I (26F) gained weight when I stopped tracking my calories. I'm back but better now.

So last year over lockdown, I started counting calories and lost 35lbs. This lasted for about 6 months (between May 2020 - December 2020). I stopped tracking in December and never went back to it. I knew I had gained weight over 2021 and recently had the courage to step on the scales to see the damage. I gained 10lbs back. I'm thankful I checked now because I haven't put all of the weight back on but I could feel it in my body that I was gaining weight and I hated it.

This time, my journey will be different. I won't be restricting myself so much, I was eating 1,200 calories a day without fail (I'm 5ft 2 so it's not as bad as it sounds!) but sometimes I felt like it was too restrictive if I didn't have access to healthy, low calorie foods. This time, I want to focus on both maintaining and losing weight so I've decided to do a split. Track all calories but 4 days a week at 1,200 calories and 3 days a week at 1,800 calories.

I'm hoping this will help me in the long run, even if it'll take me longer to lose weight. I'm also hoping to start doing exercise too. I struggled over lockdown (I live in a flat with no garden) and going for walks is so damn boring. I'm moving house soon and hopefully getting a garden / ground floor flat so I can do some home workouts without disturbing anyone living below me! I enjoyed doing those when I could even if they were hard, but I really want to incorporate exercise into my lifestyle. I'm also getting a new job which is working 100% from the office (instead of at home in my pyjamas) so I'll be getting more movement day to day as well.

I really want this to work out for me this time. My boyfriend loves me as I am but sometimes I feel like he's disgusted by my body (even if he never says it and shows me otherwise).

I'm changing my life in so many ways this year, I want my biggest change to be my weight and this time, I'm going to do it and stick to it.

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