Hi guys! First of all, I apologize for any mistakes in the following post, I am quite new to Reddit!
Quickly presenting myself: I'm a 24 yo female who is studying to become a teacher, and I've been struggling with my weight since middle school. When I was little, I was really skinny, not eating much and always running around. Around 12, puberty hits and also... schoolmates. I started getting female curves, with a pant size that would be 4-6 in US (I live in France, so it was size 38 / compared to the usual size 34, 36 of classmates) but unfortunately no boobs. Also at the time, family problems began to pile up, with my mother trying to commit suicide and my father always working so at 13, I was completely alone. So eating began to be my refuge. Except that of course, it only helped to get even more curves and more fat being stocked on my thighs. High school comes and people call me "a turkey" or "a whale", describing my hips as enooormous in their opinion. I get snickers when I walk though halls, and at that point my weight is at 59 kg for 1.59m, which would be 130lbs for a 5.2 girl. Which was quite alright at the time! But I couldn't see it because I was so focused on people laughing at me that I started to exercise and eat a bit more healthy. I managed to lose a few pounds but it took so. freaking. long. I had a friend who was dieting and exercising at the same time and she lost twice as much weight (to the point of being unhealthy but that's not the topic here). So I gave up and the weight came back.
So, skip to university now. I've been gaining steadily some weight since my 18th birthday (except when I made a one-off excursion into keto territory) to the point that I hit, last year, 72 kgs, yikes! Since then I've completely been refusing eating prepackaged meals and losing some weight.
And I've been doing my homework to understand how to lose weight and to understand my body also. I have PCOS and that may play a role in my body composition, but I don't want to use meds to help with it. Also, from what I understand, what is paramount is cutting calories, being in a calorie deficit. Except that, to be in a calorie deficit according to MyFitnessPal would be to hit 1330 calories a day. That's completely impossible for me. Eating veggies and fruits doesn't fill me, only meat and cheese do, and yet I can get hungry after only 2h (I drink 2L of water a day). Plus, by eating meat and cheese, I completely explode the total calories a day.
Any tips? I know that practicing sports could help me with this but I don't want to do cardio like running, and I've kind of fucked up my knee by jumping rope like a crazed demon at one point. I've been doing to bodyweight and weightlifting in my room (nothing crazy, 5lbs dumbbells and bands also) and it makes me quite happy but it makes my body go wild with inflammation because of muscle tear.
Thanks in advance guys! :)
tldr: 24 yo broke female student suffering from PCOS struggling to get a calorie deficit would love some help!
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