As of today, I've logged 730 days on MyFitnessPal.
43F, 5'1"
A bit after my celiac diagnosis, I got a job at a place where they had free food. I'd never had to watch my weight before and figured it was my metabolism looking out for me. Well, I was wrong. Two years later, I was some twenty pounds heavier and my mom started making comments about my weight, and I got annoyed.
I downloaded MyFitnessPal and started logging. It was a huge eye-opener. First off, as a short, middle-aged woman, I hadn't appreciated how little I ought to be eating to maintain a healthy weight. Secondly, I'd turned to rice as something safe I could eat now that I couldn't have normal bread and pasta anymore, and I hadn't realized how many calories were in rice or how much I was shoveling onto my plate. Add in all the other delicious, gluten-free food I enjoyed too often and in too large amounts, and it was immediately obvious why I was heavier. (Well, that and my intestines finally healed up from the damage my malfunctioning immune system had inflicted.)
Four months in, I hit my first goal of 115 pounds (down from 135 pounds at my heaviest). A couple of months later, I was down to my second goal of 110 pounds. I struggled a little with figuring out how maintenance worked and almost accidentally got down to 105 before coming back up to 107 pounds, which is probably just about right for my very petite frame. I've been somewhere between 104 and 108 pounds for a little over a year now, and I've logged every single day. Every holiday, every birthday, during a week-long Alaska cruise, during a week-long illness...I kept on logging. I've grown used to the accountability and knowing exactly what I'm putting in my body gives me a surprising amount of comfort.
I have to admit, there are times I kind of miss not worrying about what and how much I was eating. But I'm way healthier now than I was for most of my thirties, at least. Stairs are so much easier, running to catch a train is easier, and I love the way my clothes look on me now. And with this gluten-free diet...my head is clear, I can think, I can plan, and I've even grown my fingernails for the first time in my life. Everything is better.
I still take it one day at a time, but I'm in it to win it.
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