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What I learnt from my weightloss journey:
Slow and steady is the best way to go.It’s no use to lose 3 lbs in a day by fasting and then gaining all that back. It’s way better to lose .3 and keep it off, without depriving yourself.
The only phase in which you’ll need to motivate yourself is the beginning. Be patient; once you see results, it becomes an addiction. You just keep strong for a couple weeks, and then you’ll be unstoppable. Once you see that number drop and those bones pop, you will want to go on and binges won’t call you as much.
If you hate your body, you always will. It will keep some of its features; if your shoulders are broad or your waist isn’t as thin as a porcelain doll’s, it will always be like that. So learn to appreciate your OWN features. Because skinny looks good on everything afer all… Big bone structure? More visible bones! Wide hips? Good, you’ll have a tiny waist and a bigger thigh gap. Straight as a ruler? So petite and cute and andorgynous! Etc. Not everybody is built for a thigh gap or a 55 cms waist. Learn to appreciate what you have.
Depriving yourself will only lead to failure. Because, fuck, in the last months, the only times I’ve actually had a full-blown binge (as in, eating until I’m sick and even if I hate that food) has been when I had eaten less than a certain amount of calories the day before. So, seriously, have your snacks and your carbs. It’s better in the long run, and it’s stupid to eat 500 calories today and binge on 3000 tomorrow. Just eat 1200 both days and lose consistently.
Get off your ass and excercise. Even if it’s just a walk. Even if it’s just 5 minutes. Not to burn calories (even tho it’s a nice side effect) but because, no matter how much weight you lose, if you don’t have muscle mass you’ll still look like shit. Do you want to be a shapeless skinny fat thing with weak legs and a potbelly and a BMI of 16? No? That’s what I thought. Excercise, seriously. And WALK, if you want to have toned (not bigger, just toned/perkier) legs and butt, a flat stomach and a tinier waist.
There’s no universal weightloss formula. Do your research, but then apply it to YOU. It’s like a science project; you need data. Experiment, and keep a journal where you log food, weight, and excercise. Once you’ve developed some habits you won’t need to anymore (but if it’s your thing, keep using it! Why not!) but at the beginning it’s important to check your progress. Not everything you read on the internet is true, and most importantly, it doesn’t have to be true for YOU. Everything is subjective, it’s YOUR body after all.
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