I'm a 5'4" female with a SW of 160lbs and I'm down to 147lbs after 4 weeks! My first goal is 140, but I hope to get to the low 130s eventually.
I know I'm not super overweight, but I have had a really tough relationship with food and was so unhappy with my body. I put on 20lbs over about 4 years and could not get them off, mostly due to not having consistent habits due to disordered eating. Every time I would try to cut back, even a little bit, I would go into a very unhealthy mental state and I'd end up starving myself for like 3 days and then binging and then giving up. I have even fallen into purging as well in the past, and I just became terrified of dieting because of the toll it took on my mental state.
My OB prescribed my phentermine last month, and it has been amazing. It isn't a magical pill that makes me lose weight, that's all me, but it has offered me a chance to gain control. I am just now understanding that I never learned good habits or appetite control, I just had an insane metabolism but it caught up to me as an adult. I am no longer obsessed with food, and I have been able to track calories more vigilantly and consistently than I ever have, while remaining in a healthy state of mind. I've also been exercising more and have been more consistent than ever, but that has to do with other things.
Last night, I officially hit 10lbs lost from my visit to the doctor when I got my prescription a month ago. Everyone in the house was asleep, so I couldn't share my joy, so instead I went into the living room, picked up my 10lb dumbbell, and just held it and felt the weight that I had officially lost, and felt so proud and relieved.
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