COVID lockdown success

ellyseb1 wrote: »

After 10+ weeks of working (and working out) at home with no access to a gym, I managed to lose 2 pounds! I've been back in the office now for 3 weeks and started a new habit of packing my lunch everyday - much healthier than the options in the cafeteria.

It's a small victory, but when the lockdown started, I was really worried about how I would cope. Anyone else have a silver lining in this terrible time?

It is not really a small victory though. It is a fairly substantial victory. You have learned that you are not easy to stop. It is not perfection that is needed it only requires that you don't stop. Once you believe you will continue the obstacles, the adjustments, the mistakes, the detours, and the delays are just noise you have to pass through.

I think one of the worst diet myths out there is that weight loss is fragile and that it can take very little to derail you. That is only true if you allow it. It took me a long time to finally realize this myself.

Never underplay the success of losing weight no matter how small, also you've changed your eating habits also, thats absolutely amazing! well done.

My weight loss slowed but didn't stop, and I never had any major gains. I'm still working from home because I'm in a hot spot state and so I'm glad I haven't gained much. I haven't had as much access to walks but have found other things to do.

Good post and well done to the successes! DH decided in Feb to get on the bandwagon, motivated by 2 colleagues who had lost 40+ lbs. Since lockdown, he has dropped 20lbs. Me...I'm stuck. But, in April I had a terrible family tragedy in a country far, far from here, we sit patiently and grieve in our little corners of the world and wait for travel to open. Walking every morning on the trails with DH helps to keep my mind calmer, a quiet time to reflect and prepare for what's ahead. We're both even starting to run a little more, hopefully my body will start to co-operate eventually, but for now, just glad I'm keeping my weight stable, while I attempt to allow myself a break.

Stay well everyone, our State is not doing very well and lots of out-of-staters coming for the holiday weekend, we are baby sitting another dog - 4 in total this weekend, will just stay home, away from the madding crowd.

That's great OP! Congrats!

The lockdown has thankfully been so good to me. I've maintained my weight and lost a little too without trying because I'm so active, but I've since gained most of it back. I've also discovered so many great workouts and trainers online and I've made some new online fitness friends too.

I don't go out in public much and I miss my long walks, but I have everything I need in my home gym. Plus I've found ways to keep myself sane.

I've been able to work more on my hobbies and interests. My garden looks fantastic and I'm loving growing some of my own food. I have a nice outdoor space to get my workouts in now. I've been trying and tweaking new recipes. I see my family and friends more now then ever before on Zoom chats.

My area was very slow to move to stage 2 but we did recently. I just hope the numbers remain low in the coming weeks. I see a lot of groups and people not wearing masks so I guess we'll see.

What a crazy year this has been! Stay safe, well and healthy everyone!

I didn’t do well in lockdown initially, but this last month I’ve began to get things under control. This is the first time I’ve committed properly to calorie counting which is so much easier when I can track and measure exactly what I’m eating, rather than just give up when I’m eating out or other people offer me food. In some ways that’s a little sad, but I think it’s what I need right now, and I’m enjoying finding new ways to socialise which don’t revolve around eating! Before the pandemic, my default socialising was often meeting up for coffee and cake, but now it’s a local walk - that’s a definite win!

Congratulations to everyone else finding success right now, great to do something so positive to help not get ill from Covid (or anything else).

Well, food became less appealing when I lost my taste so I dropped 13lbs pretty quickly Didn't think I'd ever be in the situation of trying to keep my weight up!

On a less dramatic note, I got into an even better walking routine while I was off work. At least 3 miles a day for the past 14 weeks, usually more.

The first month I was in shock and gained, however got my butt in gear. Still working from home...40 lbs lost, day 74 of exercising daily I feel less stressed, have more energy and getting stronger with the exercising! Great to hear all of your stories! Thank you!