was so depressing seeing my low weight logs over the past 6 years and watching my 'starting weight' go up with every failed diet attempt.
I kept setting myself mini goals - first it was to get back to my starting weight from January 2017 of 191lbs, then it was to get to my lowest weight in 2017 of 166lbs, then it was to get to my first ever starting weight in December 2014 of 162lbs, then it was to get to my lowest recorded weight from May 2015 of 150lbs.
Today, I've finally done it, I've logged my lowest ever weight in this wonderful app, and god it feels good! I still have 9lbs to go until my ultimate goal weight of 140lbs, and then I want to maintain until August next year when I will hopefully be getting married (all being well with COVID...).
In a previous post, I'd written about how getting engaged was the driving force behind losing weight, as I wanted more than anything to be able to try on wedding dresses without letting my insecurities dictate the type of dress I could wear. Yesterday, I had my first ever bridal appointment and tried on the most amazing dresses I have ever seen, and you know what? I actually felt amazing in them too.
Don't get me wrong, I still don't feel 100% comfortable in my body and some days I feel just as large as I did back in January, but seeing this graph gives me the reminder I need to snap myself out of it, and look at myself through the eyes of someone else and not someone with body dysmorphia. Today is a good day!
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