TW: Toxic diet culture and eating disorders
I (25F) have spent the last 12ish years on varying degrees of diets, including Slimming World, CICO, Keto, Gluten free (although that was due to health issues), meal replacements.
Both slimming world and meal replacements really messed me up mentally. I was essentially brainwashed into 'the higher the number of lbs I lost, the more I was worth' and would get really triggered and upset if I lost anything less than 4lbs a week, which is obviously not do-able every week or sustainable. Thoughout this time, I also developed eating disorders and was utterly fixated on the number on the scale.
This time around, I am weighing myself in kilograms. My starting weight was 120kg, which I refused to convert to Stone & lbs. My current weight is 110.5kg. My final goal weight is 60-70kg depending on how I feel when I get there (note: I am short).
It's really hard for me to picture what a kg of fat looks like, and it's been a god send. No longer am I hooked on that 4lb loss every week.
I know I could Google what 1kg = ?lbs, but I have no desire to. I am (nearly) 10kg down in 12 weeks and I am so proud of myself. Some weeks I lost 0.2kg, some weeks such as this week, I've lost 2.3kg. I very much vary week-to-week. But that's okay. I'm okay with that. I don't wish to know what 10kg is in lbs, I don't want it to have that grip on me again.
Changing my weighing measurement has really changed things for me.
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from loseit - Lose the Fat https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/xi8qex/weighing_in_kg_has_made_this_time_so_much_easier/
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