SV + NSV! I have lost 21 lbs since December and I was able to buy clothes without trying them on in store (THEY FIT!!!)

Some details about me: 1st post but I've been lurking for awhile. I'm 34F 5'4" SW: 228lbs CW: 207lbs GW: ?. I have 2 children but not all of my excess weight can be blamed on pregnancy/kids. My weight pre-pregnancies was 195lbs, so I had some weight to lose already. Ultimately I just want to be at a healthy weight and feel good.

I had my second child in October of 2018 and on the day I delivered I was 244lbs. I didn't immediately worry about losing weight (I just had a baby!) but I definitely focused more on it this time around compared to my first.

December 10th I was all healed from my C-section and I was cleared to exercise! I weighed in at 228lbs and decided to just start tracking in My Fitness Pal. I didn't worry about a caloric deficit at that moment. I just wanted to track my intake.

I did research on what method would help me and decided to try Keto and IF 16:8. I was planning on starting January 1, 2019 but my dad had a heart attack and had to have surgery on December 18, 2018. So that was the day I started lazy Keto and IF ( Lazy Keto= not worrying about specific foods or macros but just keeping my total net grams of carbs under 30g per day).

It took some trial and error but by January 1, 2019 I was down 5lbs! And for the next month I was strick with Keto and IF. I lost 10 more pounds! I was so excited! February came and Valentine's and my birthday came and I got off track. I was still sticking to IF but I was eating more carbs; probably around 75g per day (not Keto, but still an improvement from my regular diet). I managed to lose 6 more pounds even without being "perfect." SV: I lost 21lbs!

I should mention that exercise was hit and miss. I had the occasional gym workout and some days walking, but mostly I was chasing after a toddler and an infant. I plan on doing this part better in the future. I want to be fit as well as carry less excess weight!

I continued in this way with a few worse days (carbs wise) and a few better days until Monday, April 29th. I booked a beach vacation and decided I want to get serious about losing at least 20 more pounds. I plan on doing a modified Keto (around 30-50g net carbs per day) and IF 16:8 most days.

I also tried on some shorts from the summer before and they were too big! My pre-pregnancy clothes are still too small, so I needed something in between. I went to Sam's and found some shorts I liked (they don't have dressing rooms) and thought "I can return them if they don't fit." I got home and tried them on and THEY FIT PERFECTLY! Not "close to fitting" but perfectly and they were comfortable and they were just long enough to prevent thigh chafing but not so long that they looked like grandma shorts!!! (And they were only $15!)

Talk about motivation to keep going! Thanks for your time. I couldn't have done it without this sub and without r/keto!

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