Hi! I'm new here and I wanted to say thank you.
I wanted to say thank you because reading your stories and your motivating words has helped me find my motivation and start trying again.
I'm 25 years old (F 5'2" | SW: 130 | CW: 130| GW: 120 ) and my weight loss journey started in March 2019 and I started trying to lose some body fat. I know 130lbs may not sound like a lot (and people like to remind me that it's not) but this weight is mainly body fat which isn't the healthiest for me. I got a body scan and my body fat is higher than it should be (its above average).
Last March I started working out and counting my calories. I didn't weigh myself while I was doing this because I found it bad for my mental health. I saw changes in my body and I started to feel like I had control of my body again. But then I got (sort of) sick. I guess I had the perfect cocktail of factors (stress, eating habits, strict food rules...) to trigger a hormonal imbalance. This caused memory problems, extreme fatigue, and constant full-body hives. When I tried to work out the sweating cause me to break out in hives too. So my workout routine was gone and I no longer had the motivation. This caused my anxiety to be at an all-time high and I isolated myself the whole summer because I was physically uncomfortable all the time. I also became fearful of food, because my doctor told me that it could be a food allergy and I should try to figure it out.
When I finally got better (not fully though, I'm still trying to get back to 100%) I started eating normally and more. I stopped maintaining my weight and gained it all back. I had noticed the changes in my body but today it became very clear. I bought a skirt last summer that I was able to pull up over my hips and it was loose, today when I put it on it fit perfectly. At the time when I was losing weight, I didn't feel like there was a difference but noticing how my clothes felt and fit differently was my motivation.
Now I'm feeling motivated to start trying again, I'm a little scared because I'm worried I might do something wrong and trigger another problem in my body but I don't want to live with the fear anymore.
No one around me supports me when I say I'm self-conscious or feel like I should lose weight but Joining this sub has helped me because you guys are some of the most motivated and supportive people I've seen on Reddit. Thanks for reading. :)
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