Went from weight on right to pic on left

valentina5777 wrote: »

Wow congratulations on all your hard work! You look amazing !!! ❤️❤️❤️

Thanks a lot

I currently look like this, so need to loose a fair bit to get back to 54kg, but still a total loss of 13kg!

Also got my extensions out. WANT them back !! haha.

EmbeeKay wrote: »

What mentally changed for you? How did you make your daily commitment stick?

My relationship at the time was ending slowly, and we were both kind of living separate lives and then I was chatting to other people when it fizzled out. That was one part of my motivation in a way!

Another part was a friend at work, who was extremely active and fit. Spending a lot of time with her, I realised that even when I thought I was being 'good' on my diet, say if we went for dinner etc... she thought she was doing bad! I started to mimic her attitude to food, and realised that I was eating WAY too much even when I thought I wasn't!! Also after work I'd be dropping her home and asking her what she was going to eat, and it was always LESS than what I had in mind for myself! lol. Also, she was always going to the gym, even when we had long tiring days!

I mentally allowed myself to enjoy the feeling of hunger at night-time (not in an extreme way), but in a healthy way if that makes sense!! I trained myself into saying NO in the evening and looked forward to my porridge in the morning!! See you have to understand that for a long time I went to bed with an extremely full stomach after binging!

This is going to sound mental, but I went to Lourdes in September 2013 as a teacher with a group of my students and it seemed to give me extra motivation/ willpower. I'm not going to say whether I think it was a spiritual thing or not, but something changed anyway. It was probably the atmosphere there and the whole feel and vibe of the place! This is around the time when I lost most of my weight!

Another thing that helped me was intermittent fasting. It sounds unhealthy but I lost SOO much doing it and had more energy than ever! A few days a week I didn't eat until 1pm. But I didn't add in the calories later in the day. I know people will criticise me for doing so, but it worked for me, and as I said, I have never felt better or more energised than when doing that!

Also I play football for a team, and my Polar app clocks in about 7-900 calories per training session, and more for a match. I went the extra mile then when I start loosing (seeing results) and went to my sisters to do short TRX session after football!

So I did cut my calories more than you should. I'm not going to lie. I'm not recommending it to anyone else, but it worked extremely well for me!

My sister also did if. She had two children and the belief that she could never loose the baby weight. I got her to do what I do and she got down to my weight too and size 8-10 UK jeans from a size 16.

CathReese33 wrote: »

You look amazing, I too have a real issue with binging and have to go low carb and cold turkey to try and control the demons. Thank you for this post as it has made me realise I can transform like this too if I can stay dedicated. Will add you so that I can see your diary to get food tips :-)

The binging is the worst isn't it!! I always think of myself as a recovering addict lol!

Thanks for the add. Feel free to message anytime! I'm currently trying to get from 57kg to 54 at the minute to need lots of motivational friends to stay on track!

Best of luck. Have faith. Remember, food is for fuel not for pleasure! (At least not for a while hahaha)