I used to think it was almost impossible for me to lose weight and I thought it wasn't that unhealthy to be obese. I had watched a bunch of body positivity TED talks that had me convinced of this. I had PCOS and since it was nearly impossible I decided it wasn't worth the effort.
I had given it an honest effort in the past, and I stayed the same size. And I really did give it an honest effort. So I figured... impossible, I'd have to starve myself to lose weight. Until my doctor told me I had to or I'd get diabetes. So I decided to give it my all, and when there were little to no results I could say smugly say "I told you so." I also decided I would TRACK everything so he couldn't tell me I wasn't trying hard enough. So I bought a fitbit and started tracking and measuring what I was eating. Not only would I prove it was impossible, I'd have the data to prove it.
When I started losing weight I was actually surprised. Between September and Christmas I lost 16 lbs. I gained 6 lbs back during Christmas. Since January 8 I started Jenny Craig and I have lost 14 lbs. I am very proud of myself. I started this weight loss journey at 200 lbs at 5'2 and now I'm 176 lbs. Metabolically normal people would be losing it faster than me for how much work I put into it, (I walk 20k steps a day and eat 1300 calories a day) but I am still losing and I'm so happy.
I also feel stupid now that I really believed it was almost impossible for me due to PCOS.
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