For anyone who needs to hear this today, it’s ok if you have ups and downs in your weight. Your life has ups and downs too. It doesn’t mean you’re failing or can’t hit your goals at your own pace.
40F here, and I just logged my lowest weight since high school. High school. That’s before I was a fully (over)grown adult, and after being the youngest person at the local Weight Watchers meetings.
I’ve been battling my weight my whole life. I probably always will. But it all finally clicked 7 years ago, with the best motivation (post break-up revenge) and discovering the Lose It app (CICO). It worked. It was just math. I broke a 10-minute mile for the first time in my life. And I held onto most of the loss for several years, with a little creep, until a stressful 2019 and disastrous 2020 took me right back to where I was.
Seeing that old 181 number on the scale did it. I started counting calories again the next day. I got my thyroid tested so I could blame it on age and genetics. Nope. Just quarantine margaritas and 300 steps/day.
The line looks steep, but this latest effort is 30lbs down since July, which is about 1 pound a week. Not quite done yet, and I know maintenance will be a challenge. But last week I went for a walk, and j just started running because it felt fun.
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