Starting last summer I felt hopeless about my weight. I didn't think I had the strenght to do anything about it. I weighed 87 kg and it kept creeping up. Anytime I lost weight it was naturally but whenever I tried I would give up after two weeks. Because of health reasons it felt impossible and the only reasons I wasn't obese was because of taking care of my dog and food intolerances. But I started to develop a belly and extra chin. I felt completely out of control and I didn't want to get to 90 kg. I thought I needed to be perfect to loss any kind of weight. But I was so wrong!
At first it was so frustrating. I stopped drinking juice and sodas a long time ago. And stopping snacking was really really hard as an emotional eater. And I was so so hungry. But I was determinded to keep trying even if I failed constantly. My parents were losing weight starting 6 weeks ago with the help of a low dose of weight medicine and I wanted to join in with the healthy eating. Even if I did not have the help of medicine I could change my eating habits in solidarity and try to reach my own goals.
At my surprise after losing the first kilo the pain in my right knee eased up and started dissapearing. My migraines became less severe. My legs didn't hurt all the time anymore. I still had really low sugar levels and would get very faint. It seemed I could't eat less and I almost gave up. But I was still interested in weight loss. I started watching anti fat acceptance youtubers who were on their own journey. It felt for the first time I wasn't alone and someone went through the same things as I did. Some creators were GraphicallyAlex and Angelyca Unfiltered. Watching their video's I saw it was possible. And I related a lot to them. Especially Alex's content about beeing a Midsize Princess and the midsize era made me laugh so much and I never felt more seen.
To my horror I was completely in denial about my food habits, calorie intake and body issues. And the more I learned I started to lose again! I cut out some things and use 1/4 of the oil or butter, weigh out my sauces and starting to read the labels on food and asking my self what food were worth the amount of calories. I am now 83 kg. And my sugar levels feel much better. I can take longer breaks between meals and break my fast much later in the day. Finally I can imagine me reaching my goal for real. I want to loss another 8 kg because I would have a healthy BMI for my length. That's what I really want. I don't need to be thin, just not overweight and maybe a little leaner so I'm not on that line of being overweight.
Starting late this month I'm going to start working out too. Now my health is better things are becoming possible that weren't before. The great thing is I'm not starving so I can actually keep these changes up. My main thing is keeping it off and slow maintable weightloss. I'm very grateful to the weightloss community. I didn't realize it could be such a postive space!
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