A little bit of backstory: I've been gaining and losing the same twenty lbs for about the last 7 years, basically since my first kid was born.
This past November, I found myself once again at 165. I decided to make a change - a real change. I don't eat breakfast, eat basically chicken, rice and veggies for lunch and dinner, no snacks, drinking nothing but 2 cups of black coffee in the morning and water throughout the day. I only have a couple seltzers for alcohol on the weekends. I mostly stick to it, and have been with the exceptions of holidays, one weekend day, and special occasions. I've lost just over 25 lbs in around 4 months, slow and steady. I don't track my calories as strictly anymore, because I've been doing it long enough I can kind of just tell since I eat the same thing every day.
In mid January, I was officially diagnosed with adhd, and got put on adderall. It's basically changed my life (just being able to DO things is amazing) and I have been doing better at my work and keeping up on house things. All and all, things are going awesome right now, and I will probably hit my goal weight in another 3 weeks to a month!
I stopped by my parents to say hi, and mentioned how excited I am - not only did I blow past 145 (my nemesis weight I haven't been able to get past) I am officially in the 130's, which I don't think I've seen since my freshman year of college.
My Mom says something along the lines of "well of course you're able to lose weight, it's a side effect of adderall!"
Like, what? I had already lost 20 lbs by the time I started it! I've only been on it for a little over a month! And I don't even take it on weekends!
I just felt totally invalidated for a minute. But then I remembered I've lost 25 lbs, so whatever.
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