It's my birthday and I just accomplished my first milestone! I'm no longer obese!
32F - 152cm
HW: 79kg SW:77.65 kg CW: 69.1 kg GW: 53 kg
(5' HW: 174.1 lbs SW:171.1 lbs CW: 152.3 lbs GW: 117 lbs)
My first goal was to go from an obese BMI to an overweight BMI by my birthday. Today I accomplished that and I'm in the 29.9% BMI. This is the first time ever I have accomplished a weight related goal on the TIME I wanted. I've been doing CICO for 61 days, because I'm so short I've been doing a 1200-1100 diet.
I've always have had issues with weight and body image. Last year I had my first child, I started my pregnancy obese (73.9 kg) and went up to 88 kg, I don't count that as my "highest weight", after giving birth I went down to 74kg only to gain 5kg, while breast feeding. When quarantine started I decided it was a great moment to start CICO, for three reasons, I wanted to be healthier, to look better and the third reason was more about necessity, my husband has temporarily lost his job due to the virus so I just thought that counting and controlling my calories will make food last longer.
What I did and was kind of a "game changer" was to actually look at the TDEE of my ideal weight, not my current. When I saw that in order to be 53kg at my height, I would need 1390 kcal I made the jump to a 1200 kcal diet, after all, adding those 190 extra calories can be done easily by adding some extra fat or a snack. But I had to get used to the portions and volume for life. While I'm happy I achieved this milestone in time for my birthday I don't have another milestone that has a set deadline, I will continue as long as I need to. I don't really feel restricted because I've been eating things I really enjoy. I like to have a very light breakfast (200 kcal or lower), a lunch of about 350 kcal, a 100 kcal snack and a heavier dinner of 500~. This "hits the spot" for me, because I hate light dinners. I haven't felt the need to binge and if I'm very hungry I'll eat at "my ideal TDEE maintenance". Also it helped me a lot that I changed the way how I saw calories, I'm not seeing them as a daily thing, more like a weekly thing. So if I go over by a lot in a day, depending on the quantity I'll just lower my calories for the next few days (for example, if I went over 300 kcal one day, I'll cut for the next 3 days 100 calories, or even split them further and just cut 60 for the next 5 days, whatever feels easier at the moment)
I still have a long way to go, but I'm good, I had some cake (140 per piece!) I'm having some wine, I'm enjoying my birthday and I'm very happy. I can't believe that is has been 61 days already and I'm not tired of it, that's so new to me. I'm not in a hurry, I'm doing this for life.
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