Does anyone else find themselves losing weight just.... really, really, really slowly?
I originally typed up a whole thing about all the stuff Im doing but I deleted it, because I really dont want advice on my specific diet. To put it simply, I am both obese and struggling with active ED and have been for 10 years. About one year ago, I decided enough was enough and got professional help. I am now working under consultation of a GP, an endocrinologist, and a therapist to do a "healthy lifestyle change" instead of a diet.
And like... its kind of worked? My underlying health metrics are all loads better. An I feel a lot better.
And as for extra weight, well! In the past year I have managed to lose a total of... drumroll....
8 pounds.
Hooray?
I dunno. My doctor(s) say its probably a mix of me making little mistakes in my diet and also my body needing to heal before it loses anything. And like, I know theyre right, so this is childish to complain about but like...
It just feels really unfair sometimes that this isnt enough!!!
This time two years ago I was eating a large Dominoes pizza to myself 1-2 times a week and a bottle or 2 of wine every other night! Id run to the grocery store to get stuff for the week and pick up a large bag of fried chicken to "snack on". And that was even an improvement! When I first gained all this weight I got here because I was such a fatass I would drive to two separate fast food restaurants to get a large meal, because I didnt want them to know they were both for me. I mean, truly absurd calorie counts, and I did this for about 6 months.
Now I wake up at 6:30 and do yoga, make myself half a can of chickpeas with cilantro and bell peppers and drink it with black coffee. I bike everywhere now, nearly 50 miles total per week, and eat like bamboo shoot salads and lettuce wraps and shit. I eat seaweed or raw cucumbers as a snack if Im famished, a bowl of soup and toast (without butter!) for dinner. I went vegan a month ago and it wasnt even difficult!
Like, I am a completely different person!
And I look exactly the same.
My doctors tell me to be patient. So I am being patient. And I do feel better.
But then when I come to this board sometimes and I see people losing like 50 lbs in a matter of months its like... what gives, man? Am I broken? Am I delusional? Maybe my life hasnt actually changed at all-- if it had then Id change too right? Maybe Im just as much of a fatass as I was before?
Ill probably delete this later. I know how this kind of post goes over. But like idk. I just wanted to know if anyone else was in this boat.
Would really, really make me feel better if there was someone else out there going thru it in the highly specific way I am going thru it right now lol.
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