cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3286611
I lost almost 50 pounds by calorie counting back in 2015, then stopped counting and spent the next six years slowly putting it all back on. I've used Libra to track my weight, and you can see the half-hearted attempts over the years to halt that upward progress.
I've been sick of being overweight, of feeling sluggish and unattractive, and of having a hard time doing things l love like hiking and rock climbing. I stress eat a lot, and not to jinx things, but I've finally reduced the stressors in my life where I'm feeling really good about this latest weight loss spree.
Fingers crossed I'll be posting here sometime in the new year about having hit my goal weight!
[Image description: a line graph with the x-axis from 2014 to 2023, and the y-axis from 108 to 160lbs, the charted line showing a steep drop, and a jagged climb, with the last couple years hovering over an "overweight" demarcation.]
Yeah. Getting a kitchen scale was a good investment for me too. I'm not overweight much but kinda stuck there since forever and even just rough estimates after converting some of my usual cooking stuff into grams helped me to find some consistency in my cooking, and with that a slight lowering makes the weight go down. No surprise, less calories, less weight. Didn't even have to do any weird diets or cut out all the sweets either (which I don't count).