@stephny 5'1 GW: 105lbs maybe 115
CW: 162lbs
Highest weight: 167lbs
Losing weight is probably one of the most difficult things I've ever tried to do. It's annoying because I am one of those people who can do anything I put my mind to as long as I truly want it...except my weight loss! Recently I am trying to let go of the weight and even how I visually look because I think it might be rasisng my cortisol, which makes one gain weight/hold on to weight anyway. Also focusing on visuals means that if it doesn't seem to change it led me to give up on whatever I was doing because I didn't like it in the first place and it's not working anyway! (Ex. Tried intense workouts for a few weeks and didn't see results so I stopped bc it's wasn't fun)
Now I'm doing things I truly enjoy and benefit me in a lot more ways. Eating more whole foods, limiting sugar and eating out, fasting, low-intensity workouts, walking walking walking, meditation, stretching/yoga, taking it very slow and letting myself do these things naturally and loving myself of course. This way, even if I don't lose any weight at all I think I will at least be a lot happier and healthier. But truly it's taken probably years for me to naturally want to do and implement these things. Tiny little habits over 1-2 years have brought me here. Where just this month everything started working together and clicking.
So I guess I'll see in a year or two if any weight comes off. If not, I think I'll have to take it to the medical professionals because I would at least like to be in a smaller BMI range bc I physically feel less comfortable than at my lowest which was 137ish lbs in 2020.