It's only 5kg since January. It's only a BMI of 32 to 29.5. It's only half a clothing size.
But it happened while I was stressed and not closely watching my food intake. It happened while I was too busy to go to the gym. I've been an stress+emotional eater all my life, and since March I've been going through the most stressful period of my life, working part time with increased responsibilities and writing my master's thesis. Every semester this far I've gained weight.
But not this time. I made tiny changes, and gave myself space to mess up without giving up entirely. I let myself eat when I was hungry but avoided eating first thing in the morning or after dinner. I switched to sweetener in my tea, and coke to Pepsi Max.
And it happened. I mostly maintained, but very very slightly. Very very slowly, the weight went down instead of up. For the first time in my life, I'm not gaining inches everytime I let myself relax. I feel like I can live inside this body, and live like this, without constantly being at war with food. I feel I've learnt how to stop before my plate is empty if I'm not hungry anymore.
This is the biggest win. I've lost lots of weight in short bursts before. I've lost 20kg+ in the space of a few months time and time again, but life always sneaks in and the weight comes back because I haven't learned the habit. This time? I'm not even trying and it's ever so slowly slipping away. And I'm so happy about it.
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