First off - before I do anything on here I just want to say a big thank you to everyone on this subreddit. I never really thought that I could find a community this fun and supportive on the internet - when I first got started last summer someone had commented on a thread "it's amazing how supportive and troll free this subreddit is" and although I couldn't believe it - it was true. A deep heartfelt thank you to everyone that comments little smiley faces on the SV/NSV thread - to the multitude of MFP friends I've gotten on here. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Now onto the why and how.
WHY: A big incentive for me (despite being overweight/obese all of my adult life) was my 10 year reunion this year. I had this dream that I would love to wear my grad dress again to the reunion, partly from nostalgia - partly thriftiness. When I pulled it out of my cupboard last August I couldn't even pull it up over my hips. That along with some new stretch marks and more of my closet not fitting (I'm a clothes horse) and finding this incredible subreddit led me to what is now a defining moment in my adult life: downloading myfitnesspal.
HOW: I don't want to say that I was a total idiot about food before this, but I certainly had a lot of food myths in my brain that I could never seem to shake. (ie. butter is "better for you" than margarine, low-cal doesn't mean healthy, portion control is important- whatever that means) It took about three week of using the app until I noticed that a lot of my food "theory" was garbage in helping me lose weight. I had tried diets in the past but they were always so restrictive (ie. Paleo, gluten free) but they never worked. MFP took away all of those restrictions. I learned what portion control meant (I bought a food scale) and I learned what I needed to keep myself happy and healthy while losing. Diet: I'm now (what I pleasantly call) a lunch dinner vegan. I I still eat eggs in the morning and some lean meats on a very rare occassion, but a vegetarian/no dairy diet has been the one that worked best for me. I fell in love with Anna Jones' cookbooks and the minimalist baker/oh she glows blogs. Right now I'm eating around 1250 cal a day - up to 1350 if I work out. Excercise: I started out swimming. A half an hour at my local pool (they have free swim right after I finish work) twice a week. In December I downloaded C25k and I'm just about done the program (I took a couple weeks off in January when I traveled). It's been really cool to watch my stamina get better and better - I was an asthmatic kid so this is the first time in my life I've ever had the ability to run. I'm hoping to get started on strength training in the next couple months, still scouting gyms for the right fit.
That brings me to here. As of this morning I weighed in at 195 (finally an "overweight" BMI) and officially over 50lbs lost. And I don't plan on stopping anytime soon.
Thank you again to everyone on here that sends little nods and love. xoxo.
Here's a before/after and a pic of me in my grad dress: http://ift.tt/1S4tgjq
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