And when I say fit, I mean - it's comfortable. It fits easily. Not tight in the slightest!! I've been buying size medium clothes for a while now but I'm fitting all my size small clothes again. I know being excited about fitting sizes is silly because they're not usually an accurate measure of much nor do they match up, but I still am kinda happy.
Anyway, I'm 5'6" and have been 131.something pretty consistently for the last week (? maybe 5 days?). I started at 147lbs, and before the pandemic I was 127lbs for around 2 years. My goal weight is between 120 and 125lbs. I'm guessing those probably sound high for people who are shorter than 5'6" so bmi wise I'm 21.1 right now, 20.5 is for 127lbs, and 120lbs is 19.4 (so, pretty low to the point where I might just go with 125lbs if I like how I look at it - wanna keep some of my curves!).
I used to be 115lbs but I was also 15 and I think possibly shorter. And very thin to a point where I wanted to gain weight so I'd be curvier.
But I digress! I've been feeling really proud at the moment because I've lost like- 15lbs now. It's kind of insane to me because that means I've ACTUALLY lost weight. Like, it can't be 15lbs of water weight. I'm also seeing it in my body and especially my face which I'm ecstatic about (I had so much fat in my cheeks that my side profile was just cheek blob. Now you can see the rest of my face!). My stomach isn't quite flat yet which the vain part of me wants, but I can feel I've lost weight there. My butt has also gotten smaller... RIP booty.. but my shoulders have too, and I overall feel LIGHTER. By a lot! Anyway, I've been feeling pretty good about myself lately barring some mood swings, and It's nice being able to fit into my old clothes again. Well, I went to visit my mom recently (am 19 living in an apartment for university like 40 mins drive from her) and she gave me some of my old clothes I'd left there. One of them was this blue dress with flowers that just looked so tiny and I'm pretty sure I remember not being able to fit into it LAST summer when I was smaller than my SW (although slightly bigger than CW I think). I bought it back when I was in those years of being 127lbs. But since I am losing weight I decided to bring it anyway. I washed it today to get out the dust and decided to try it on.
It fits me. It's not even tight like it is almost snug in the chest but in a way that is more than normal. The rest is loose. Like - it fit fits. And it's size SMALL which I was shocked about because since I'm 5'6" that's like- small for me. I usually buy size medium (or at least did while I was heavier and for the duration of most of the pandemic). I guess I just didn't consider my body small enough anymore to be capable of fitting that kind of thing. I'm sort of shocked that I guess I have lost weight.
I know it's silly and I know people post about fitting into clothes a lot on here, but I am really really happy about this - now I have a cute dress - and my first thought was NSV!! so I just wanted to say eeeeeek!!! I am so happy. And even more motivated (which is good because I was feeling a little more slack-y lately since I like how I look at the moment)
Edit: my tips!! Okay so I've mostly just been doing CICO - near the start I was doing a pretty extreme 1000 calorie deficit and then 750 calories - but also working out a lot and being more active which made it less extreme, lately I've been slacking a bit on the exercise but I've switched to a 500 calorie deficit since that's what the trainer at my gym recommended was safe. I eat 1200 calories as a general guideline at the moment which is strict but my tdee is low :(. Sometimes it's more like 1300-1400 which I was eating for a while when I was moderately active. I try my best to be at least moderately active. And then I usually eat closer to 1300-1400 which is fairly filling for me. The best tip I can give is to just always stay under your TDEE and aim for a 500 calorie deficit. On my cheat days I will go up to 1500 but I try to always stay under my tdee no matter what.
Also tips: avoid added sugar and refined carbs. They will make you even hungrier than before you ate them (and they're bad for you). Still treat yourself sometimes. It'll make it MUCH more sustainable. FDA says 50g of added sugar max a day, AHA says 25g max. I aim for 25 but 50 at a hard limit because it's hard. Unprocessed carbs are fine for you and great. Protein is filling, and definitely good.
Also- exercise is good and I wish I did more!
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