I've never been particularly large, so it didn't cross my mind that losing four inches off of my measurements would have any real impact on my travel experience. Economy airline seats are cramped for everybody, after all, especially if you're flying one of those budget airlines that cram as many people as possible on board and give you next to no legroom.
Well, last week I had to fly for the first time since losing weight, and ended up in a middle seat on one of those bottom-of-the-barrel discount flights where they charge you extra to select your seat. It was the only direct flight option so I reluctantly decided to suck it up, fully expecting to be miserable for three hours. Only, it wasn't that bad. Just those few inches off my measurements gave me so much space to move around in my seat, I even managed to get comfortable enough to sleep on my redeye, which has never happened before, even when I've been flying halfway around the world.
As for what I did to lose the weight, CICO really is king. I tracked everything I ate for about eight months, and just trusted the process. I've also been doing lazy IF, usually around 16/8, which has worked well for me because it gave me permission to stop forcing myself to eat breakfast when I've never liked it.
After I hit my goal weight, I tracked for a few months in maintenance just to make sure I got the hang of it, but since then I've been maintaining for the last year and a half without tracking. I've kept up the lazy IF since my body is a lot happier with me when I give it time without eating, but I'm not super strict about it. On the rare occasions when I'm hungry in the morning, I'll eat, because for me a lot of this has just been going back to eating how my body prefers when I'm not trying to be beholden to food rules. I put on extra weight in large part because I kept forcing myself to eat in the mornings because it's "good for you," and it's been incredibly freeing to give that up and wait to eat until I'm actually hungry. The only other thing I've done in maintenance is to weigh myself daily and track it it Libra, just so I've got an eye on trends.
I didn't have as much to lose as some people on here, but the little things like finding a lot of extra space on airplanes makes it worth it.
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