33F/SW: 168lbs/CW:143lbs/GW: ~120lbs.
I’m a little nervous to post this because it’s Reddit and I see a lot of people get attacked for what they post. I want to preface this by saying I’m not comparing myself to anyone but the version of myself I’m not comfortable with. I don’t want anyone to compare themselves to me, or think I’m better than them, because I know how it goes-I used to do that myself.
Up until covid I had never really been a big person. In high school, my max weight was 107lbs, after college I was sitting around 125lbs and I had maintained that for quite a while, then in my mid-twenties decided to work with a personal trainer and got to to 115lbs, which I maintained for a while.
Then, life threw a curve ball at me, I had a sequela of things go wrong: a car accident, a miscarriage, my last living grandparent’s passing-all happen within a few months. I really started to eat my feelings then, and over time it had gotten worse and worse, and in late January of this year I clocked in at 168lbs. I couldn’t even recognize myself in the mirror anymore, my once clear skin was acne-ridden, my chin was non-existent…I was honestly just humiliated to see what I had become. I even realized that people were starting to call me “ma’am” instead of “miss”, which if you’re a woman you might feel the same way I do, that it implies you are/look old. On top of that, I was ignited by my work offering a wellness incentive to meet healthy metrics for an insurance discount. I was absolutely not healthy at the time, but if I could get my waist measurement below 30 inches and have an A1C and lipid panel within normal limits I’d get the discount. I had already known I needed the weight off, so I got to work. I passed all the screening metrics and got the discount!
I have been watching my CICO and I typically do 6-7 days a week of either strength training (2 days a week) and/or moderate to vigorous cardio on the stair machine, bike, or treadmill. 143lbs is nowhere near the end of my journey, so obviously I’m going to keep it going, but the biggest things for me have been how my old clothes fit. I’m back in a size small, I had an old Hollister dress in my closet which is a size 3 that I told myself I’d never fit in again and guess what? IT FITS! I was so shocked! I just got back from the grocery store and when I was in line I heard a man say “excuse me, miss?” And oddly enough, that made me feel so proud of myself. I just look so much younger and healthier because I’m actually taking care of myself again.
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source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/13htyb8/excuse_me_miss/
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