Hey guys. I've been struggling to lose weight but it's really no mystery, I'm bad at sticking to diets and have poor sleep and I stress eat.
I'm sharing this just because I'm having some shower thoughts about this topic and I feel like if we (I and anyone else reading this who is unhappy with their weight/size) intend to do something about it, we need to have a logical understanding of how we got to where we are.
I had a conversation with a friend the other day about how we both got bigger over our 20s/at 30 (I'm 28 she's 31), and for the record this is not a negative comment on her because I think she's still healthy and looks to be a reasonable size/fitness level, she's just up maybe 10 pounds or about one dress size in a year. I myself was already pushing it and then gained 30 pounds in 2 years. I was discussing excersise and eating habits though and she said "I honestly think a lot of it is just us getting older". This made no sense to me at all. There is no magical second puberty. We're just adult women. I know sometimes there are medical conditions that make weight management hard but those are uncommon and don't apply to either of us. Her argument was she feels like she's been eating the same for years and it seems like maybe I have too.
But...eating the same calories for years doesn't mean that's your maintenence. Those of us who make this claim have likely been in a consistent, small surplus for years and it just finally catches up with us eventually.
If we look at my 15 pounds a year, that's only a surplus of 144 calories a day. In her case 96 extra calories a day. Do you know how easy it is to eat that much extra? That's barely anything. That's sour cream on your taco. Unless you're counting, you wouldn't know you're doing that.
I also lost weight from the ages of 23 to 24. Guess how...I ate lower calorie foods. I didn't have to get bigger simply because I was older in 2020 than I was in 2019.
I'm not saying everyone has to count calories forever. I know there's a danger in being obsessive. I just thought it was interesting and worth talking about because I'm pretty sure the metabolism doesn't slow down until you're much older. I'm trying to be more honest with myself and want to share the thoughts with people in the same boat.
Open to hearing your thoughts as well. TIA!
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