Name : Enya / Before Weight : 21 Stone 7 Lb / After Weight : 13 Stone 7lb / Pounds Lost : 101
I
started emotional eating as a young child after traumas I faced, I carried on
gaining more weight over the years and had a really bad relationship with food.
I would binge eat, hate myself for it, make myself sick and then do it all over
again the next day.. a completely unhealthy cycle.
HOW DID YOUR WEIGHT AFFECT ANY ASPECT(S)
OF YOUR LIFE? I would hate going out to social events and
would spend hours getting ready trying on outfits and feel so unhappy. Any form
of exercise with anyone I found so embarrassing as I would be so out of breath
it would make me so self conscious. So sad thinking about it
WHAT WAS THE “TURNING POINT” THAT GOT YOU
STARTED ON YOUR WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY? Something changed, we got
put on the first lockdown due to covid and I told myself if I could ever do it,
now is the right time. Time for a healthier happier life. I started calorie
counting, enjoying all the food I love as long as it was within my calorie
deficit. This was how my journey began
HOW DID YOU GET STARTED? I
began calorie counting, enjoying all the food that I loved before as long as I
was within my deficit the weight began dropping off. I never deprived myself of
anything and made sure I enjoyed all my meals so therefore I never felt like I
was dieting! I was changing my lifestyle and becoming healthier and happier! I
went for long walks with my dogs and did mini hit work outs every morning! This
helped with my mental health so much realized all my endorphins!
HOW LONG AFTER YOU STARTED DID YOU BEGIN
TO SEE RESULTS OF YOUR WEIGHT LOSS EFFORTS? People around me
started seeing the results after a couple of weeks, it took my about 4 months
before I could see them myself even tho by this point I lost 4 stone
WHAT WAS THE HARDEST PART? A
vicious cycle of previous binge eating so emotionally very tough. At the
beginning it was hard to allow myself to eat the food I used to without feeling
bad. But I have now overcome those feelings.
DID YOU EVER WANT TO GIVE UP? WHAT KEPT
YOU GOING? Luckily for me I have been determined since that day when
something clicked for me! I love my new healthy lifestyle
DID YOU HIT ANY WEIGHT LOSS PLATEAUS? HOW
DID YOU OVERCOME THEM? Not as of yet, weight loss is slowing
down but that’s what happens after loosing 8 stone in 9 months!
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO LOSE MOST OF
THE WEIGHT? 9 months
DID YOU HAVE ANY NON-SCALE VICTORIES? I
can wear clothes that I would never of dreamed of wearing, I can climb hills
and go to sleep at night without being scared of having a heart attack! I feel
so much more confident in everything and so much happier and healthier
WHAT DOES YOUR DAILY DIET LOOK LIKE
COMPARED TO WHEN YOU WERE HEAVIER? Binge ate food, I would even
skip meals because I would binge on snacks continuously!
HOW DOES YOUR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY COMPARE
TO WHEN YOU WERE HEAVIER? I am sooo much healthier! I can now walk
a hill without feeling like I am going to have a heart attack! I can’t tell you
how much better I feel in every possible way
HOW DID YOUR EATING HABITS CHANGE?
Counted calories and took each day as it came!
WHAT DID THIS JOURNEY TEACH YOU ABOUT
YOURSELF?
That
no matter what weight you are YOU are worthy and equal to everyone else! I wish
I felt this when I was my biggest! Do it for YOUR health and YOUR own happiness
MY WEIGHT LOSS TIPS & TRICKS
1. Do
not cut out any of your favourite foods, enjoy everything in moderation!
2. Don’t
ever be hard on yourself if you see the scales haven’t changed! Gaining on the
scales could be down to multiple reasons and rarely fat gain from one day of
“bad” eating!
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