I really lost 15 pounds, but I won’t mention my specific weight or post comparison photos; I’m still definitely a fat person.
What’s worth celebrating is that after weighing myself today, I finally confirmed that my weight has returned to what it was four years ago. The reason I can be so precise is that four years ago, a friend who provides weight loss services invited me to participate in an event.
Although I didn’t become her client, I chose to buy a scale from her, which came with an accompanying app that records my weight every time I step on it.
I still remember very clearly that at the event, my friend casually mentioned that if you want to lose weight on your own, you will only end up gaining more.
He hit the nail on the head!
I just looked back at my weight records over the past four years, and my weight has been increasing every year. At the beginning of this year, it soared to 134 pounds; keep in mind, I only weigh 152!
Because deep down I am reluctant to be a fat person, for a long time, losing weight has been the main theme of my life.
Once, in order to lose weight, I, who was not fond of exercising, hired a personal trainer and spent every day of the week in the gym. As a result, I did lose weight, but after stopping my workouts, my weight skyrocketed again.
After countless attempts, I chose to give up.
Those who have had similar experiences understand; I won’t go into details.
This year, after experiencing my mother’s passing, I became quite down, or shall I say, I didn’t want to move. I spent lots of time scrolling through Douyin and engaging in things I once looked down upon.
Speaking of which, one day in June, looking at the increasingly larger clothes in my wardrobe, I suddenly decided that I didn’t want to continue being fat.
I thought that since I didn’t want to do anything else, I might as well focus on my own body.
Before starting this weight loss journey, I didn’t consult any experts around me but instead searched online for a lot of information about slimming. I finally figured out the foundational logic of losing weight, which is to create a calorie deficit for myself.
What is a calorie deficit? For instance, if you need to consume 1000 calories today, eating 2000 calories will definitely lead to weight gain, while eating 500 calories will surely lead to weight loss.
Stars eat less and burn more, so they definitely lose weight.
As for my weight loss experience at the gym, the biggest issue was that while I was burning a lot, I was also eating a lot. Every time I returned home from the gym, I was starved and needed to eat a bowl of noodles, which essentially negated all the effort.
Today, what I want to say is that after understanding the foundational logic, I also researched various methods of weight loss from bloggers and celebrities, and I chose to skip dinner.
Because most of my day is spent sitting on a stool writing and reading, the most exercise I get is cooking three meals for my daughter, and once school starts, it’ll only be two meals. Plus, she often eats out for breakfast.
Therefore, my level of physical activity is indeed pitifully low.
I’ve mentioned before that I tried going to the gym, but I couldn’t sustain it; I attempted square dancing but couldn’t continue; I even tried dancing along with streamers, but again, failed to persist.
It’s a bit embarrassing to say, but I still have basic equipment like dumbbells, a yoga mat, and a jump rope at home.
Since I can’t get my legs moving, I decided to watch my diet, so I resolved to stop eating after noon—meaning no dinner, and if I’m hungry, I drink water.
Of course, I occasionally break this rule, like one day when my husband bought grilled fish, and I couldn’t resist and ended up eating a lot.
It seems that this is something I can sustain.
I don’t worry about how many calories I eat in a meal; I just eat until I feel full.
For ordinary people like us, if you want to lose weight, you have to eat less and accept being hungry.
At first, when I stopped eating dinner, I did feel uncomfortably hungry, but now my body has adapted, and I feel much lighter overall.
If you have experienced repeated weight loss failures like I have, you really need to understand the foundational logic behind losing weight and find a method that suits you; otherwise, all the struggles will just be a dream like mine!
Sisters, we really need to wake up; there are no shortcuts in this world for anything, and weight loss is no exception!!!!!!!!
