I'm interested in other people's weight loss goals, and how you achieved them. I'm a 34, female. I'm tired of living like this and I want to change back into who I was 2 years ago.
I used to weigh in around 186 lbs and it felt amazing. I know that's still substantial for a young woman. But I looked really good and healthy. I could breathe better, walk faster and really do things my body just can't do now. I loved who I was. Now, I hate looking in the mirror most days, and I want to change. These are supposed to be the best years of my life and I don't want to be 40 years old all of a sudden weighing in at a whopping 250 lbs.
Right after I got kidney stones a couple years ago, I started to notice the gain. I now drink 3 litres of water a day and limit my sugar and sodium intake to prevent more stones. Part of me wants to believe the kidney stones had something to do with the weight gain. But that just doesn't make sense to me or my doctors. It's like my doctors are trying to get me on a vegan diet now. But that's unrealistic for me.
I don't really know how many calories I eat in one day. But I've been cutting out junk and trying to eat more whole foods. I don't eat a lot, so I'm starting to think that it's also what I'm eating is part of the problem if not most of it. I have tried the keto diet in the past when my weight was going up and down. I lost over 30 lbs. But I felt like shit and had no energy so I just ended up gaining it all back.
I want to exercise but so many people say diet is like 90% of weight loss. Some doctors I've talked to have said that exercise doesn't really do anything for weight loss. I love to walk and swim. I even bought Just Dance for my Switch that I quite enjoy because no one can see my body. But after hearing from so many people both online and in person that exercise is just for building muscle, and does not cause weight loss, I feel like giving up. My body can't run now, so I just walk. I have a local gym punch card. But I'm afraid of people staring at the fat person. I feel so self conscious in front of other people. I was so proud of myself 2 years ago and want to be that proud again.
Please share your experiences and advice, what worked for you what didn't work. it feels good to know I'm not going through this alone.
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