Posting for self accountability and to summarize my own thoughts, and see if anyone else is in the same boat, about any of it! Long story short is covid + kids + summer vacation = 8 kg of weight regain in 3-4 months, and I want to stop it there.
Background: About 3 years ago, I lost 3 pregnancies’ worth of baby weight (around 30 kg) and, with ups and downs, more or less maintained. Corrected some very bad junk food/sugar overeating habits and a couple years ago also got into running, and in general have felt the healthiest in my life so far, particularly since late 2020.
I hit a snag this summer with the sudden changes to my routine that I failed to adapt to appropriately. The kids were out for summer, as normal, but thanks to covid, our usual childcare and activity options were unavailable, and the stress of everyone at home, back working a lot more while also somehow watching and entertaining the kids all day every day was intense. I think running and appropriate solo downtime were my usual stress management outlets, but left without those options, plus a lot less sleep, I started turning to food.
It felt SO shitty and pointless overeating at first since I hadn’t done it for so long, but I feel like it took no time at all before the bingeing and sugar started feeling compulsive again. Thought I’d left all that behind but old coping mechanisms die hard?
It’s no wonder that eating a ton more calories while doing a ton less physical activity led to weight gain, but I turned a blind eye to the fact I was slowly running out of clothing options and was developing increasing stomach distress.
Even though things are still variable and uncertain, I feel ready face up and make changes. So I’m logging back on here, took the progress photos, and dragged back out the scale. I’ve gained about 8 kg (17 lb) since I last checked - yikes, but also not bad in the long scheme of things, but also a trend I want to reverse rather than continue. I’ll be back on the daily accountability threads and reading and posting here since those have helped me greatly in the past to keep up good habits! More exercise, a lot less junk food, should get me back on the right direction.
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source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/plw4rk/facing_and_reversing_summer_regain/
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